Ben Gvir stole from Netanyahu the greatest symbol of the Likud | Ben Caspit

Ben Caspit claims that Itamar Ben Gvir appropriated the Altalena symbol, which was associated with the Likud and Menachem Begin, while stinging Benjamin Netanyahu. The writer compares past leaders, Ben-Gurion and Begin, to the current successors, Netanyahu and Ben Gvir, and expresses doubt as to which of them Begin would have despised more. He describes Netanyahu's speech as pathetic and warns of the danger of civil war.

In his column, Ben Caspit claims that Itamar Ben Gvir managed to snatch from Benjamin Netanyahu the greatest symbol of the Likud – the Altalena. The writer describes how Ben Gvir enjoys the status while Netanyahu suffers, and calls Netanyahu's speech at the event "pathetic." Caspit compares past leaders, David Ben-Gurion and Menachem Begin, to the current successors, Netanyahu and Ben Gvir, and expresses doubt as to which of them Begin would have despised more. He warns that Netanyahu and Ben Gvir have brought the country closer to civil war than at any time since the Altalena was sunk, and that there is no Begin to prevent it. The writer emphasizes that there is no mystery surrounding the Altalena affair, and that it is a rift that our ancestors managed to heal. The column uses charged and moralistic language, while presenting Ben Gvir as the heir of Meir Kahane and Netanyahu as a weak leader.