Interior Minister Aryeh Deri (Shas) on Tuesday expressed hope that the center-left Blue and White party will split apart.
In an interview with 103 FM Radio, Deri said, “Not only will they not take two of our Knesset seats, I am convinced that our bloc will grow and then the other side, [Blue and White Chairman MK Benny] Gantz and his friends, will understand that there is no other option, they have to separate from [Blue and White leader MK Yair] Lapid and join us.”
The right-religious bloc is strong and stable, he emphasized. “I am convinced of it. I held long conversations with [Yamina Chairman, Defense Minister Naftali] Bennett on this issue. They understand that if the bloc is not strong and does not grow, then immediately following the elections we will have a government with Blue and White, Meretz, Labor, and [Yisrael Beytenu Chairman MK Avigdor] Liberman, with the support in absence or the active support of some of the Joint Arab List.”
Deri also said that he will not join a government without the other right-wing parties: “We will not join a government without the Likud and all members of our bloc. We will not join a government made of the center and left, even if we receive everything in the world. We think that such a government is very dangerous to the Land of Israel, the Torah of Israel, and Judaism.”
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