Deri: "I know Netanyahu a little better than Smotrich - and he's not a liar""

October 24, 2022   

Aryeh Deri responded today (Monday) to the recording of MK Bezalel Smotrich, revealed by Michael Shemesh on 'Kan News', in which he is heard harshly attacking Netanyahu and calling him a "liar, son of a liar.". Election Intelligence: Want to check your polling location and eligibility? Enter In an interview with Galei Tzahal, the Shas chairman said: "I know Netanyahu a little better than Bezalel Smotrich and he is not a liar. I have never caught him lying to me. He is not a problem for Israel, he is a blessing." Regarding Smotrich's filthy recording, he said: "I was very surprised to hear his words, I don't know his style. I hope it was in a moment of anger or these were things that came out of his mouth." Netanyahu himself responded this afternoon, in a filmed video, to the storm - saying: "Lapid wants to be the largest party so that the task of forming a government will be assigned to him. The only way to stop Lapid and Abbas' plan is for Likud to be the largest party, by a very large margin. "Therefore, I forgive Smotrich for his blatant words, we must stop shooting inside the APC, we must mobilize the entire right to prevent the continuation of the Lapid-Abbas government that endangers the future of Israel. Khales, once was enough for us." He added: "If Ben Gvir and Smotrich receive one more or one less mandate, it doesn't matter because they will be ministers in our government in any case, but if Likud is one or two fewer mandates than Lapid, it could give Lapid the government. Therefore, Likud must win by a landslide so that we can establish a strong and stable right-wing government for a good 4 years.".