Netanyahu: Former Likud Minister Seeks to Overthrow Me

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“Israeli” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made severe accusation on Wednesday, claiming a former minister from the Likud party, which he heads, is plotting to overthrow him after the Likud wins the 2019 elections.

While the former official was not named, he is believed to be former Interior Minister Gideon Sa'ar.

"It has come to my knowledge over the past few weeks that a former Likud minister is speaking with coalition members in an attempt to undermine me.

"He wants me to lead the Likud to an overwhelming victory in the upcoming elections, and then see to that I'm no longer the prime minister, against the will of the Likud voters, against the will of the public and against democracy," Netanyahu lashed out.

"I travel and see the huge support me and my wife receive. Support in a magnitude I haven't witnessed since I entered politics.

He further went on to say: "Therefore I know this plot doesn't stand a chance because the public will not allow it to realize. However, it did expose a loophole in the law and we will figure out how to handle it.”

Earlier, Netanyahu's close associates accused a former senior Likud party member—also believed to be Sa'ar— of attempting to convince the apartheid entity’s President Reuven Rivlin not to task him with creating the government after the next elections because of "personal score settling."

Sa'ar vehemently denied the allegations made against him.

"Normally, I don't comment on delusional claims, particularly when there's no one willing to stand behind these claims and make them openly. But since my name came up, I want to say in the clearest manner:

There is no basis for the reports. They're completely farfetched. I'm bothered by the thought there is someone who whispers such nonsense in the prime minister's ear," Sa'ar said.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team