"That's What There Is": Feiglin's Cool Recommendation on Netanyahu - and the Struggle Between the Leaders

Moshe Feiglin recommended Benjamin Netanyahu to form the government in a cool tone, saying "that's what there is." The article reviews 25 years of stormy relations between the two, including confrontations, attempts at sabotage, an unfulfilled cannabis agreement, and harsh criticism of the war management.

Moshe Feiglin, chairman of the Zehut party, recommended Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to form the government last night, but did so in a cool tone, saying "that's what there is," since "the Jewish majority chose Netanyahu to lead it." The recommendation once again exposed the complex relations between the two, which included frontal confrontations, attempts at sabotage, and broken agreements. The article reviews the 25-year relationship: Feiglin joined the Likud in 2000, ran against Netanyahu in the 2007 primaries, entered the Knesset in 2013 as a one-man faction, was pushed to an unrealistic spot in 2015, and left to establish Zehut. In 2019, they signed an agreement in which Feiglin withdrew from the race in exchange for a ministerial appointment, but Netanyahu failed to form a government. Feiglin returned to Likud in 2021, but left again in December 2023 amid harsh criticism of the war management. In the last elections, he united in a technical bloc with Religious Zionism. The cool recommendation hints at continued tensions between the two.