Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right ally Bezalel Smotrich, head of the Religious Zionism party, suggested Saturday it could be time for the prime minister to go, over what he deemed to be a feeble response from Netanyahu to the ongoing unrest in Jerusalem.
Netanyahu on Saturday called for “calm on all sides” after several nights of clashes and chaos in East Jerusalem.
Posting a video from Friday night of the beating of an Israeli man by a Palestinian mob, Smotrich tweeted: “Tell me, after countless terror incidents and lynchings by the Arab enemy in recent days, and after a rocket barrage from Gaza on southern communities, did Netanyahu seriously call this evening to “calm the spirits on all sides???
“Maybe it really is time to replace him.”
Read more at Times of Israel.
{Matzav.com}
