PM Netanyahu's shouting match with Haredi activist: "Are they crazy? We'll die" | Listen

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu berated Haredi hotline producer Itche Dzhalovsky in a recorded conversation an hour and a half before the polls closed. Netanyahu shouted: 'Are they crazy? Do they want a left-wing government? We'll die.' Dzhalovsky replied that the Haredim are furious over broken promises on the conscription issue.

An hour and a half before the polls closed in the 2026 elections, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a recorded shouting match with Itche Dzhalovsky, a Haredi hotline producer and a member of the Gur Hasidic sect. Netanyahu was furious that the Haredim were not turning out to vote, claiming they might establish 'the government of Mansour Abbas who said he is going to eliminate the Torah world.' Dzhalovsky replied that the Haredi public is furious over four years of consistent broken promises on the conscription issue. Netanyahu offered to provide guarantees to the great Torah sages, but Dzhalovsky replied that this was 'impossible' in the short time remaining. The conversation ends with Netanyahu saying 'Thank you Itche, goodbye.'