"Nothing Will Break Me": Number 6 on Winter's List Responds to the Pressure Machine

Lali Deri, number 6 on Ofer Winter's 'Amcha Yisrael' list, was interviewed on Radio 103fm and addressed the pressures exerted on party members to give up their Knesset run. Deri shared her personal story as a lone immigrant at age 14.5, a mother of six combat soldiers, and a resident of Beit El who had a bullet enter her home. She made clear that the pressures only strengthen the party's determination to bring a new discourse to Israeli politics.

Lali Deri, the candidate in sixth place on the 'Amcha Yisrael' list headed by Ofer Winter, was interviewed on Radio 103fm and addressed the pressure machine exerted on party members. Deri told her personal story: she immigrated to Israel alone at age 14.5 to fulfill the Israeli and Jewish dream, raised six children who all served as combat soldiers, lives in Beit El where a bullet entered her home, and sacrificed her son. She declared that nothing would break her, and that the pressures only spur party members to continue on their path. Deri emphasized that the people need a different kind of politics and a different discourse, and that the party is determined to bring this about. She also addressed the online attacks, claiming they are bots, and expressed moral and ethical shock at the low level to which opponents have sunk.