Manhigut Yehudit in the News


Jerusalem Post: 18 Adar 5770 (March 4 '10)

PM's associates deny 'surrender' in failure to delay c'ttee
By Gil Hoffman

http://www.jpost.com/Israel/Article.aspx?id=170161

Asked why Netanyahu had put all his political weight on delaying the central committee race, the minister said it was important for the prime minister to enable a mass voter registration drive to take place before the new central committee was elected.

He said the current Likud membership was too right-wing and gave hawkish Likud activist Moshe Feiglin too much power over Likud ministers and MKs, whose political future rests in the hands of Feiglin and his allies.

“Delaying the [election] until after a [membership drive] was intended to allow ministers to feel flexible in future diplomatic votes,” the Likud minister said. “Had the influence of Feiglin and other power brokers been watered down, ministers and MKs would not have been under pressure to act more right-wing than they really are.”

Feiglin himself missed the drama inside his party because he was in New York attending a gala dinner fundraising for him Manhigut Yehudit (Jewish Leadership) forum at the New York Yankees Stadium Legends Club overlooking the snow-covered baseball field.

At the dinner, Feiglin accused Netanyahu of abandoning his electorate and embracing the policies of the Left.
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