Shai Maimon: Religious Zionism is a combination, not a gathering

• Date: 01 March 2021
• Author: Yoni Kempinski
• Published date: 01 March 2021

Maimon, a resident of Mitzpe Karmim, a Deputy Brigade Commander in the reserve and father of five. Maimon is a terrorism victim. He was wounded in an attack in which his friend Malachi Rosenfeld was killed. When asked to pinpoint the moment he decided to go public with the Choosing Life organization, Maimon says that it was when he stepped out of the court arguments for punishing one of the terrorists in the cell and reviewing the indictment reveals the attack was made possible thanks to payments received by the terrorist due to his previous terror activities.

"At that point I told myself that it could not continue and that these funds must be stopped. The money pipeline that comes to and from the PA must be stopped. "I want to come in to make sure that money does not go to terrorism and terrorists."

Maimon clarifies that it is important for him to enter the Knesset also to promote the issue of young settlement in Judea and Samaria. "A few days ago we met with representatives of young settlement and Naftali said very clearly that we would regulate this community as a first step in the government he forms. The story of Mitzpe Karmim is a little different because the Supreme Court ruled to evacuate it but we are in a fight before an extended hearing."

On allegations that sitting in the same government with Lapid will in fact lead to forming a Leftist government, Maimon says that the allegations should be directed first and foremost to Binyamin Netanyahu, who has repeatedly gone with the Left. "We'll only form a Right-leaning government. The battle is within the Right only. There are about eighty...