MK Moshe Gafni (United Torah Judaism) said Monday evening that the cost of living is a failure and attacked Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for mishandling the military draft crisis, saying Netanyahu avoided dealing with it in real time. Gafni also said he wishes he had not joined the coalition.
Gafni's remarks Monday evening double down on his earlier admission earlier in the day that joining the coalition was a mistake (The Zioneer, Mon 13:05). In comments reported by the Daniel Amram the source, Gafni explicitly called the cost of living 'a failure' and leveled sharp criticism at Prime Minister Netanyahu and Finance Minister (unnamed in the report) for neglect. He also addressed the military draft crisis, accusing Netanyahu of avoiding the issue in real time and pointing to the consequences of procrastination. The statements underscore growing internal coalition dissent over economic policy and the handling of the conscription issue, which has been a point of contention between ultra-Orthodox parties and the coalition leadership.
2 developments
- DevelopingMK Gafni says yeshiva student arrests are 'making our lives miserable'
- DevelopingEisenkot: Netanyahu 'not worthy of the nation' after pushing division, evading conscription
- DevelopingNetanyahu: I failed to pass conscription law because we got to it late
- DevelopingMinister Miki Zohar says government failed on cost of living, prices among highest in world
Source and signal
- Internal intake