Likud slams Bennett, accusing him of ‘blood libels’ against the prime minister

The Likud party slams Naftali Bennett, accusing him of mudslinging in order to distract from his own problems, after the former premier demanded that the Israel Police and Shin Bet security agency investigate Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu in connection with the Qatargate scandal.

In a statement, Likud says chief suspects Srulik Einhorn and Eli Feldstein “were never part of the Prime Minister’s Bureau” and that out of all of the material that has come out in connection with the scandal, “there is not a shred of involvement by the Prime Minister’s Office or anyone on its behalf, quite the opposite.”

“Since the beginning of the war, the Prime Minister’s Office and the prime minister have attacked Qatar, and Qatar has attacked the prime minister countless times,” Likud says.

“Bennett, who chose to use the word ‘treason,’ would do well to look at himself,” the spokesman continues, accusing him of having “betrayed his voters when he formed a government with the Muslim Brotherhood, which Bennett himself defined as a sister movement to Hamas.”

“The refuge of the arch-swindler Bennett is the invention of blood libels,” the Likud continues, claiming Bennett’s rhetoric stems from a desire to divert attention from “the serious materials revealed in the hacking of his phone, which are being concealed from the public eye.”

Last week, Bennett acknowledged that hackers had gained access to his Telegram account, and a number of files, including his contact list, were posted online.