Blue and White: PM aide who said ‘hate unites’ Likud camp speaks for Netanyahu

Asked to comment on the leaked recording in which he says that “hate unites” the pro-Netanyahu camp of non-Ashkenazi voters, Eshel says he would not respond to “lies,” though it was unclear what exactly could not have been true about a recording of his own voice.

The Likud party appears to recognize that the recording was indeed real, but asserted in a statement that “it is impossible to compare Nathan Eshel’s erroneous private opinion when he has no role in the Likud campaign to the shocking testimony of Blue and White chairman Benny Gantz’s senior adviser, Israel Bachar, who says Gantz is a danger to Israel and does not deserve to be prime minister.”

Bachar, in a recording leaked to Channel 12 on Thursday, could be heard saying that Gantz does not have the courage to attack Iran and could pose a danger to Israel’s security

Blue and White for its part says the Eshel recording shows what the Netanyahu aide “really thinks of Likud voters.”

“It is Netanyahu’s spirit that is poisoning Israel. It will be over in two days. Bibi, go home! the centrist party adds.