Attacks Bennett and Ben Gvir, does not rule out alliances: Gilad Erdan with his sights set on the election campaign | Interview

Gilad Erdan, who is leaving the Likud party and founding a new party called 'Achdut', attacks Naftali Bennett and Itamar Ben Gvir in an interview, clarifies that he will not join a narrow government, and states that the central test of the third bloc is the ability to unite into one force. Erdan refuses to commit to a political side and declares that his goal is to connect between the blocs.

Gilad Erdan, until recently a star in Likud, is leaving the party and founding a new party called 'Achdut'. In a wide-ranging interview, he attacks Naftali Bennett and Itamar Ben Gvir, and clarifies that he will not join a narrow government even if the price is another round of elections. Erdan refuses to commit to a political side and declares that his goal is to connect between the rival political blocs. According to him, the central test of the third bloc, which includes his party alongside Hili Tropper and Benny Gantz, is the ability to unite into one central force. Erdan presents a slate of five candidates, including Yuli Edelstein and Dr. Aliza Bloch, but the party has yet to pass the electoral threshold in polls. He rejects the claim that Eisenkot cannot lead a right-wing government, and clarifies that a government dependent on Yair Golan is out of the question, but a broad government in which Golan accepts national basic principles could be considered. Erdan calls for the establishment of an alternative investigative committee to the state commission, and compares his tenure as Minister of Public Security to that of Ben Gvir, claiming that murder cases in Arab society have risen threefold or more during Ben Gvir's tenure.

Attacks Bennett and Ben Gvir, does not rule out alliances: Gilad Erdan with his sights set on the election campaign | Interview