What hypocrisy: Yosef Haddad is a hero – until he takes your votes

Yitzhak Abuchatzira's column attacks Likud and Religious Zionism for political hypocrisy: while two months ago they condemned Gadi Eisenkot for comparing Yosef Haddad to Mansour Abbas, and Netanyahu praised Haddad, now that he is running with the 'Amcha Yisrael' party they are attacking him. The article compares past praise to the current campaign against him.

Yitzhak Abuchatzira's column, the editor-in-chief of C14, sharply attacks Likud and Religious Zionism for political hypocrisy toward Yosef Haddad. Just two months ago, when Gadi Eisenkot compared Haddad to Mansour Abbas, the right was outraged and Prime Minister Netanyahu published a video full of praise for Haddad. Now, as he runs with the 'Amcha Yisrael' party led by Ofer Winter, Likud attacks him and claims he is 'locked in' with Lieberman, and Bezalel Smotrich shared an old video of Haddad supporting a Palestinian state. The article argues that values end where mandates begin, and asks who are Smotrich and Likud to negate Haddad's contribution to Israeli hasbara. It states there is a difference between political criticism and an attempt to erase years of work just because of an electoral threat.