Interior Minister Aryeh Deri, leader of the Shas ultra-Orthodox party, lashes out at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for leading a campaign he says is threatening to wipe out his party.
Minister of Interior Affairs Aryeh Deri January 29, 2019 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
“I feel like my life work is in danger. That is my feeling, unfortunately,” he tells Channel 12. “That’s why I’m feeling ungratefulness [from Netanyahu]. We were the first ones to say we will sit with Netanyahu no matter what, as long as the law permits it.”
Deri claims internal polls he has seen predict a win for Netanyahu, and that the premier could be “throwing away a sure win” in campaigning for right-wing supporters to vote Likud via an aggressive media blitz, which could sink at least one small right-wing party below the electoral threshold.
Asked why he hasn’t contacted Netanyahu personally over the issue, Deri says the two are friends, “but probably before elections he forgets the friendship.”
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