Ayla Ben-Gvir, the wife of the chairman of Otzma Yehudit, was filmed at a meeting of the wives of the coalition leaders armed with a gun - and caused a stir on the left.
This morning (Wednesday) she spoke with Ben Caspit and Yinon Magal on 103FM and addressed the photo that broke the internet.
Ayla noted that she has been carrying a gun for over seven years. "It's already part of my clothing. I didn't even think that someone could take a picture and complain that I was carrying it around. Breathe, so I carry a gun, right?".
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""I live in Hebron, it's dangerous here, in the last year it's been a horror here. I haven't pulled out my gun and I hope I don't have to. Itamar seems to me the most threatened person in the country today, yesterday we also received a few more threats just to be on the safe side. All kinds of threats from the Hamas guys who send us online, on the phones. It's likely that if he feels threatened he will pull out his weapon, that's what personal weapons are for, that's the point of weapons.".
She later referred to the fact that Itamar has ascended the Temple Mount many times in the past year and a half: "He ascends at regular times, the one the media doesn't like, he has his own schedule, he doesn't work for you, there's no change in what he does. Just take a deep breath.".
Regarding the fact that the chairman of Otzma Yehudit did not arrive at the scene of the attack in Ariel, she said: "He couldn't have, there was the Knesset swearing-in, what do you want him to do? I know that Itamar sometimes seems like Superman, he is a human being in the end. You'd be surprised.".
Regarding the negotiations to form a government, she said: "I'm not entering into negotiations, I don't understand what's going on there, I'm not interested. With God's help, a good right-wing government will be established soon, everything will be fine.".
When asked whether they had broken away from the Kahanist ideology, she replied: "There are things we have accepted, there are things we do not agree with. We are human beings who think and we are allowed to say it. Rabbi Kahane, his essence was that when he sees a Jew in trouble, he feels pain and he tries to help.".
