Speaking on Channel 2 TV on Friday, Kadima Party leader Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni warned her supporters that a vote for Likud is tantamount to selling out to Shas. She lashed out at Likud leader Binyamin Netanyahu, stating anyone willing to sell out to the chareidim is not worthy of the premiership post.
She continued by expressing her pride in the fact that she remained steadfast in her refusal to give in to Shas' demands in coalition talks, explaining she was and remains unwilling to "sellout"� to the chareidi party, adding Shas knows that with Binyamin Netanyahu, it can obtain more because he will meet their demands to include them in a coalition.
After she failed in assembling a coalition, Livni blames Shas for trying to "blackmail the government" but Shas leader Deputy Prime Minister Eli Yishai lashed out at Livni in response, setting the record straight, explaining to the media that Livni's concessions to Ehud Barak and his Labor Party were significantly more costly than Shas' demands.
Some political analysts equate her remarks with those of the late Tommy Lapid, the founder of the virulently anti-chareidi now-defunct Shinui Party. Some even go as far as to state her remarks have a hint of anti-Semitism.
In other Kadima news, supporters of Livni accuse Transportation Minister Shaul Mofaz, who lost the party leadership race to Livni, continues to refuse to accept any major role in Livni's campaign, preferring to maintain a low party profile while his opponents accuse him of building his own support base in the party.
In a party leadership meeting on Thursday, Mofaz opted to remain silent, resulting in increasing criticism against him from Livni supporters, who accuse him of undermining party interests.
(Yechiel Spira � YWN Israel)
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