Likud: The Bennett era is over

Bennett said Netanyahu "only spoke with us through tweets and videos where he said incorrect things."

By GIL HOFFMAN
Defence Minister Naftali Bennett speaking at the annual memorial ceremony for soldiers whose burial place is unknown (photo credit: MINISTRY OF DEFENSE SPOKESPERSON'S OFFICE)
Defence Minister Naftali Bennett speaking at the annual memorial ceremony for soldiers whose burial place is unknown
(photo credit: MINISTRY OF DEFENSE SPOKESPERSON'S OFFICE)
The Likud responded fiercely on Thursday to an attack by Yamina leader Naftali Bennett, who is headed to the opposition.
Bennett said Netanyahu "only spoke with us through tweets and videos where he said incorrect things."
"[Netanyahu] needs a strong national moral compass, though he does not like having one, so he's always trying to weaken us to clip our wings and show us nothing but contempt,"  Bennett said. "Netanyahu chose to get rid of Yamina because it was his national spine, and chose the opposite, easier way, a way that is not right-wing."
The Likud responded that if Bennett would have received the Health portfolio he would have called it "a dream government for the Right." Netanyahu's party said Bennett preferred to throw his party's mandates to the opposition instead of joining a government that will apply sovereignty to Judea and Samaria.
"The Bennett era is over," the Likud statement concluded.