MK Boaz Bismut (Likud) attacked the new party being formed by Gilad Erdan and Yuli Edelstein, stating that they have 'officially moved to the opposition' and that the new party is 'not right-wing in disguise — it's left.' Bismut made the remarks via the source of commentator Yaakov Bardugo.
MK Boaz Bismut, chairman of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Security Committee, issued a sharp critique of the nascent political venture by Gilad Erdan and Yuli Edelstein. Bismut, a Likud member, said the two have 'officially moved to the opposition' and that the new party is 'not right-wing in disguise — it's left.' The remarks were published via the source of political commentator Yaakov Bardugo.
Bismut's statement comes amid a wave of defections from Likud. Earlier this week, Bismut accused MK Dan Illouz, who defected from Likud to Yisrael Beiteinu, of 'recruiting for Lieberman, not the IDF.' The new Erdan-Edelstein party is seen as an attempt to offer a centrist-right alternative to the current Likud leadership, but has drawn criticism from within the right-wing bloc.
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