The isolation imposed on Rafi Peretz made him focus • "The quarrel with the right? Put behind" • On East Jerusalem: "They invest a lot there" • The full interview - on Friday in the "Shishvat" supplement
Minister Rafi Peretz. Find the way
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Oren Ben Hakon
Since then, Minister Rabbi Rafi Peretz has abandoned her right to sighs and joined the coalition - he has not talked much. On Wednesday exactly a week ago he contracted corona, and has been in solitary confinement ever since. He, too, like many, tells from there about recalculating a route, or backwards if you will, and tells about his ambition to re-cooperate with retired friends Bennett, Shaked and Smutrich.
In an exclusive interview to be published this Friday in the "Shishvat" magazine of "Israel Today", Peretz reveals his prophecies of rage about the future of religious Zionism in its current format.
"The Likud was right about us"
"Religious Zionism will not be able to raise its head if we continue to walk limpingly and with a few heads," he warns. "I would like to go back to cooperating with them together. I did not say goodbye with a slamming of the door, I do not feel they parted with me with a sense of closing a door, I am sure they understand that we had different considerations. We have to put things behind and do a long and orderly procedure. Go to the census, "I have always met with a group of values and responsibility, I am sure that the considerations will be relevant," he is convinced and directs Bennett, Shaked and Smutrich.
"The election is not here yet," Peretz diagnoses in the same breath, polling station reflections that until recently were heard here from other parties. "There is time to think about how to unite all the forces in religious Zionism. The public wants it, we want it. None of the three - the new right, the national union and the Jewish home - will pass if we run alone."
Regarding the criticism leveled at him for turning his back on his friends and entering the government in exchange for lentil stew, Peretz responds without blinking: "Being a minister in the government, a member of a ministerial committee for legislation that influences the legislative process and participating in the cabinet at such a time."
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As for the proposal for positions in the government submitted by the Likud to the right, he is actually backing the ruling party. "The Likud said that with the six seats we won in the election, three big positions is a demand that does not correspond to reality. I agreed with that. It would have seemed fair to me. And the offer we received seemed fair to me. It is no disrespect to be Jerusalem minister."
The Arabs? Let them say thank you
His opinion on the demonstrations against Netanyahu in Jerusalem is not difficult to guess. "I heard about the act (the demonstrator who exposed breasts on the lamp, YS) and it shocked me to the depths of my soul. Seeing the low places that come to them ... there is a level of anarchism in these demonstrations. They are acting violently and the media is encouraging and empowering them. "
Some would argue that because of your position on the political map, the east of the city is getting a cold shoulder from the government.
"We invest a lot in the east of the city," Minister Peretz insists, noting the reason for the investment, "because it is sovereignty. Let Israeliness be clear there. We build schools for them, train teachers, do great work there. The situation there today is mediocre at best. It is true. "They feel more Palestinian than Israelis, and we are trying to change that. Whoever is more stubborn and works for it more will succeed more."
Minister Peretz makes his speech of patronage and faith by stating that "We are the owners of the house in Jerusalem. Not guests. We received the same gift from the Blessed One by right and not by grace. We care about the Arab population, but sovereignty is clearly established. Many Arabs understand that it is good for them to live under Israel. Not everyone wants to throw us into the sea. "
The full interview - this coming Friday, in the "Shishvat" supplement of "Israel Today".
