Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked speaks at the Israel Bar Association conference in Tel Aviv, September 5, 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
Ayelet Shaked says “it is time” for a different politician to succeed former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu as leader of the right.
“The time has come to replace Netanyahu in leading the right,” says the Zionist Spirit party chief at the Israel Bar Association’s Legal Conference. “He shook hands with Arafat, released terrorists and froze the settlements. After failing to form a government so many times, it is only right that he vacate his seat.”
She adds: “But I don’t choose the Likud leader. Likud voters do.”
The former justice minister also says that she will not join a Netanyahu-led government that promotes the current iteration of the so-called French Law, which bars the indictment of a sitting prime minister.
“I’m against the French Law in its current form. I won’t be part of a government that supports the French Law or stopping the Netanyahu trial,” Shaked says.
Netanyahu is on trial on three separate corruption charges. Likud denies that its pursuit of judicial reform is to help its leader subvert the legal system.
Still, Shaked reaffirms her party’s call for a broad unity government that includes Likud. She also aligns with Likud judicial reform policymaker Yariv Levin by supporting a Knesset law that would enable lawmakers to overcome Supreme Court legislative strikedowns with the support of a simple majority of 61 MKs.
On another looming legal question — the issue of whether or not to split the role of the government’s legal adviser from that of the attorney general, currently filled by the same person — Shaked says she has not yet solidified her opinion.
“It needs discussion,” she says.
Shaked has lost her way.
The israeli public stands aloof, in unbelievable inertia : as long as it accepts this muppet theater of parties ballerinas , prima donna , named ” Dimo-Crazy ” , it will suffer more blackmails, more small defeats. The last melody is ” Anyone but Bibi ” ; grotesque but still seducing spineless voters who prefer Lapid-Sa’ar .
A quantity of rivulets of small defeats turns into a river , the river erode the dam until it crumbles .
This is a war of attrition ruled by the Post-zionist ( Labor-Leftists ) the Non-Zionist ( Orthodox ) the Anti-Zionist ( muslims ) with the generous help of Europe ( NGO) and USA ( most of the big research think-tanks like Rand , Ford , Carnegie , produces subtle anti-zionist studies ).
So now who rules Area C is critical to upset this trend .
Who rules Area C will dominate the land .
And there is no domination without hegemony .
Therefore only a massive win with Bibi and Likud can stop this attrition war .
To win massively Bibi must changes from a ” friend of the rich ” to a true ” friend of the people , the middle class , the poor “.
The confiscation of the building permit by Minhal Mekarkae Israel must be freed to benefit the Tax Paying people , the Soldiers , the civil servants where people who have no real estate but still serve and help the State are given a 25 years loan ( at zero interest ) to buy or build in development zone.
Import taxes on food must be canceled where there is no enough local production ( meat – fish )
Import taxes on vehicles must be differentiated where a vehicle is used for work or confort .
Taxes must be adapted to follow economic growth . Higher taxes when the GDP is strong to create a cushion when comes the drought . ( 7 fat years followed by 7 dry ) .Tax on stock speculation etc..
If Bibi accepts to place the middle and poor at the top of its agenda he will win massively .
Remember when Yamina’s entire platform was to apply immediate sovereignty to all of Area C? Bennett and Shaked, and even Bibi to a much lesser extent, went the way of Sharon, Olmert, Rabin et al giving new meaning to the adage, “Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely.”
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I had of course believed Shaked had learned her lesson after the rug was finally pulled out from under the govt by others, and that she would return to the Right and try as best she could to find a place within the camp she had betrayed the previous year. When she turned down a return to Likud and instead formed a new party, I was still certain of at least her willingness to form a Right wing govt. Even after she first stated that she would not form a Right wing govt, I presumed she was being dishonest and meant to gain votes from Gantz etc to help form a Right wing govt. But she has been very clear in her pronouncements, she and all her party. They will oppose the formation of a Right wing govt, favoring the blending of a broad unity govt, and thus keeping the Left in power once again, and most certainly keeping Gantz in the Defense Ministry. This will mean blocking the Right from any move on the Sovereignty issue in the best case scenario.
Shaked has also made use of the Left’s rhetoric besmirching Smotrich and Ben Gvir as being too radical to partner with in a govt. This stands as a truly villainous position for anyone claiming to be on the Right to make, and these two are certainly no less worthy of trust and partnership than Shaked’s current allies, the Muslim Brotherhood and Meretz.
