Manhigut Yehudit in the News

Israel National News: 25 Tamuz 5767 (July 11, 07)

By Ezra Halevi
Courtesy of Arutz 7 -- Israel National News

(IsraelNN.com) Maariv political correspondent Ben Caspit, guest-hosting Army Radio's "What's Burning" morning talk-show, interviewed Feiglin Tuesday. "We are back to the 90s - with Netanyahu, Barak and Olmert competing for the top spot," Caspit said. "Israeli politics is stuck with the same ideas, same conceptions and same people. We are about to talk with someone who says he is a fresh change to the old cast of characters."

Excerpts from the interview:

Feiglin: "The question is not about primaries but about who will lead this nation... I am running to win and not to make a show or increase influence."

Caspit: "So Netanyahu is just another leftist?"

Feiglin: "Netanyahu is a very worthy person, and he should certainly be active in the government, but there is no choice - the leadership position must be a man of faith. We are talking about a basic element of leadership; we have taken G-d out of the equation."

Caspit: "But the Likud is not a religious party - for that there are religious parties.

Feiglin: "Ben, you are mistaken. The Likud is not a secular party, but a national party. A majority of its members are traditional -"

Caspit: "But you are making it religious! The Likud believes in Democracy!"

Feiglin: "I am not talking about a religious party - I am against the existence of religious parties. I am talking about restoring national pride, about why we returned to this land in the first place. What are we if we are not Jews? Why are you pretending that we are calling for a state based on Jewish Law?"

Caspit: "Democracy overrules Jewish Law and the rabbis?"

Feiglin: "It is the nation that wants a more traditional society, and we who are the bigger democrats. What happened here? A tiny minority took control of the courts and took control of the press, a group that doesn't believe in anything Jewish and dragged the society to the fringes of the left. When a normal person comes along - a simple, proud Jew who wants to represent what the nation wants and is proud of - he is labeled 'right-wing extremist.' We will lead this country, with G-d's help, very soon."