""The Haredim will accept everything from Gantz, even delusional things; from Netanyahu? Nothing! Zero!""

20 April 2023   

Prof. Moshe Kopel, chairman of Kohalat, appeared in a public statement at a forum in the US and said: "I'm a little skeptical that we'll be able to pass legal reform in the next session of the Knesset, but look, the demographics are clear, okay? The right is getting stronger, the religious members of this coalition are having more children, so if this necessary reform doesn't happen this time, it will happen in two years, in four years or five years." Raviv Drucker: I want, Minister, to put forward a counter-theory. In light of what happened here, now, with the protest, almost, I don't want to say no matter what happens in terms of mandates, the side opposing the protest understood that there are limits to power even if they win the Knesset elections... Minister: I think Begin, as early as '77, understood that there are limits to power, and even if you win the elections, there will be forces in the country that won't let you do anything. The situation here in the country today is that Netanyahu can't do anything, not even a law to desalinate the water in the Sea of ​​Galilee. Nothing! Raviv: Because you talked to me before the broadcast about the anxiety that the Haredim have today, who are in the coalition and in power. Sari: Not anxiety, understanding. They understand, they understand that nothing can be given to them, they understand that if they go to Benny Gantz right now, to the coalition, they will receive from him everything good, the whole world, everything they ask for, even the crazy things they ask for. As long as they are in Netanyahu's lap, nothing! Zero! There will be a demonstration about everything, there will be shouting... Razi Barkai sighs here... Maybe he doesn't agree with me... Razi Barkai: Sigh in the name of God or in the name of God? Sari: Haha... But Razi, do you remember what I told you before, here in the studio, that if the left doesn't manage to stop speaking against the Haredim, and turn them into its friends, it will not return to power. You even agreed to eat matzah on Passover, Raviv refused...(: Razi: I won't make them my friends because the next issue on the agenda is the draft law. And we'll find lots and lots of time to talk about it, it won't go away!