I will say this for Shaked, she is ever ready with a self serving accidental recording of herself ready to slip to some reporter to play out her best sound bites. She is no fool, and her loss to the Right is a great regret, but her actions in supporting the last govt in combination with her designs to repeat a similar feat once again in the next govt, speak more honestly than anything which we would like to believe. Or at least this is my view, more carefully explained.
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@2596
I appreciate that you have taken the time to share your thoughts on the matter.
I have not forgotten any of what you mention, only my comment was already fairly long and I didn’t care to raise these matters which were not directly germane to the point I was making.
Regarding Bibi’s statement about Raam, this was a mistake and I said so at the time, but Bibi’s statement does not excuse Bennett’s overpriced bribe. Bennett failed to control Raam without the payment of overpriced bribes, and even if Bibi had actually partnered with Raam, which he did not actually do, he would have had the skill to control him and the ability to return to the public in a new election. This is why Abbas went with the Leftist govt formed by Bennett. Under a Bibi led govt, Abbas would have been controlled by Bibi, but under the Bennett govt, Bennett was to be seen to be controlled by Abbas – Bennett’s political aspirations would end with this govt and he had to be aware of this from the beginning when he boasted of “Ten Steps to the Right of Bibi, I promise”. The Left and the Arabs each controlled Bennett and milked handsome rewards from him, rewards which Bibi would never have granted, not in the entire 12yrs under his PMship did he ever even attempt do so.
Prior to this, however, Bennett did try to form a Right wing govt, and when Saar made this impossible, Shaked recorded an excuse and leaked it for public consumption, while Bennett pursued the formation of a govt to satisfy his long held goal of becoming PM. He did so, of course, despite the fact that he did not have ability to control the Left just as he did not have ability to control the Arabs and Bennett’s Red Lines suffered because of this. Do you believe that Gantz would have met with Mazen repeatedly and arranged private loans for the PA to help pay the blood money to the terrorists under a Bibi led Right wing govt? No, he wouldn’t, he could have tried of course, but he didn’t. Gantz did so under Bennett because he knew that Bennett and Shaked would never voluntarily step down from this govt, because they would have to face the very voters who they betrayed to form their experimental govt.
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@ Ted:
I wish it to be true, but in the practice nothing happened during ages of Bibi-rule.
There were only promises…
Even small, relatively easy steps concerning the sovereignity of the Jerusalem-envelope (E1, Khan al Amar, Etzion-block) or the Jordan Valley have not been initiated.
The scattered J&S townships are a more complicated issue, because most of them have no clear-cut borders including free space for development and roads among them. That is why Trump& Co demanded a detailed map on the basis of their concept.
So I am very much afraid that the RIGHT of the Israeli society (whatever that means, but in any case the majority of the Israelis) are not agree with your statement.
@Peloni: Everybody seem to forget that after the last election Yamina first tried to join the Bibi-led Right, but together with them they did not reach the necessary 61. (And forget that Bibi considered first to include Ra’am, but Smotrich-Ben Gvir was not willing to accept them. Which is understandable. )
Only because Benett considered to avoid a new election of primary importance, they choosed to get together 61 other willing to join in forming a government of many compromises.
Inside Shaked behaved like a Rightist, with only the necessary compromises, but she learned that 61-member coalitions can not work.
That is why, she is demanding now a broader one, but I missed your statement that she demands left or Arab parties to join.
To the numbers: without Bibi Likud couLd loose 2 mandates, but a NEW right – wing coalition couLd win a dozen rightist from the past anti-Bibi coalition.
But, of course, Ted is right, that is Likud’s business —- and in no case is mine, a mathematician ftom Hungary. I can only worry for Israel, because it needs UNITY.
She learned that a government of 61
@Ted
Actually, that’s the million dollar question.
@Ted
There is still yet to be a single article on the vaccine coverup on any single major news organization, and that is because the vaccines have too much control over the media. Fox News literally couldn’t air the story “apparently because their advertising contracts with Pfizer prohibits them from covering any negative news about the vaccines” as described in Steve Kirsch’s very revealing article.
This story has been out for 17 days since it first aired on GBNews in England during an interview with Yaffa Shir-Raz and Retsef Levi. In that time no politician in the world has raised the subject. No major news network besides GBN has carried it. No medical bureaucrat has objected to it. It has been damned near another month since this news was new and people are still being injected with this toxic inoculation.
