Eli Avidar of Beitenu, Israel, called Netanyahu’s democracy “bad,” and called for a veto if coalition members did not support the prime minister’s bills.
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, who is known for his troubled behavior, said on Saturday that he was “not fulfilling his capacity” as Israeli leader, adding that he should consider not supporting the prime minister’s bills if coalition members refuse to support legislation that other members want. he said. Government.
Speaking at a cultural event in Tsur Hadassah on the outskirts of Jerusalem, Eli Avidar said Bennett was “lucky. He has been given the golden opportunity to be prime minister in a change government and change the face of Israeli society … I don’t think he’s taking advantage.” . “
He noted that under former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, “democracy is as bad as ever,” noting that some of the problematic laws that gave him more power as prime minister under Netanyahu were not repealed under the new government.
“What’s the matter? Is it okay because Netanyahu is not in the prime minister’s office?”
He also made it clear that Bennett was reluctant to support a bill submitted by Justice Minister Gideon Saar to bar a person accused of a serious criminal offense from holding the post of prime minister. Bennett’s Yamina party avoided the bill for fear that right-wing voters would see it as a bill aimed at preventing Netanyahu from returning to power.
“If Bennett and [Yamina’s Ayelet] Shaked don’t want to pass the bill, we shouldn’t allow their stuff. We just don’t want to ask for money in their favor. What about the people who have been on the streets for a year and a half?” He noted that during the criminal investigation into Israel in 2020-2021, there were mass protests against Netanyahu’s leadership.
Saar said she was working to persuade Bennett to support legislation that would bar anyone who has been charged with serious wrongdoing from running for office.
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The Justice Minister denied that the bill was personally linked to Netanyahu, who left the Likud party last year to form the split New Hope Faction. “It’s not a private law,” Saar told Channel 12. “I have nothing to do with [Netanyahu].”
The proposed amendment to Israel’s semi-constitutional constitution would sentence any member of the Knesset to three years in prison and other charges, including moral depravity, and block the formation of a presidential government. Such a MC cannot be voted on or replaced by a new prime minister. If the proposed law is passed, it will take effect after the new Knesset is sworn in after the next election.
Avidar was appointed Minister of Strategic Planning in the Prime Minister’s Office in August.
Avidar has been with Avigdor Lieberman’s Israel Beitenu party since 2019, but relations have soured since lawmakers refused to give him a ministerial post in June.
On the day the new government was sworn in that month, Avidar stopped voting according to his party, and Lieberman retaliated by not allowing him to run for minister.
He later said he was loyal to the government, but Avidar reportedly declared himself an “independent legislator” and threatened to remove the Israel Beitenu logo from his Facebook page and oppose the coalition’s draft budget.
After negotiations between Avidar and Bennett’s office, an agreement was reached and Avidar was appointed Minister for Strategic Planning in the Prime Minister’s Office. He was then expected to be appointed Minister of Intelligence, as Lazarus Stern of Yesh Atid, now in office, was expected to head Israel’s Jewish agency.
However, Stern eventually withdrew his controversial comments about dismissing the complaint of anonymous sexual harassment, and it is unclear what will happen to Avidar’s article.