Blue and White Chairman Benny Gantz strongly attacks Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's request for immunity: "Netanyahu leads us to marginalization" • Lieberman announced: Israel Our House will vote against immunity

• Blue and White Chair, Benny Gantz // Photo: Yossi Zeliger

Chairman of the Blue and White List Benny Gantz strongly condemned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for his decision to request immunity from prosecution from the Knesset, saying it was a sad day for the state. Chairman Israel Yisrael Beiteinu announced that his party would vote against the decision.

In a special speech, Gantz said: "Citizens of Israel, these are the things that will make anyone talk about each other, truth in your gates, as Zachariah said, it is a hard day for the state and a sad day for me too. I fought for 38 years for the state, I entered politics to fight on the road, and the state Being led by a person who leads us to the margins, endangers us, that not everyone is equal before the law. "

"I never dreamed that we would reach the day when the Israeli prime minister refrained from going before the law that he would not care about Israel but himself and his personal destiny and today it is clear what we are fighting for, Netanyahu knows he is to blame. Whoever thinks it will not be Klum because there will be nothing afraid of law. Here is an extreme immunity or state unity government or immunity for all or citizens before all or the kingdom of Netanyahu or the State of Israel or Netanyahu's or national interests will prevail, "Gantz added.

Gantz added: "We must not reduce what we saw tonight. This is not a technical issue or a parody that can be passed on to the agenda. Blue and white will do everything possible to prevent immunity for a criminal defendant. Netanyahu is suspected and charged with taking bribes.

"We will unanimously vote against"

Yisrael Beiteinu, MK Avigdor Lieberman, wrote in his Facebook account: "Clearly beyond doubt now. All that is and is interesting about Netanyahu is immunity. With this he gets up in the morning, he lives and breathes during the day and with it He's going to sleep. "

Chairman of Israel Beitano, Avigdor Lieberman // Photo: Oren Ben Hakun

"The State of Israel has become a hostage to Netanyahu's personal, private problem. It is not interesting to the left, nor the right, nor the religious nor the secular. The only thing that stands before him is the Immunity Coalition. Everything else is Baba Meiss. We will be part of the Immunity Coalition, all of us unanimously voting against Netanyahu's immunity.

The Labor Party said in response to Netanyahu's request for immunity: "The Knesset is not a haven for bribes. We will work to establish a Knesset committee to prevent Netanyahu's escape plan from being implemented. Netanyahu has pledged not to hide behind immunity, but his words have long been empty of content, just like his other promises: caring for the elderly, saving middle class, taking care of the children of the Gaza Strip. They and all of Israeli society need immunity from Netanyahu's policy. "