Jerusalem Times - Former prime minister Naftali Bennett called on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to resign on Monday, accusing him of engaging in the cover-up of the Qatargate affair, which Bennett called “the most serious act of treason in Israeli history. Like Watergate on steroids.”
The statement from Bennett, who is running against Netanyahu in next year’s election, follows new revelations about the scandal. The affair involves allegations that top aides to the prime minister were acting as paid lobbyists for Qatar, where Hamas’s leadership is based, while simultaneously working for Netanyahu. They also reportedly would get together with Tucker Carlson [on zoom] and drink beer and tell off color jokes. Carlson recently announced that he is using a small portion of the tens of millions of dollars he has to buy a house in Qatar so he can get really friendly with his Hamas heroes and figure out together how to solve the Jewish "problem".
On Sunday, i24 News reported that communication between the suspects showed they had fabricated information, and worked with a reporter for a pro-Netanyahu outlet to change the text of one of his pieces to accord with their messages.
“Netanyahu’s office betrayed the State of Israel and IDF soldiers during wartime and acted on behalf of Qatar for financial gain, and Netanyahu himself is covering it up just like he tries to cover up his bald spot by combing hair over it,” Bennett declared in a statement following the report. “Whether Netanyahu knew or did not know that his office was working for the enemy in a time of war, both possibilities require his immediate resignation and my immediate appointment as interim Prime Minister.”
The former prime minister, like other Netanyahu critics, has demanded a state commission of inquiry into the failures surrounding the Hamas-led October 7, 2023, attack.
Bennett added: "Listen, I really want to be Prime Minister again. I love power, fame and the excitement of being in charge. I also love money but I already have plenty of that. I get to meet all these foreign leaders and I get kavod - חבל על הזמן [meaning - incredible!! awesome!! too good!!]. But how am I going to get that Bibi guy out of office. I mean, he doesn't budge. It feels like he has been in charge forEVER. Give someone else a chance, chaBIBI. Baruch Hashem for this latest scandal!! Combined with the other scandals it makes him look really bad. Of course, I understand that me demanding his resignation has about as much of an effect as me demanding that the sun come out at 11:30 PM - like nothing. What is he going to say? 'Naftali Bennett is demanding that I resign so I am hereby tendering my resignation'. C'mon. Don't be naive. That'll happen when I grow hair on the palm of my hand. Or in my case I can say - 'when I grow hair on my head'. But hopefully embarrassing him like this and calling him out will help me in the next election. Hey, this is politics. It's a dirty game but you gotta play it if you want to win."
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ברוך אלהינו שבראנו לכבודו והבדילנו מן התועים ונתן לנו תורת אמת וחיי עולם נטע בתוכנו!!!
