David Levy made insulting an art.
Although he held many senior positions and the path he took in politics is inspiring, he will be remembered as the one who gave the monkey speech.
He claimed that he and his friends were treated as if they were monkeys that came down from the trees.
Raised the sectarian issue to the top of his agenda.
In recent years, it seemed that the sectarian issue, who knew the "chachachaim speech" of his uncle Topaz, and Tiki Dayan's words about Likud voters - "market", "mob" - and the words of Garboz, who disparagingly called them "talisman kissers", returned to the bottle to stay there, sealed and sealed.
We were wrong.
In 2023, MK Dodi Amsalam pulled the plug and unleashed the sectarian demon to destroy Israeli society, which is already polarized on a multitude of issues, and these days mainly on the issue of reforming the judicial system.
Amsalem did not try to understand why Netanyahu did not want him there.
He didn't try to analyze the event and consider: maybe it's because Netanyahu always, but always, kicks loyalists?
And maybe it's because of his bluntness, or the language and images he uses?
And maybe because he used threatening language when he said "Either I get the job I want or nothing?"
He stated that this is an injury to all Amslims and Bittans and Appaloos.
One can only think that this thought, that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu treated him with racism due to his origin, has taken root in him.
He must have remembered that during the election campaign he was disappeared from the area, and he was neither interviewed nor appeared in the media or Likud publications.
On Friday it all erupted.
"No one will humiliate David Amsalam. No one will humiliate the members of the Mizrahi ethnic group, not even a prime minister from the Likud," he cried, "this is a favor on the part of the prime minister."
Amsalem's words actually confirm that Netanyahu adopted everything they wrote and said against him - that he is blunt, speaks with hand waving, shouts.
That Netanyahu does think that due to all these qualities, he is not suitable to be the speaker of the Knesset. Amsalam also revealed what Netanyahu answered him when he asked him why he is not suitable to be the chairman of the Likud - you are not suitable, because you will trample the opposition.
The undercurrent of things raises a glimmer of hope that Netanyahu does not intend to trample everything on his way to a sixth term as prime minister.
that he nevertheless plans to take steps that may in the future enable cooperation with the opposition.
But before we hang on to this thread of hope, it is said that our hearts are with Dodi Amsalem.
He was indeed loyal to Likud and its leader.
Not a flatterer.
A diligent Knesset member who sits in the plenum and does not travel abroad. In the outgoing Knesset he was one of the loudest voices against the government.
One can certainly understand his frustration.
Due to all these things, he was chosen 4th in the Likud primaries.
The Likud officials wanted Amsalem who speaks with waving hands and shouting in a high position and in a senior position in the government.
From now on, it's worth following Amsalem's moves.
I assume that he will be more right-wing than Bibi.
He will be ideologically flanked by the right and embitter his votes in his absence, as he has already done recently.
As mentioned, no one will humiliate my uncle Amsalam.
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