"Smotrich is not a Zionist and not religious": Bennett and Lapid mark a target - and defame the competitor in the arena

Bennett and Lapid are targeting the religious Zionist audience as their goal. Bennett harshly attacked Smotrich in a Zoom meeting with activists, calling him 'Deri's puppet' and accusing him of responsibility for the draft evasion law. 'Smotrich is not a Zionist and not religious,' he said.

Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid, leaders of the 'Together' party, are targeting the religious Zionist audience as a key goal in the upcoming elections. In a Zoom meeting Bennett held with party activists, he harshly attacked Bezalel Smotrich and called him and Benjamin Netanyahu 'Deri's puppets.' Bennett accused Smotrich of responsibility for the draft evasion law and claimed that 'any budget transfer of another billion and another three billion to draft dodgers is a shame and disgrace.' According to Bennett, 'Smotrich is not a Zionist and he is not religious.' The article describes a political strategy by Bennett and Lapid to appeal to potential voters from the religious Zionist camp.