Minister May Golan launched a sharp attack on former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Wednesday, accusing him of bringing Ra'am leader Mansour Abbas into government and channeling funds to crime organizations. She said Bennett is responsible for all the murders in Arab communities and that the blood is on the hands of the Arab MKs he brought in.
Minister May Golan (Otzma Yehudit) escalated her rhetoric against former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Wednesday, directly blaming him for the wave of organized crime and murders in Arab communities. In a statement carried by multiple channels, Golan said Bennett "brought Abbas to run the country and the money to crime organizations," referring to Ra'am party leader Mansour Abbas, whose party joined Bennett's coalition in 2021. She added that Bennett is "guilty of all the murders" and that "the blood is on the hands of the Arab MKs he brought in."
The attack follows Golan's earlier remarks Wednesday in which she argued that police cannot tackle Arab-Israeli crime alone and that the Shin Bet should be brought in, as The Zioneer reported. The former minister has been a vocal critic of the government's handling of crime in Arab communities, which has seen dozens of murders this year. Bennett has not yet responded to the latest remarks.
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