Yamina leader Naftali Bennett tells his party members Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will likely regret turning on his right-wing allies, according to the Kan public broadcaster.
“Netanyahu decided to break up the right-wing bloc. In my opinion, he’ll regret it,” Bennett is quoted as telling his political partners.
The meeting came hours after the national religious Yamina party, a long-time ally of Netanyahu, announced that it will be heading to the opposition after its talks with the Likud party aimed at joining the “emergency” government fell apart over the weekend.
“In light of the composition of the [incoming] government and its emerging policies that appear to make it a left-wing government headed by Netanyahu, and in light of the prime minister’s blatant disrespect for Yamina and its voters, the Yamina party has decided to serve the public during the upcoming term from the opposition, where it will fight on behalf of the nationalist camp,” Yamina said in a statement.
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