Likud MK Gila Gamliel harshly criticizes Jewish Home leader Naftali Bennett during an interview with the Galei Yisrael radio station.
Gamliel is interviewed after Bennett said he will withdraw his recommendation to President Rivlin that Likud head Benjamin Netanyahu build the next coalition.
Likud parliament member Gila Gamliel. (Photo credit: Flash 90)
“This is pathetic, really pathetic,” Gamliel says. “Who’s he going to recommend? Boujie [Zionist Union leader Isaac Herzog] or himself? I mean, I think these things are getting out of proportion and such moves may lead us to a unity government at the end of the process.”
“There is a chance and an opportunity to lead a national [i.e., right-leaning] government and we should do everything so this will be the outcome but with this kind of behavior, everyone can climb ladders so high it may be hard to climb down afterwards,” she adds.
Bennett made his comments as part of his coalition negotiations with Likud. It is not clear whether he is intending to make good on his threat.
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