Halutz slams opposition MKs amid talk of unity government with Netanyahu

Former IDF chief of staff Dan Halutz slams opposition lawmakers who came out this week in favor of a unity government under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

“One, Matan Kahana, called for a unity government under the accused and promised him two years of quiet, the same one that called pilots and military reservist refusers ‘barn burners,'” Halutz tells protesters in Rehovot, referencing a proposal by the National Unity lawmaker for his party and Yesh Atid to join a unity government, in exchange for Netanyahu retiring in two years.

“The second, Elazar Stern, made a similar call on behalf of Yesh Atid. Opposition members, are you confused? At most, you represent your parties but not the public that has fought for 33 weeks in order to preserve democracy,” he says.

Halutz then slams President Isaac Herzog for contributing “to the creation of the illusion that there is a possibility of resolving this crisis.”

“We are at the core of an unprecedented crisis of distrust between the majority of Israeli citizens and the leadership that governs us. Benjamin Netanyahu is not the solution, he is the problem,” Halutz adds.