Jewish Home leader Naftali Bennett says Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is trying to draw right-wing voters by promising more construction in the settlements and then after the election will renege on his promises.
“Before the election everyone is right-wing, they travel to Judea and Samaria; after the election they freeze [construction] or make speeches calling to establish a Palestinian state,” Bennett says in a tour of the Blich high school in Ramat Gan.
Jewish Home leader Naftali Bennett, seen with students at the Blich high school in Ramat Gan on February 12, 2015. (photo credit: Tomer Neuberg/FLASH90)
“The only Knesset party objecting to establishing Palestine in the Land of Israel” is Jewish Home, Bennett says, adding that a strong Jewish Home is necessary so that Netanyahu will not first turn to another party to build a coalition.
“I’m afraid this time, also, I’ll wait for Netanyahu’s call like one awaits a date. I’m afraid it’s going to be like last time, when he gave Tzipi Livni, with all of her six seats, the authority of handling negotiations. This is why these elections are either Tzipi or Bennett.”
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