Amit Segal, the senior political commentator for News 12, addressed the threats that National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir keeps spreading - and wondered how long Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will continue to allow him to behave this way.
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Segal asked on a panel on Channel 12: "How long does Benjamin Netanyahu intend to accept the situation in which a senior partner, without whom his government has no hope, will continue to insult him, to despise him in public. How long will he broadcast this weakness?"
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""On the other hand, I ask," Segal continued, "if Itamar Ben-Gvir really wants to, I am completely convinced that only the good of the country is before his eyes, not mandates or likes, God forbid, but if that is the only situation, then there is a stage where you have to wipe the saliva off your face, and say, 'I'm leaving, if I can't influence, then I'm leaving,' I can't help but think that this situation is very convenient for Ben-Gvir.".
Segal explained: "He is comfortable not being a partner in the difficult decisions because he has no organized plan, he has no idea what the situation of the army is, he doesn't know what we can and what we can't do, and then to come and constantly be the opposition from within the coalition. This is unbearable.".
Political correspondent Yaron Avraham: "That's the whole story, he can and Netanyahu has nothing to do with it, he has no say in the matter against Ben Gvir, what can he do? Fire him? Tell him to leave the government?".
Segal: "Ben Gvir's operating theory, he doesn't want to retire alive, it's best not like that, it's the most perfect. Also positions, appointing a commissioner, appointing officers, accepting the police, and also after all this, being like the chairman of the State Audit Committee. This thing will have to end somehow.".
Amit Segal in Ulpan: "How long will Netanyahu accept the situation in which a senior partner, without whom his government has no hope, will publicly insult and despise him?
It's convenient for Ben Gvir not to be a partner in the difficult decisions, because he has no organized plan, he has no idea what the situation of the army is. It's best for him that way, both in his positions and as chairman of the State Audit Committee"... pic.twitter.com/dBqVXKe2CU
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