Likud criticises Ben Gvir for splitting far-right vote The Likud party of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has criticised fellow cabinet minister Itamar Ben Gvir after he said he would not unite with a fellow far-right minister in the upcoming elections on 27 October. Ben Gvir rejected a plea from Netanyahu to ally his far-right Jewish Power party with Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich's far-right Religious Zionism party, which faces an electoral threat from another far-right (but anti-Netanyahu) party called Amcha Yisrael. "What does Ben Gvir want? A broad national government led by Prime Minister Netanyahu... or because of personal considerations, to burn right-wing votes in order to put a left-wing government in power?" the Likud's official account wrote on X.
The Likud party of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has criticised fellow cabinet minister Itamar Ben Gvir after he said he would not unite with a fellow far-right minister in the upcoming elections on 27 October.
Ben Gvir rejected a plea from Netanyahu to ally his far-right Jewish Power party with Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich's far-right Religious Zionism party, which faces an electoral threat from another far-right (but anti-Netanyahu) party called Amcha Yisrael.
"What does Ben Gvir want? A broad national government led by Prime Minister Netanyahu... or because of personal considerations, to burn right-wing votes in order to put a left-wing government in power?" the Likud's official account wrote on X.
