Gideon Sa'ar left the Likud: "I can no longer support Netanyahu" • Watch

December 8, 2020   

MK Gideon Sa'ar announced this evening (Tuesday) that he is leaving the Likud movement, resigning from the Knesset, and establishing a new movement within which he will run for prime minister. What is a “shared car price list”? How will the prices be displayed in the price list? All the details Here is his speech: "Israel has been in a continuous political crisis for two years, the most serious in its history. During this time, the divisions in the people are steadily widening, public discourse is becoming increasingly toxic, and public trust in the political system is deteriorating. In addition to the political crisis, Israel is experiencing a serious social and economic crisis, which is being exacerbated by the government's failed response to the coronavirus. Israel will have to deal with the consequences of these two severe crises, both of which are still ongoing, in the coming years. Israeli citizens have been exposed to the wretchedness of the political system and the weakness of public systems. The current government has dishonored the broad public and parliamentary trust given to it upon its establishment. The tide has turned. Many Israeli citizens look to the future with anxiety and hopelessness. Many ask themselves - what future awaits me and my children and grandchildren? It was not always like this, and it does not have to be like this. There is a better Israel, and it is waiting for us, but the political system with its current leadership and composition will not be able to make the necessary correction. Before For a year I tried to bring about change through my movement - the Likud movement. I competed against Prime Minister Netanyahu for the leadership of the Likud and his candidacy for prime minister. I was unsuccessful at that time, and I respected the decision of the Likud members. However, everything that happened in the past year - only strengthened my awareness that a change in the country's leadership is necessary. Without such a change - the political and social crisis in Israel will only worsen and who will ultimately correct us. The Likud has been my political home, and to a large extent also my emotional one, my entire adult life. I fought to keep it in the most difficult days. The Likud members - whom I love and to whom I am attached - sent me time and time again to represent them. Loyalty to the path, to the values, and to the idea has been replaced by flattery and inaction bordering on personality cult, to a person, flesh and blood. There is no longer any real movement discussion at any level on questions of policy. An unacceptable culture of systematic humiliation and slander of political opponents at home and abroad has taken over. I can no longer support the government led by Netanyahu, and I cannot be a member of the Likud led by him. I say this with regret, as someone who for many years saw him as the right leader to lead the country and to serve in his governments in senior positions. Israel needs unity and stability today. Netanyahu cannot and will no longer be able to give it either one or the other. Our teacher and leader Menachem Begin, may he rest in peace, said: "A prolonged rule is a danger to the nation's freedom and the morality of its construction. A prolonged rule, even if it benefits someone, is fundamentally bad." Today, the order of the day is to replace Netanyahu's rule, the longest in the history of the country. As in the past, today I place before my eyes the good of the country and its citizens, including my children and grandchildren. Our parents' generation also deserves hope. My father immigrated alone at a young age from Argentina, settled in the Negev in his early years in the country, was privileged to personally treat Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion as a doctor and to serve as a doctor on the battlefield of Sinai during the Yom Kippur War. My mother, whose family came here from Bukhara over a hundred years ago out of faith and devotion to the vision of the Return to Zion, and who taught the Bible and educated generations of students. Therefore, I have decided: to establish and lead a new political movement, on whose behalf I will run in the upcoming elections against Netanyahu for Prime Minister, in order to replace him. This will be a broad national and social movement, which will be built for the long term and will build a better future for all of us. The order of the hour is to bring the best forces into public life. People with experience and abilities who look the citizens of the country in the eye, understand their hardships and their hopes, and come to give and not to receive. We will work so that the affairs of the country are managed in a serious, responsible and professional manner, based solely on considerations of the good of the country. I also take into account the possibility that the elections will not be brought forward and that a compromise may be found that will artificially prolong the life of the government. Perhaps the act I am doing today will also be an incentive to postpone them. But from the moment I reached the decision - I must embark on a new path. I returned to public life, with the aim of leading the country in the future. After more than two decades at the centers of decision-making in the country at the most important crossroads and in senior positions - I feel ready for the role and to carry the responsibility that comes with it. I know well and deeply the challenges of national security and Israeli society, I have a solid worldview and I am confident in my ability to unite the people and march the country towards the future. Starting tomorrow, I will begin working on consolidating the political force in preparation for the next elections. I was elected to the Knesset on behalf of the Likud, and it would be proper, after reaching these conclusions, that I resign from my membership in the Knesset. This is what I intend to do tomorrow. These are not easy or comfortable decisions, but the meaning of leadership is to lead. I have done this more than once in the past, and today I do it again. I love the State of Israel and the people of Israel. With this love, and with this commitment, I am embarking today on a new path with new hope. Because this is what the good of the country requires. I thank my beloved family and wife for the support and strength they always give me to walk unpaved roads. I call on all Israelis who believe in this - to join me. Together we will bring change, unite the people and restore hope. The day after tomorrow we will light the first candle of Hanukkah. On the eve of Hanukkah, the holiday of heroism - we will light together a great light of faith and hope, of a great people. "Happy Hanukkah to every home - Israel" After his resignation from the Knesset, Nissim Vaturi, head of the Likud branch in the Golan Heights, will replace him. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4fNDRk4RL4&feature=youtu.be