Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon denies the prime minister knew about a controversial Likud campaign clip which likened Israeli workers to Hamas .
After the Likud party withdrew the clip, Ya’alon calls it “tasteless and unnecessary.”
In response, Zionist Union MK Itzik Shmuli slams the ruling party, according to the Ynet news website, saying that the prime minister appears at the end of the clip, indicating he knew about the video.
However, it was not immediately clear whether the footage of Netanyahu was filmed specifically for this video.
“How can you say that Bibi [Netanyahu] didn’t know about the campaign video, if he took part in it,” Shmuli says. “Either someone in Likud thinks we’re all stupid, or Likud has lost all touch with reality, which would explain why the housing prices continue to climb, the gaps get bigger, and the [diplomatic] ties with the US are destroyed.”
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