Jewish Home: PM refusal of our demands ‘entirely personal’

A Jewish Home source says Netanyahu’s rejection of its demand for security cabinet members to be provided with better intelligence “is entirely personal.”

“It has nothing to do with the demands we are making. Netanyahu does not want to be seen as giving in to Bennett,” the source tells The Times of Israel. “If we had asked for a cup of coffee Netanyahu would have also refused.”

In response to the appointment of Liberman as defense minister, Bennett is demanding Netanyahu appoint the cabinet a military attaché to provide ministers with real-time security updates, increase fact-finding visits to IDF bases and other military zones, and facilitate easier access to classified information.

The Jewish Home is threatening to sink the freshly inked coalition deal by not voting in Liberman as minister if its demands are not met.

— Raoul Wootliff