The Minister of Economy and Industry, Orna Barbiei was a guest at the "Israel Hayom" studio today (Monday) for an interview with Yehuda Schlesinger and Amir Ettinger.
The minister spoke about the controversial sentence she said at her party conference, about the vote in Gaza and Yesh Atid's policy.
Orna Barbiei,
At the election conference of Yesh Atid, you said "There is one creator of the world and there is one Yair Lapid."
You know it's embarrassingly cynical.
Understand the context, I said that this party is not a natural phenomenon, it is growing and expanding its circles.
We got here thanks to the Creator of the world, you'll be surprised I'm a believing woman, and thanks to one torch who was willing to give up all along the way for the benefit of the citizens of the country, and not to head the government first.
You can go to the transcripts and check what I said."
Prime Minister Lapid, photo: Mark Israel Salem
I heard the full part but I couldn't understand what you said.
I listened once more, maybe in the heat of things someone could understand that I equate the Creator of the world to a torch, neither was nor created.
I said that thanks to the Creator of the world we are here because we have gone through a decade of extensive activity for the public and spreading the message and values we believe in.
And on the other hand, there is Yair Lapid who was ready to give up and lead this government.
Do not treat me as a connection between the creator of the world and any person on earth, okay?
Let's put an end to this joke."
Launches from Gaza.
Another round on the way?, Photo: AP
Lapid said he was in favor of a long-term political settlement with Gaza. What steps do you foresee if you form a government, what will you do with the story of Gaza? One more round and round?
I think that a forward-looking government should look at the political challenges that lie before it, and Lapid has been talking about the economic context vis-a-vis Gaza for some time and the ability to influence the differentiation between uninvolved citizens and the leadership there.
Look at what happened with Hamas, unlike previous times the terrorist organization looked from the sidelines and realized that it probably had something to lose and did not support the Islamic Jihad.
Ok, but what will the policy be?
Need to check over time.
I reached trade agreements with the Emirates, an extraordinary trade agreement that we signed not long ago.
We are in dialogue with both the Moroccans and the Egyptians.
In the end, there is a feature of activity here that we see that the economic context has an effect of a very significant magnitude for the entire region and we will continue to leverage it."
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