He thinks that the "Dawn" operation will not affect who elects Lapid or Netanyahu;
He will not go with Netanyahu if Ra'am is around, and at least that is what he made clear to him after the last election; and at the first possible opportunity - he will lead to the reoccupation of Gaza. Bezalel Smotrich, chairman of the Religious Zionist League, put all the cards on the table A thug who is with us today (Monday) in the Israel Hayom studio.
Bezalel Smotrich, chairman of Religious Zionism, in the Israel Hayom studio
"In security matters, there is no coalition and no opposition," he says of the "Dawn" operation, "When the government does the right thing - with initiative, attacks, surprise - it deserves every support. Lapid in the opposition always attributed foreign and political considerations to Netanyahu and the government. Pay attention to his criticisms and of his people in all the previous rounds that ended, like now, in a ceasefire. We try not to be like that, we really care about the State of Israel."
According to him, "We will have to conquer Gaza at some point and return to it, there is no choice. Reality shows that when we are in the field we have peace and security. You see what happens in the Yosh when the IDF is there and can go in every night for operations, and thwart terrorism. Think what would happen if You take Gaza and multiply it 20 times, and do it in Yosh, in an area that topographically controls the entire Dan block - it's much worse.
"By the way, it is also good for the other side - look at what has happened since we fled Gaza: no electricity, no water, living under a regime of poverty and a terrorist dictatorship that is oppressive and violent towards its own residents. This will not happen in a government of 61 mandates, because it requires public support Today there is no maturity for such a move in the national camp, neither in the public nor in the decision-makers, so it won't happen tomorrow morning."
What is the political significance of the operation?
"He will not have a significant impact. Those who support Lapid will continue to support him, and those who support Netanyahu will continue to support Netanyahu. But there is an insight that I cannot escape from: a government that relies on someone whose automatic and complete identification is with the enemies of Israel, could not embark on such an operation. Mansur Abbas and Walid Taha both said clear things - that their loyalty is to the Arab enemy at such times and not to the Jewish state of Israel."
Regarding loyalty, Smotrich says honestly: "I am not loyal to Netanyahu, and it may be because of me that he is not prime minister for the past year, but to the 30-35 mandates of his voters who are my natural partners in the national camp, people with whom I have a very broad common denominator of values." .
If it weren't for your opposition, would there be a right-wing government with Ra'am today?
"In my first meeting with Netanyahu, right after the last election, I made it clear on my own initiative that this thing, as far as I'm concerned, will not and will not happen. I knew that this issue was on the agenda, even before the elections there were such flirtations. I put it on the table and told him: 'Don't try, it's not Go ahead, period. It's a black line that you don't cross under any circumstances.'
"In my opinion, today - and not only on the right - people in the so-called center are becoming more and more disillusioned, realizing that this is an existential danger to the State of Israel, that we must not depend on those who talk to the enemy. In this government, we have actually seen the heavy prices in the immediate term - in raising our heads, in extremism, in courage, in boldness And with the insolence that many Westerners of Israel felt following the fact that they held the government."
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