Shortly after Moshe Kahlon’s interviews to the Hebrew press are aired, Economy Minister Naftali Bennett criticizes him for backing territorial concessions to the Palestinians.
Linking to an article on Kahlon’s remarks, Bennett writes on Facebook: “Why are all the politicians competing among themselves who will hand over more territory of the land of Israel to the Arabs? They think the world will suddenly love us? That the Europeans will embrace us? That Syria, Hamas, and Hezbollah will lay down their weapons out of gratitude?”
“Enough. We will not hand over areas of our land to the Arabs. Period.”
Economy Minister Naftali Bennett in the Knesset plenum, October 27, 2014 (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
In his interviews, Kahlon had said that Bennett was responsible for the housing crisis, along with Netanyahu, Lapid. He said his party would support a peace agreement, if Jerusalem remained in Israel’s hands and absorbed the settlement blocs.
Several news reports had cited Kahlon as saying that Israel should ultimately retreat to the 1967 lines, but Kahlon said on Wednesday evening that he was misquoted, and is staunchly opposed to a withdrawal to the pre-Six Day War lines.
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