Yinon Magal: "The struggle for conscription was fake to topple Netanyahu" | Watch

Yinon Magal attacked calls for drafting Haredim on 'The Patriots' program, claiming the struggle was not for the soldiers but a political tool to topple Netanyahu's government. He said Bennett's outcries were fake, and pointed to the distribution of grants to deserters in Bnei Brak as proof of politicians' inconsistency.

Host Yinon Magal attacked calls for drafting Haredim on Channel 14's 'The Patriots' program, claiming the struggle did not stem from concern for soldiers but served as a political tool to topple Netanyahu's government. Magal said: "They didn't wage the struggle for the soldiers. They waged the struggle to topple Netanyahu. That's the truth." He added that Bennett's outcries about soldiers being killed were "absolute fake" to bring down the government, and noted that now those same politicians are willing to give Haredim everything. Magal referred to an incident in Bnei Brak where financial grants of 170,000 shekels were distributed to army deserters, and quoted a post by journalist Shilo Freid wondering why party leaders who once reacted to such footage are now silent. The studio discussion claimed that the conduct of Lieberman, Bennett, and Eisenkot abandons the soldiers.