Minister: All non-Likud voters are ungrateful misanthropes

• Date: 15 March 2021
• Author: David Rosenberg
• Published date: 15 March 2021

Transportation Minister Miri Regev (Likud) spoke at the Besheva conference in Jerusalem Sunday, claiming that Israelis owe thanks to the ruling Likud party for "saving" their lives, adding that anyone who does not vote for the Likud is "ungrateful" and a "misanthrope".

"I think that a person who doesn't put 'Likud' in the ballot is a misanthrope," Regev said, using the English term.

"If someone saves your life and works to ensure you have a good life afterwards – anyone who doesn't vote for them is a misanthrope."

Regev later focused her criticism on right-wing voters who choose not to back the Likud.

When asked by a moderator what she meant by the English term 'misanthrope' and if she meant 'ungrateful', Regev said "yes".

Regev went on to laud Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, saying, "This is someone who will get the economy going. Just as we were the leaders with the vaccine, that's what he'll do with the economy as well. There's no one else who can do that."

After excoriating non-Likud voters, the Transportation Minister later endorsed the Religious Zionist Party alliance...