Omri Ronen: 'I support Ra'am being in the government. The Haredim? They need a period in the opposition'

Omri Ronen, a Brothers in Arms activist who surprised in the Democrats' primaries with seventh place, is interviewed for the first time after the internal elections. He supports a partnership with Ra'am, calls for recruiting Arabs, and strongly opposes Defense Minister Katz who tried to dismiss him from reserve duty. Ronen promises to fight government corruption and represent the protest and war generation in the Knesset.

Omri Ronen, an activist of the 'Brothers in Arms' movement who became the surprise of the 'Democrats' party primaries with seventh place on the list, is interviewed for the first time after the internal elections. In the interview, he expresses support for a partnership with Mansour Abbas and Ra'am, calls for recruiting Arabs into the IDF, and sharply attacks Defense Minister Israel Katz who tried to dismiss him from reserve duty on the grounds that he encourages refusal. Ronen, an officer in Maglan who fought in the Gaza envelope on October 7, tells about his grandmother who was murdered in her home in Kfar Gaza and about hundreds of days of his reserve duty in Gaza and Lebanon. He describes himself as a representative of the protest and war generation, and promises to fight government corruption and inequality. Ronen rejects the accusations of refusal and emphasizes that the main issue in the upcoming campaign will be the government's responsibility for the October 7 disaster.

Omri Ronen: 'I support Ra'am being in the government. The Haredim? They need a period in the opposition'