‘Jewish Home may leave but won’t be pushed out’

Jewish Home junior MK Yinon Magal says in a radio interview that his party will stay in the government even if Prime Minister Netanyahu expands his ruling coalition.

“The prime minister will seek to enlarge his coalition in the near future and this is legitimate,” Magal tells Galei Yisrael Radio. “But it will not come at Jewish Home’s expense.”

“Jewish Home will remain in the government until the end of its days, unless something happens that goes against the worldview of Jewish Home, in which case we will leave – but we will not be pushed out,” Magal adds.

Magal is responding to threats made by Likud officials implying that the “term of Jewish Home will be short-lived.” Likud officials and the prime minister were furious yesterday when they had to accede to far-reaching demands by Bennett and his party, whose leverage grew dramatically after Yisrael Beytenu leader Avigdor Liberman announced on Tuesday he would not join the coalition.