Bennett to Netanyahu: Step Down, Don’t ‘Leave Scorched Earth’

By Staff, Agencies 

“Israeli” ‘Yamina’ alliance leader Naftali Bennett, set to become the apartheid entity’s prime minister if the freshly-formed block is confirmed by Knesset, urged the Knesset speaker on Sunday to summon a vote for the new government and called on Netanyahu not to let go of power.

According to Bennett, the reshuffle is not a “catastrophe, it’s not a disaster, [it’s] a change of government: a normal and obvious event ...”

The statement came as leaders of eight “Israeli” parties of the expected new government met on Sunday for the first. The meeting included Bennett and ‘Yesh Atid’ leader Yair Lapid; along with Blue and White, led by Benny Gantz; ‘Yisrael Beytenu’, led by Avigdor Lieberman; New Hope, led by Gideon Saar; Labour, led by Marav Michaeli; ‘Meretz’, led by Nitzan Horowitz, and the United Arab List, led by Mansour Abbas.

“‘Israel’s’ regime is not monarchic. No one has a monopoly over power. Naturally, any regime that atrophies and degenerates after many years is replaced,” Bennett stated at a press conference.

He criticized the pressure placed by Netanyahu’s allies on coalition members to poach them, asking the current prime minister to “let go.”

“Let it move forward. People are allowed to vote for a government even if you do not lead it — a government that, by the way, is 10 degrees to the right of the current one,” he said, referring to earlier Netanyahu claims that the "dangerous left-wing government" pose a threat to “Israel.”

Bennett further asserted: “Don’t leave scorched earth in your wake. We want to remember the good, the great deal of good you did during your service, and not, God forbid, a negative atmosphere you would leave upon your departure.”