Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked is rebuffing claims her Jewish Home party protested the government during a rally Sunday morning in which several cabinet members attacked Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for being weak on terror.
Speaking to the crowd of some 200 right-wing activists calling for a tougher response to recent terror attacks in the West Bank, Party leader Naftali Bennett had said that the “security establishment… has chosen the rights of Palestinians over the security of Israelis.”
“Bibi, resign. You are not wanted anymore!” the crowd chanted, using the nickname of the prime minister.
Settlers and right-wing activists protest against ongoing terror attacks against Israelis in the West Bank, outside the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem, December 16, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
Several people waved flags of the banned racist far-right Kach party and called to burn down Arab villages.
Education Minister Naftali Bennett, left, and Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked deliver a statement during a press conference in the Knesset, November 19, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
“The rally was meant to strengthen the government ahead of a vote in the Ministerial Committee for Legislation on [regulating outposts]. Anyone who tried to say it was against the government is mistaken,” she says, according to Hadashot news.
Shaked, Bennett and seven other minister, including some from Netanyahu’s Likud faction, had taken part in the protest.
She also continues to insist that the party wants Bennett to be appointed defense minister, a post currently held by Netanyahu, and defended her decision to skip a vote on confirming Netanyahu in the role.
“Not everyone in the government has to vote like sheep,” she says.
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