Likud: Bennett spoke empty words in empty auditorium

• Author: GIL HOFFMAN
• Published date: 28 September 2021

In a statement retweeted by Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu, the party criticized Bennett for speaking about the formation of a unity government.

"Bennett spoke about the need for Israeli unity and brotherly love, but he divides Israeli citizens against themselves," the Likud said. "Since when does an Israeli prime minister raise internal political issues at the top of his agenda on an international stage?"

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The party contrasted Netanyahu's UN speeches that it said swayed international public opinion with Bennett's, which it called "empty words delivered in an empty auditorium."

"Bennett displayed what the world thinks about an inexperienced Israeli politician with six mandates," the Likud said. "Like a tree that falls in the forest that no one sees, hears or cares about."

Netanyahu himself reacted to the address by tweeting a picture of himself at his last UNGA speech in New York and quoting a line from Bennett's speech that was very similar to one he himself once used on the same stage.

Religious Zionist Party MK Simcha Rothman said the speech indicated that Bennett was looking for a new political base after tricking the base that got him elected.

"The previous government was much more diverse than the current," Rothman said. "Retroactively, we might discover that the world liked us."

Foreign Minister Yair Lapid said...