We are now at the point when the world can see for themselves that the emperor has no clothes and the vaccines have been proven, absolutely proven, to be dangerous while only testing 5 categories of harms, and still we hear the piercing tone of silence from the media, the doctors and, yes, the politicians too. So when you ask when might Bibi raise this issue, I would simply concur with your curiosity and ask what is it that has held him silent now for the past 17 days while this political bombshell has been kept quiet, by every member of the govt and the opposition.
Another armchair collector ( they prefer to be named politician ) as Ms Shaked , who has demonstrated she was a small opportunist who threw to the garbage bin her voters , would now select the leader of the Likud by expressing her reprobation at Netanyahu ? Grotesque and Obscene to remain polite .
@Peloni
Thanks for researching that data.
I have just delved into my posts on Israel’s complicity in covering up vaccination data. The last government is totally responsible When is Bibi going to make this a big issue.
@Ted
Very astute point which should be addressed by Bibi. Bibi has focused his campaign upon the economy, even as Gantz remodels Judea with Arab squatters. Certainly, Bibi has a strong record on the economy for which to boast, but I would suggest that the driving distinction between the Left and Right is this issue of what should be the national outlook upon the Arabs and Yesha and not the economic outlook. If we are to believe either of the contrasting reports in the books of Kushner and Friedman, Bibi was quite determined to declare Sovereignty. He should speak to this issue and clarify his advocacy on the Sovereignty issue.
Regarding the polls, Bibi brings in many more seats than his potential successors per polling. The closest replacement was Barkat whose leadership would cost the party 4 MKs in one poll. Kats would lose 11 MKs, while Edlestein would lose between 12-14 MKs. As it turned out, no one contested Bibi for the leadership, as the only man who initially put his name forth was Edlestein and withdrew it shortly before the leadership contest, as the outcome was never in doubt (Bibi was polling with a 86%-14% advantage). Likud it would seem is very happy with Bibi leading it to a lion share of votes. Based upon the 2021 numbers, the Right has, or had, a very strong base from which to draw support. They need to do this once again, only this time voting for more reliable partners who will actually not oppose the formation of a Right wing govt, period. Hopefully, we will see this will come to be.
one more question. What is the Right? What does it stand for with respect to the Arabs and Area C. Does it stand for extending sovereignty to all of C and A and B, or if not, to how much of it. And of course, not giving citizenship to the Arabs living there. I know where Religious Zionism and Ben Gvir stand. Where does Likud stand? Does it stand for the status quo?
@Peloni
@2596
I think that polls have shown in the past that Likud gets more seats with Bibi at the helm. Correct me if I am wrong.
Let us assume that Likud gets 32 seats and the Right Block gets 58 seats. .In this event, Bibi will get 30 days to form a government. He probably won’t succeed as I don’t see anyone else from the current government joining him.. At this point Bibi would then resign and someone else in Likud will apply for a 14 day extension. .They probably would get it based on preliminary discussions with Saar or Shaked if she crosses the threshold, or any three man faction willing to join them.. And so a rightwing government will be formed.. Of course this is tenuous.
Better to pray that Bibi cobbles together 61 seats.
@2596
One more thing which I really should have addressed in my earlier response. Contrary to what you suggest:
Shaked has stated that she would only form a govt between the Right and Left. If there is a Right wing majority, she has affirmed that she has no intention of forming a Right wing govt, stating that Smotrich and Ben Gvir are too radical for her to consider including in the govt, even while she still attends meetings with her Brotherhood coalition partners. She is clearly looking to form her unity govt, despite the possibility that the Right might again have the numbers to form a govt. I suggest that any voter ascribing to support Right wing values should focus their votes on more reliable partners than the likes of Zionist Spirit, which uses an Alinsky trick using a name suggesting they would lean Rightward (sorry I couldn’t resist), while actually adopting a policy leaning Leftward.
The issue of the day should not be anyone but Bibi, but rather anyone but Gantz. Clearly, Shaked does not see it this way, but that is because she is simply looking to use Right wing votes to empower the Left, as Pollard noted.
@2596
And yet, it is Likud, alone, who chooses their own leadership. They chose Bibi in 2021, and they chose Bibi again in 2022. Likud is one of the few parties where the party elects their slate and their leadership. Recall too that this past July, Bibi was unopposed for the leadership of Likud. So it is a bold act to suggest that Bibi should step down and defy the will of the Likud who elected him simply to satisfy those who did not. No reflection upon yourself of course, but I do find it funny how the Left claims a strong fondness of the democratic process, unless it impedes what they want. The Left, the Arabs, Saar and Shaked all want to see Bibi pay for his crimes, which have been seen to be manufactured by the Israeli Administrative State in coordination with the Legal establishment, the intelligence community and the police. Now that is a lot of coincidental personality conflicts to master all at once. Consequently, I suggest that there are other motives at play then personalities, but determining motivation is a hard game to win and I really prefer to focus on more tangible realities which we can discuss without guesswork of motivation.
