The right-wing chairman attacked the government's policy: "I thought about the contempt for the self-employed, the answer that comes to my mind: because none of them, not the prime minister, are not the alternate, have set up themselves or run a business"

• Bennett attacked Netanyahu in his speech in the Knesset

  Photo: 

  Oren Ben Hakun / Archive

"None of them ran a business," said former Defense Minister and MK Naftali Bennett in sharp criticism of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

In a tweet in his official account, Bennett wrote: "I thought a lot about the government's disdain for self-employed and business owners. Why is the government not working around the clock to build a second wave emergency without being forced to shut down again?

"The only answer that comes to my mind is that none of them, not the prime minister, the replacement, not the finance or health minister, has set up or run a business himself," the right-wing chairman wrote. 

Mr. Prime Minister:

- Why have you not done a serological survey until now?

- Why haven't you checked your teaching staff in Israel yet?

- Why didn't the public sector donate one shekel to the self-employed?

- Why didn't you train epidemiologists?

- Why don't you move and because of that, you will "have to" close the business again?

Knesset Speeches in the Knesset: https://t.co/AfZk3ho30w

- Naftali Bennett Bennett (@naftalibennett) June 1, 2020

Earlier today, Bennett addressed the Knesset and also criticized the government's policy: "The first wave of the Corona hit Israel by surprise and we could do it with many creative actions," said Bennett, citing the Corona Hotel, for example, "Towards the second wave, the virus has lost the advantage of surprise if the Israeli government once again closes the Israeli business, it will be a death blow. At the moment I state that the Israeli government is falling asleep at guard." 

"Mr. Prime Minister," Bennett addressed Netanyahu, "why has not a single serological survey been carried out to date. Why have you not done a serological survey until now? Why have you not yet checked the teaching staff in Israel? You have trained epidemiologists. Why don't you move and because of that, we will have to close the business again? "

The political partnership between the right and the Likud came to a standstill after Bennett chose not to accept Netanyahu's proposal to enter the unity government in exchange for education and Jerusalem ministries, and the role of deputy minister. On her right, more senior cases were demanding, and Bennett even asked to be appointed Minister of Health. The explosion in contacts led the right to the opposition, where the right-wing party did not even chair one of the Knesset committees.