After Netanyahu signed with Smotrich, Winter fires back: "Indescribable disgrace, the silence of the lambs"
Ofer Winter, chairman of the "Amcha Yisrael" party, harshly attacked Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after he signed a surplus agreement with Bezalel Smotrich. Winter called the move an "indescribable disgrace" and accused those silent of "the silence of the lambs." The remarks come against the backdrop of the Likud's changing attitude toward Winter during the election campaign, which included attempts to get him to withdraw and harm his party.
Ofer Winter, chairman of the "Amcha Yisrael" party, harshly attacked Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after he signed a surplus agreement with Bezalel Smotrich. Winter called the move an "indescribable disgrace" and accused those silent of "the silence of the lambs." The remarks come against the backdrop of the Likud's changing attitude toward Winter during the election campaign. Before the submission of lists, sources close to Netanyahu tried to convince Yosef Haddad, number 2 in "Amcha Yisrael," to move to Likud, a move that could have severely harmed Winter's list. Haddad refused. Subsequently, pressure was put on Winter to withdraw, and when his party began to gain traction in polls, Likud considered signing a surplus agreement with him. In recent days, Likud ran a paid campaign against him. According to sources familiar with the details, the message that emerged from a conversation between Netanyahu, Smotrich, and Ben Gvir was that Winter is "not part of the bloc."