Likud leader Binyamin Netanyahu addressed warnings given by senior politicians in the United States over the ramifications of including Itamar Ben Gvir in a potential cabinet should Likud get the nod from President Herzog to form the next government.
Transportation Minister and the Labor party leader Merav Michaeli is currently busy on two fronts, the first is of course the upcoming elections for the 25th Knesset. The second is Michaeli’s new responsibility after she chose to lead the annual rally in memory of former Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, just a few days before the election. The Minister spoke of Rabin and politics in her latest interview aired on local Israeli radio.
Defense Minister Benny Gantz spoke at the Conference hosted by a number of Israeli news outlets. In his speech, Gantz emphasized the fight in recent years against the Iranian nuclear effort. Gantz then accused former Prime Minister Netanyahu of throwing out the Iran nuclear deal without orderly cooperation with the security establishment.
In his short term, caretaker Prime Minister Yair Lapid has achieved a few milestones. Despite lacking the numbers in current polling, he is confident he can defeat Netanyahu in one way or another although, he is preparing an argument just in case he cannot, one that he seemingly took from the strategy book of Joe Biden as it relates to former President Donald Trump.
In his latest interview with the major Israeli newspaper “Yediot Ahronoth”, just a week before the Israelis head to the polls, Lapid brought up many trending talking points, along with his concern that the opposition leader may call the elections illegitimate.
One of the people closest to Netanyahu in the Arab sector, the mayor of Nazareth Ali Salam, claimed last Friday that Netanyahu is talking to officials in Arab society regarding future cooperation with Mansour Abbas and other political leaders, despite his denials in the media.