Aryeh Deri Slams Netanyahu For Putting His Shas Party ‘In Danger’

By Times of Israel
Posted on 04/08/19 | News Source: MATZAV

Interior Minister Aryeh Deri, leader of the Shas party, lashes out at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for leading a campaign he says is threatening to wipe out his party.

Deri claims internal polls he has seen predict a win for Netanyahu, and that the premier could be “throwing away a sure win” in campaigning for right-wing supporters to vote Likud via an aggressive media blitz, which could sink at least one small right-wing party below the electoral threshold.

Asked why he hasn’t contacted Netanyahu personally over the issue, Deri says the two are friends, “but probably before elections he forgets the friendship.”

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