Gantz attacks Netanyahu: No legal indictment replaces moral indictment

Blue and white chairman blamed Netanyahu for the election, which he called "one-man political tragedy." He said Netanyahu did not give up the block and its place in rotation. Lieberman's offer for pardon for retirement: "Don't want to see another prime minister in prison." Likud reaction: Gantz made every effort to thwart unity

Gantz attacks Netanyahu: No legal indictment replaces moral indictment

Blue and White Chairman Benny Gantz said Thursday during a party rally in Tel Aviv and for the first time since the Knesset disbanding, that going to another election is a one-man political tragedy - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and that no legal indictment replaces it The moral.

"Yesterday was a day that is a blot on the political history of the State of Israel," Gantz said. "One man puts himself before the civilians. Israel is going to the elections because one person puts his confidence and immunity before the security and resilience of society - and that is a low moral value." The Blue and White Chairman went on to say that "It is one political tragedy that tells a whole nation 'My personal immunity journey is your journey and the extraction of a trial is a supreme value'."

Gantz said no legal indictment could replace the moral indictment. "The time has come for a different leadership. Israel must return to a stable normal regime devoid of hatred and internal animosity. A regime and government aimed at one. Netanyahu, in the face of the hatred you and your environment are spreading, will face many citizens who will put the state before you. "You tried to put traps at every opportunity, you didn't give up the block or first place in the rotation. I said and wanted some unity, you wanted immunity, and that was the real deal you put on the table. Pike unity for immunity."

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"Israel must return to a stable, hate-free, normal regime," Gantz said at the faction meeting (Photo: Reuven Castro)

Benny Gantz Blue and White Chair, Beautiful Eretz Israel, December 12, 2019 (Photo: Reuven Castro)

Responding to a reporter's question about the proposal of Israeli House Speaker Avigdor Lieberman to Netanyahu in the form of a pardon for retirement, he said: "We very much do not want to see another prime minister enter the prison walls. It's a spectacle that no Israeli citizen wants to see. When that becomes relevant and we get recommendations from the legal system we will consider things. "

Regarding the question of changes to the party list, Gantz said: "We are on the first day of the third campaign. There are weeks to close the lists. We have a great list. Anything that could be beneficial to our move, we will consider it." He said, "The failure in this election was above anything else for Netanyahu. He sought his immunity and barricaded himself in the Prime Minister's Office."

At the end of his remarks, Gantz said he takes responsibility for the results of the political plunder, "We also take the stage to take personal responsibility. We have not been able to get the country out of the demanding mud we were dragged into. "The direction of the ship and not personal wars. I will also conduct the upcoming campaign in a dignified and stateful manner. I would prefer that Netanyahu find the way to deal with the indictments in a short or otherwise way."

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Torch and Gantz at the party faction meeting today (Photo: Reuven Castro)

Benny Gantz Blue and White Chair Yair Lapid, Beautiful Eretz Israel, December 12, 2019 (Photo: Reuven Castro)

Afterwards, No. 2 spoke in blue and white, MK Yair Lapid, who said that Netanyahu is going to run a campaign of hate and incitement to violence. "The State of Israel will again choose a man who has three indictments. What does this mean about us and our values? What will we think of in the world? How do we explain to our children that they need to obey the law? Netanyahu will run a campaign of hate and incitement to violence - that's what he has become. "

"The law enforcement system is not the enemy. The media is not the enemy. The Likud is not the enemy. The enemy is the Iranian, the enemy is an infectious disease in D and Hamas that is shooting our children in the Gaza envelope," he said. ".

Another white senior, MK Gabi Ashkenazi, said: "We didn't really want to be here tonight. No citizen in the state wanted to see last night's bleak picture. The shame that screams from newspaper headlines and rightly so. Unfortunately, we are doomed to wage another fight for the future of the State of Israel. Manages him as messengers and public servants in Israel. "

He said, "This election campaign cannot be turned into another bloody battle of partisanship and incitement. We have no bloc. We have a state. We will not wait and disqualify any Zionist party. Everyone is involved in the struggle for the future and the image of the State of Israel."

Took personal responsibility. Gantz at the faction meeting, today (Photo: Castro)

Benny Gantz Blue and White Chair, Beautiful Eretz Israel, December 12, 2019 (Photo: Reuven Castro)

Responding to blue-and-white senior officials, Likud said: "Prime Minister Netanyahu agreed to accept any concession to form a unity government. Benny Gantz made every effort to thwart a unity government and drag the state into elections."

In the meantime, a first poll since the Knesset's dissolution shows that white and blue are rising in the mandate, while the Likud is declining in the mandate. According to the poll published in News 12, if elections were held today, Blue and White would have won 35 seats, while Likud would have 32. Also, the joint list is left with 13 seats, as is Israel our home with eight seats. Below: Shas - 8, Torah Judaism - 8, The New Right returns to the game separately with 6 mandates, Labor-Bridge - 5, Democratic Camp - 5. Jewish power does not exceed the blocking percentage.

(Update first: 20:09)