
Blue and White Chairman Benny Gantz addressed today (Monday), at the start of the faction's meeting in the Knesset, his situation in the polls, calls for him to resign - and attacked Naftali Bennett.
""Public life is a place for strong people, who persevere, who stick to the path, who are loyal to the home, and not those who only act according to the reality of the polls," Gantz said.
According to him, "There are a lot of voters, some of whom also voted for Likud in the past - who are undecided, who look at what is happening here and want to see after the elections a broad and Zionist government that will make amends - and not a narrow government that scares them, and rightly so.".
He attacked Naftali Bennett: "Anyone who thinks that putting up a sign calling on Likud members to vote for him will disqualify the Likud is harming the chance to replace the worst government in Israeli history. Anyone who talks about the Servants' Alliance and says that he will pass it in a minority government that relies on the Arab parties is not telling the truth. Those who are competing for the leadership of the bloc and not for what government will be established here are not offering an alternative.".
He added: "The solution is not to form another extremist coalition - but to restore sanity to this house. The upcoming elections are first and foremost about the question of whether the next government will take care of all of our children or collapse in the first attack on the Dahiyya. Will it restore this house to function - or will we continue to let Ben Gvirim troll us.".
""Will we make major reforms in this house that will build our future or will we deal with coalition crises over the Judea and Samaria regulations?".
""I promise you one thing: my colleagues and I will work hard and do everything we can to continue to serve, and to ensure that the next Knesset serves our children and puts an end to the extremism that dominates our lives. And no one will divert us from our goal."