Talik Guili responds to the storm: "I spoke from the depths of my heart. No one is my enemy"

Talik Guili, mother of the late Ran Guili and a new Likud member, addresses in an interview with the podcast "120 Ve'ahat" the controversy she sparked when she said, "If the other camp wins, the memory of the heroes of the kingdoms will disappear." She clarifies that she meant a government with Arab parties that do not call Hamas a terrorist organization, not the people themselves. Guili discusses the slot she received from Netanyahu, the recovery of her son's body from Gaza, and her relationships with other hostage families.

Talik Guili, mother of the late Ran Guili, a Yamam fighter killed in a heroic battle at Kibbutz Alumim on October 7, whose body was abducted to Gaza, addresses in an interview with the ynet podcast "120 Ve'ahat" the public controversy she sparked. Guili, who received the ninth slot on the Likud list, said in a video she published that "if the other camp wins, the memory of the heroes of the kingdoms will disappear," sparking widespread anger among bereaved families. In the interview, she clarifies that she did not intend to divide the people but expressed concern about forming a government with Arab parties unwilling to call Hamas a terrorist organization. "I spoke from the depths of my heart. No one is my enemy," she says. Guili recounts the conversation with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who offered her the slot and told her to take it as a mission. She describes the operation to recover her son's body from the Gaza Strip, where 2,000 Israeli soldiers searched among 15,000 bodies in a cemetery in Shejaiya. Guili stands by her words and expresses concern that they will not be able to "finish the job" in Gaza.