Only a week ago, it seemed that the coalition was disintegrating and Israel was going to the polls again.
Since then, the coalition has managed to end the crisis with MK Jida Rinawi Zoabi and run into new crises. To the coalition.
"The development was that the Arab street thought differently from Zoebi. So I talked to the heads of the authorities, the Arab street did not want the government to fall, we started the process of reducing gaps seriously."
Do you think she made a mistake?
"I think she was quick and did not stand it and it was a mistake for her but she understood the magnitude of the act, she sacrificed the values for the sake of Arab society."
In her retirement letter she wrote about al-Aqsa and her important values, how does that fit in with the fact that she only received a response to the funds?
"It is not contrary to each other. Al-Atska is important to her and to me, it is important for all of us to maintain the status quo. And here it is only thanks to Zoabi, this week NIS 1,200,000 was released in the Finance Committee.
The bureaucracy has made it difficult, there are also ministers who make it difficult. "
"There is no alternative to the left": Fridge, Photo: Oren Ben Hakon
What is the difference between the allegations made in the past about the blackmail of the ultra-Orthodox in the face of the money you asked for in Arab society?
"There was no Zoebi conditioning, there was a request. It is not extortion. We ask that they respect what they promised us."
Do you feel that your values are being trampled on because Meretz has nowhere to go?
"Yes. Bennett has an alternative? Yes. We have an alternative? No. So here's the answer. The left has no alternative. We froze our values in the fridge just to preserve democracy and the rule of law."
Do you recall the attack of the judge who made the decision to recite Shema Yisrael on the Temple Mount?
"I do not repeat myself, this is a wrong decision. I am in favor of judicial activism, but there is a difference between it and a judgment that determines policy. Conduct in al-Aqsa is a purely political decision.
Why can a Jew not pray on the Temple Mount?
"Al Atsaka is the holy place for Muslims, the Western Wall is a place of worship for Jews. Next to each other. It is for Muslims it is for Jews."
"Why is the Palestinian flag banned in Israel? By law it is allowed. No one raising the flag commits an offense. But once you make the flag part of the debate then the extremists on both sides use it to defy. You want to rejoice in the city so rejoice but do not provoke." .
"The Israeli flag at the Nablus Gate is a provocation", Photo: Oren Ben Hakon
Why is the Israeli flag a provocation at the Nablus Gate?
"The other side sees the Union as a Nakba for him who conquered it. And you come into his neighborhood and stick a finger in his eye, it is possible to go to the Jewish Quarter to the Jaffa Gate. We control another people, we act contrary to any other democratic state.
What do you think about Gabi Laski not condemning the PA's salaries to terrorist families?
"Make a difference between paying Social Security and welfare to families and paying incentives. The problem with Palestinian law is that they give incentives to families according to the result of the carnage is intolerable."
Social Security also for terrorist families?
"Yes, not to tie a father's injustice to a son. Do not be a Jew whenever you want and not a Jew whenever you do not want to."
Are you in favor of demolishing terrorist homes?
"I am against, any collective punishment I am against."
Do you have a chance to transfer a budget?
"There are difficulties and there are talks and there are attempts, I hope we will succeed. I emphasize, the one who will dismantle this coalition is only herself. There will be no 61 to dismantle the coalition unless it decides to dismantle itself."
Are you trying to bring in the ultra-Orthodox?
"Most certainly, we play all over the field and try to find the way. I would like them to join the coalition, I have conversations with them all the time, unfortunately I do not succeed."
Against the background of the crisis with Bitton, do you think Gantz is trying to wink at the ultra-Orthodox?
"Ganz with us, he will not do anything, the Likud is constantly trying but they will not be able to atone for the acts they have done to him in the past."
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