I notice that you also suggest that
You state that as if it is a fact. I too have stated this in the past, and actually believed it at the time. I have since been educated as to the truth behind this fallacy by recent events. I am, of course, suggesting that Yamina and New Hope were not of the Right. They blocked the formation of the Right wing govt and formed a Leftist govt in its place. Furthermore, Shaked and Saar have each stated that they will block the formation of a Right wing govt, for a second time mind you, in the current election. I care little for their excuses, then or now, but as I noted recently, fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me. These are not Right wing parties. They work for the Left, they supported the Left, they paid the Brotherhood, they gave the Bedouin Negev lands, they voiced objections to Gantz’ support of Abu Mazen and then did nothing to stop him, and then they elected the first Leftist PM since Olmert. They did all of this using Right wing votes, just as they did all of this to disadvantage the Right while they empowered the Left. If it walks like a duck, talks like a duck and acts like a Leftist, best we all acknowledge the truth of what we are witnessing. Self delusion is an unhealthy state of mind. Consequently, I would suggest that in 2021, the voters of the Right elected a strong majority of MKs, only the Right wing votes were entrusted to people who were never willing or interested in forming a Right wing govt, and they still are pursuing that same outcome to this day.
Perhaps you will disagree?
Peloni wrote.
The parties of the Right have (and had one year ago) the majority. It was only the personality of Bibi which divided them.
If the Likud had another leader, there would be no necessity to unify with Leftist parties to crete a goverment.
This women is full of bs
There I was, desperately awaiting the lass opinion, and she done it.
Can we concentrate on useful sources?
@Peloni
Right on.
The most important issue facing Israel is what to do with the Arabs. The Center/left wants separation and the right wants to keep Area C as sovereign Israeli territory.. A broad Government can only work if the Center/Left agree to keep Area C. Otherwise, what’s the point.?
These are the subjects to which she objects, and yet it is these very developments which came from Bibi being allied with the major parties of the Left, a policy which Shaked is currently, herself, advocating as being the only path forward.
As one of the prime promulgators of the necessity of forming the govt that was billed as being ‘Ten steps to the Right’ of that of Bibi’s, and which she has more recently asserted was no less supportive of the Right than Bibi’, Shaked now states that the primary focus of the next govt should be to maintain the integrity of an obviously illegitimate persecution of the former PM.
She casts herself as still being ‘of the Right’ while ignoring the defining aspect of the Right which is to officially recognize ancestral Jewish lands as being sovereign territory in Israel and end the looming tyranny of the TSS. Where is Shaked’s plan for this? Where is her advocacy on this vital issue?
As she is trying to maintain the divisions within the Right while harboring the ‘Bibi is bad’ mantra, she is also acting to actually expand the divisions in the Right further by labeling Smoltrich and Ben Gvir as being less tolerable coalition partners than her current Muslim Brotherhood coalition partners. Of course, these are simple tools wielded by Shaked to maintain any relevance in the negotiations of the next govt, and which she might once again gain an undue influence by blocking the Right from forming a Right wing govt.
As her focus is to unify the large parties of the Right and the Left, doing so will only come at the cost of blocking every avenue leading to the extension of sovereignty, but it will also come at the cost of providing the Leftists the power to once again turn the policies of Israel backward towards the very events which Shaked discusses in the above quote as being unacceptable behavior.
Exactly how is blocking the Right from forming a Right wing govt going prevent the pursuit of policies of the Left? Likewise, how is forcing Likud to form a govt with Lapd and Gantz going to block Leftist policies being pursued. They weren’t blocked by Shaked’s current govt, and if she succeeds, it is quite delusional to believe that they would be blocked by her next govt. Those who require the engagement of the Left, empower them, and severely limit the pursuits and desires of the Right – and this would certainly include the Sovereignty issue.
One day the voting Israeli public will come to see that the only advantage in supporting Shaked and her mis-labeled party, Zionist Spirit, will be gained by the Left and will consequently block the sovereignty over Yesha. The only question is whether that day will be before they don’t vote for Shaked, or after they do vote for Shaked, and the outcome of this election may very well turn on the timing of this realization.
Where are her castanets? 😀