Hanegbi: We will try to bring in defectors from other parties

• Date: 15 March 2021
• Published date: 15 March 2021
• Author: Ido Ben Porat
• Publication title: Israel National News (Israel)

"If there is 61 [seats] for the anti-Bibi camp, if they exercise their majority, they will implement a rotation, they will serve like cooks 'week after week' [in a rotation as Prime Minister], just so they overthrow the Prime Minister," Hanegbi said.

In such a case, he continued, "The Prime Minister will remain the leader of the opposition and we will have 58-59 determined Knesset members, we will not make life easy for them, we saw that the Oslo Accords were approved with a majority of 61, so there is always a price the people of Israel will pay for such a thing. I hope the opposite happens - 61 seats for us."

If Netanyahu manages to achieve 61 seats, he will try to bring defectors from the other camp, said Hanegbi.

"I was the chairman of the coalition when we had 61 seats, before Liberman joined, in...