From the Liveblog of
Monday, October 23, 2017
Herzog blasts Netanyahu for failing Israeli citizens, world Jewry
Opposition leader Isaac Herzog unleashes a litany of accusations against the prime minister, who he says is failing both Israeli citizens and world Jewry.
Herzog accuses the government of ripping apart the country by exploiting preexisting divisions.
He says Prime Minister Benjmani Netanyahu also made a schism with Diaspora Jews by failing to implement a deal to resolve the Western Wall crisis “that you initiated and then canceled.”
Between canceling that deal and the conversion bill, Herzog charges that Netanyahu has created an “unprecedented” divide.
He also quotes statements attributed to the prime minister in which Netanyahu purportedly said that Israel had “long lost” the support of young Diaspora Jews. Netanyahu waves his hand dismissively as Herzog says this.
