Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, in an interview he gave to the program 'Personal Interest' on the Knesset Channel, warned the left-wing parties against Naftali Bennett.
""I really appreciate my friends on the left and know how to accommodate disagreements," said Smotrich. "I don't understand people who vote for a person who can't believe a single word that comes out of his mouth. Yair Golan, in my opinion, has dangerous views, but whoever votes for him knows what he's buying. Bennett stole votes from the right to the left, and I think now he'll steal votes from the left to the right.".
About Bennett himself, he said: "There was someone dissolute on the other side, who sold the State of Israel to become prime minister, to buy power through bribery with six seats for honor, power and authority. He sold the values, the voters and the partners.".
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""He stole votes from the right to the left, and in my opinion, he will now steal votes from the left to the right" - Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich attacks Naftali Bennett: "I don't have a drop of respect for a person who can't believe a word he says""
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He even estimated that the right-wing bloc will form the next government and Bennett will want to be part of it. "I estimate that he will beg and crawl under the door because he is not built to be in the opposition.".
When asked if he would shake Bennett's hand in the future, he replied: "I don't have a drop of respect for a person who cannot be trusted and who doesn't have a drop of backbone with positions that change every day. The people of Israel, from the right and the left, religious and secular, coalition and opposition, deserve leaders with values and backbone. We deserve more.".
