Netanyahu: "They are attacking me by deliberately distorting my words"; The protesters: "lost his legitimacy" | Israel today

After causing an uproar:

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu this evening (Saturday) attacked the leaders of the opposition and the media and accused them of hypocrisy, amid criticism of his statement to ministers that he wants to give them "a punch to hit those people who are protesting today on the grounds that the reform will do harm."

The hypocrisy and irresponsibility of the media and the leaders of the opposition is a bottomless pit.

They aim to create anarchy in the State of Israel and harm its economy in order to bring about sixth elections.

— Benjamin Netanyahu (@netanyahu) February 25, 2023

In a series of tweets on his Twitter account, the Prime Minister wrote that "the media and the leaders of the opposition choose to attack me by deliberately distorting my words.

My intention was to strike down the false claims of those who spread panic, and not by any call for violence or violation of the right to demonstrate."

Netanyahu made it clear that "they are not ready to accept the fact that they lost the elections. For this they are ready to collapse the house. They should be ashamed of the way they are trying to distort the consciousness of the Israeli public."

The organizers of the demonstrations commented on Netanyahu's words: "Every citizen who reads his words knows that his judgment has been lost. This is an amplification of his inflammatory words against hundreds of thousands of Israelis who are fighting for democracy. This is what a prime minister who has realized that he has lost his legitimacy looks like. We call on the president and the heads of the political parties to condemn and denounce his words."

The minutes of the meeting were revealed 

In an attempt to prove their accuracy, the Likud party published the transcript from the minutes of Prime Minister Netanyahu's remarks at the cabinet meeting.

Minister H.

Katz: "

I hope they will also protest against Muhartai."

Prime Minister B. Netanyahu:

"They told us what was happening. Understand what we did here, what we did - we put Israel in energy independence, in a situation where the price of gas with us is, what is it, a third of the world average? A third of the world average. Do you remember what things They said? I want you to equip yourself with this and simply give the punches back, so-called. It's not only striking with terror, as we said, it's also striking with a lie, striking with a lie. Look what it is, what a result."

Netanyahu at the cabinet meeting, photo: Alex Kolomoisky

In the shadow of the protests, opposition leader Yair Lapid said: "Netanyahu, it's time to put an end to your lies.

As explained by all the important economists in Israel and in the world, you are the one who is destroying the economy, you are the one who is tearing the people apart, you are the one who is inciting violence.

We will not let you crush Israeli democracy and we have no intention of remaining silent in the face of your poisonous incitement."

Netanyahu, it's time to put an end to your lies.

As explained by all the important economists in Israel and in the world, you are the one who is destroying the economy, you are the one who is tearing the people apart, you are the one who is inciting violence.

We will not let you crush Israeli democracy and we have no intention of remaining silent in the face of your poisonous incitement.

— Yair Lapid (@yairlapid) February 25, 2023

As you may recall, News 12 published a particularly outrageous statement by Prime Minister Netanyahu during the last cabinet meeting, in which he harshly attacked the protesters and called for them to be beaten.

I want to give you a fist to hit them - you have to hit them with a lie," he said.

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