At a Likud event celebrating the party’s victory in last week’s elections, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promises to “work for all of you and for all Israeli citizens.”
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) and his wife Sara at an event of the Likud party in Jerusalem, April 16, 2019. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
“I want all parts of Israeli society, Jews and non-Jews alike, to be part of the huge success story called the State of Israel,” he says, alongside his wife Sara, in front of thousands of supporters.
Netanyahu says he has received “many” congratulations from Arab leaders, though doesn’t provide any details.
He also lashes out at Channel 12 analyst Amnon Abramovich, who on Friday joked that if Netanyahu makes Union of Right-Wing Parties MK Bezalel Smotrich justice minister, it would add a year to his sentence in the corruption cases against him, which prosecutors announced indictments for, pending a hearing.
“We will safeguard democracy,” Netanyahu says. “I have to say that, because some haven’t understood the consequence of democracy. Over the weekend I watched TV and thought I misheard. Scholarly analysts were sitting in the studios and making explicit threats against me, that I will pay a personal price.
“I’m not afraid of threats and not deterred from the media.”
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