Despite endangering Netanyahu: Senior Likud campaign officials pressure ministers and MKs to give interviews to Channel 12

An internal struggle is taking place within the upper echelons of the Likud campaign: campaign sources are pressuring ministers and MKs to give interviews on Channel 12, in defiance of the boycott imposed on the channel following the 'Power 100' affair. Netanyahu's inner circle is expressing reservations about the move.

An internal struggle is underway within the upper echelons of the Likud campaign regarding the approach to Channel 12. Sources familiar with the details claim that some campaign managers are pressuring ministers, Knesset members, and Likud candidates to give interviews on the channel – this despite the boycott imposed on it following the storm surrounding the 'Power 100' affair. According to the sources, these are not private initiatives by elected officials, but rather a line that certain elements within the campaign are trying to promote: bringing Likud figures back to Channel 12 studios. The move is stirring sharp internal controversy, particularly against the backdrop of the 'Power 100' affair, whose publication by Channel 12 has often been defined as a 'blood libel' against the soldiers. On the other hand, within Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's veteran inner circle, there are those who oppose this line and are not part of the attempt to bring Likud representatives back for interviews on the channel.