Shas forces United Torah Judaism to announce support for Netanyahu
'Happy there has been a clear announcement by MK Moshe Gafni that UTJ will go with the Likud & MK Netanyahu,' Shas chair MK Aryeh Deri says.
Itzik Brandwein
Jul 17, 2022
MK Moshe Gafni, who heads Ashkenazic-haredi United Torah Judaism, and MK Aryeh Deri, who heads Sephardic-haredi Shas, disagreed just minutes before sundown on Friday. The two parties generally work hand-in-hand in the Knesset; if one party joins a coalition, the other party joins as well, and they sit in the opposition together also. Speaking on Channel 12 News, Deri claimed that Gafni is trying to woo Prime Minister Yair Lapid of Yesh Atid, and Defense Minister Benny Gantz of Blue and White. Gafni's office responded, "There is no wooing by Gafni of Lapid and Gantz. We will go with the Likud and with [MK Benjamin] Netanyahu. Deri's hints on the matter have no basis in reality."
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'Happy there has been a clear announcement by MK Moshe Gafni that UTJ will go with the Likud & MK Netanyahu,' Shas chair MK Aryeh Deri says.
Itzik Brandwein
Jul 17, 2022
MK Moshe Gafni, who heads Ashkenazic-haredi United Torah Judaism, and MK Aryeh Deri, who heads Sephardic-haredi Shas, disagreed just minutes before sundown on Friday. The two parties generally work hand-in-hand in the Knesset; if one party joins a coalition, the other party joins as well, and they sit in the opposition together also. Speaking on Channel 12 News, Deri claimed that Gafni is trying to woo Prime Minister Yair Lapid of Yesh Atid, and Defense Minister Benny Gantz of Blue and White. Gafni's office responded, "There is no wooing by Gafni of Lapid and Gantz. We will go with the Likud and with [MK Benjamin] Netanyahu. Deri's hints on the matter have no basis in reality."
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