Jewish Home leader Naftali Bennett attacks Netanyahu’s attempt to woo religious Zionist voters a day before ballots open. In an interview to Israel National News, Bennett warns that “there are less than 24 hours and we are fighting for our home,” paraphrasing a Likud slogan from the last election.
Minister of Economy and leader of Jewish Home Naftali Bennett speaks at a conference in Tel Aviv, on February 24, 2015. (photo credit: Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
“If we will be small, there is [a possibility of] a Bibi-Buji-Tzipi [unity] government and this is the worst recipe of all. This thing, where Netanyahu goes full throttle against one party, Jewish Home — again he is going full throttle for Zionist religious [voters], those who say that for ideological reasons they give up on their own party for Likud, so that they don’t waste a chance of having a right-wing government,” Bennett says.
“Last time they said we’re like [Yitzhak Rabin assassin] Yigal Amir and now again, all they can lash out against is religious Zionism. Enough! We need to be big and strong so that one day after [the election] there will not be a Bar-Ilan speech sequel and the evacuation of territories.”
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