Netanyahu and His Party Are Confident the Public Will Buy Anything: No Disguise Will Help Them

In an opinion column in Maariv, Yossi Haddad claims that Netanyahu and Likud are trying to don a 'statesmanlike disguise' ahead of the elections, while shifting positions on conscription and security. He mentions reports of a new draft law, and criticizes the 'sea of ministers' imposed by Netanyahu. Haddad asserts that after the October 7 massacre, the division, and the judicial overhaul, the public no longer trusts the government, and no disguise will help.

In an opinion column in Maariv, Yossi Haddad attacks Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Likud party, claiming they are trying to don a 'statesmanlike disguise' ahead of the elections, while shifting positions on conscription and security. Haddad refers to reports of Netanyahu's intention to advance a new draft law, according to which those who do not study in a yeshiva will be drafted, and if they refuse, they will be imprisoned, and states that 'it is hard to believe that anyone remains in this universe who believes Netanyahu's lies.' He mentions the 'four years of horror,' the October 7 massacre, the 'systematic division and incitement,' the 'judicial overhaul,' and the 'questionable appointments' as reasons the public no longer trusts the government. He further claims that Likud is trying to don another disguise through the 'sea of ministers' that Netanyahu imposed on the party, after inciting his colleagues against the judicial system, the IDF, and democratic institutions. Haddad concludes that 'as the hysteria over the impending election loss grows, more tricks and gimmicks emerge,' but 'no disguise will help anymore.'