Revealed: What does Ayelet Shaked think about forming a government with Yair Lapid?

May 3, 2021   

MK Ayelet Shaked has remained silent throughout the political negotiations to form a government over the past month. However, her recordings - which were released this evening (Monday) by senior political commentator Amit Segal on Channel 12 - reveal her opinion on the government that should be formed. What are your chances of winning a duplex? And why is your dream closer than ever? Free: How much money are you losing because you don't know what your rights are? The coronavirus outbreak is on the decline, but a mask is still required in closed spaces. Remember? The MK, who is considered the main opponent of forming a government with the left, is heard in the recordings talking about the talks with Netanyahu, Sa'ar and Lapid - and what she thinks about forming a rotating government of Bennett and Lapid. Shaked is heard referring to the possibility of imposing the mandate on Naftali Bennett: "If the mandate is in Bennett's hands, and Bennett tells him, we will go public and so will I, Bennett is the prime minister, there is no reason to break the right, you are committed to the values ​​of the right... We will do a campaign... Bennett first in the rotation for a year and a half, let's say, and then Bibi for another two and a half years, that is best for everyone. If Naftali receives the mandate from the right, he will not go with the left when the mandate is in his hands from the right. That will not happen." On the one who until recently was her close partner - Bezalel Smotrich: "There is sanctification of the Lord, and there is blasphemy. And I understand... the rabbis are very flexible. You know... Smotrich is the one who doesn't listen to the rabbis the most. Naftali and I listen to the rabbis much more. He constantly considers himself to be listening to the rabbis, even though we know that's not true." Shaked also talks about the contacts with the 'Boycott Bloc': "We're really trying to avoid it. But if we hadn't made progress in this channel, then Netanyahu wouldn't have given up, you understand? If Netanyahu didn't know that we had a government on the other side, then he wouldn't have made the concession. He would have gone to a fifth election. "He sees the reality, and because Bennett has an alternative government, then he would have been willing to give him a year and a half. Otherwise it wouldn't have happened. Otherwise it would never have happened. It would never have happened! He would have taken us to another election. Here Bennett's move was a rescue; We are paying a heavy price for this in our base, but I hope that if we succeed in forming a government, then we will be able to explain it." On Gideon Sa'ar: "The Likud agreed to cover his debts. I don't know how that's possible... but they really pressured him on this issue as well. I sat with him for hours, hours. Almost every day I sit with him for an hour or so, and try and try. First of all, he is right. "The truth is, Netanyahu also needs to go. He is right. But what can be done... So I tell him, there is an outline that he will not be a year and we will also allocate him a term. This will be his last term. So he will swallow another term. Really... You should know that Gideon and Yvette really think that Netanyahu is a danger to the State of Israel. They are convinced of it. It doesn't matter, we don't think that way." Shaked does not spare criticism of the prime minister: "Because of his trial, he will go even further to the right. It's the opposite of Sharon. It's true that all he cares about now is the trial. He clearly doesn't care about anything. That's true. But it's true that all his considerations, and his behavior, and his conduct, are all around the trial. It's true that he needs to go. He needs to go. But I told Gideon, there's a country. So what now, form such a far-fetched coalition, with the gods and goddesses, because he needs to go? He received 30 seats." "Look, he's afraid to go through the process of pardoning and taking a plea bargain, because he's afraid of that, he's afraid that in the end he'll have to admit guilt. And that won't work out... He's a very, very paranoid person, so he's afraid of that. And for the presidency, he wants to continue to stay in power. He has a lust for power and power." On the Lapid-Bennett government: "We would be most happy if he bends Bezalel. Either with Bennett or if he gives the mandate to Bennett. But if he gives the mandate to Bennett, and we fail to form a right-wing government because Gideon and Gantz entrench themselves, we are not ready to go to elections, so we will go for the option with the left, and try to convince Bezalel to come with us, so that we don't have to take on Ra'am. Sorry, this is not an ideological matter; so the state is not important to him. If the state is important, if he thinks that for the state it is forbidden to rely on Abbas, then let's prevent us from relying on Abbas. "You understand that if there are elections, the left can, with a significant probability, get 61 with the Arabs. It already got it on the second date and also on the third date. So what have we done? Now because Netanyahu has qualified the Arabs, then no one has a problem forming a government with them. That is the great damage, that it has already been done. That is the great damage.".