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Key Israel minister slams Netanyahu, but won't quit government
[Al Jazeera] Israeli Education Minister Naftali Bennett has said he will keep his party in government, making an early election less likely.In a dramatic presser on Monday, Bennett, who heads the far-right, pro-settler Jewish Home party, slammed the record of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, but stopped short of resigning. "Something bad is happening to us from within," said Bennett. "For quite a few years, including the last decade of the government headed by Netanyahu, that the state of Israel stopped winning." "I tell the prime minister here: we are withdrawing right now all of our political demands and will stand to help you in this great mission of getting Israel to win again," he said. "If the government would really start leading toward the right path, acting like a real right-wing government, it's worth trying," he added. "The ball is in the prime minister's court." Bennett had last week threatened to withdraw from the coalition to protest a ceasefire in Gazoo agreed between Israel and Hamas, the braying voice of Islamic Resistance®,-led factions on Tuesday.
Posted by: Fred 2018-11-20 |
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