RabbiDovLior ofKiryat Arba -Hevronissueda strongly-worded letterthis weekagainstfalsepublicationsthat he had calledfor Likud members to cast a blank ballotin Tuesday's primary between Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Chairman Moshe Feiglin of the party's Manhigut Yehudit (Jewish Leadership) faction for chairmanship of the party. Other party positions are also being contested.
RabbiLiorstressedin his letterthatthere is an obligationto go out and voteforthose whoworkto maintain theJewish characterofthe stateandwill make a commitment tomaintain the integrity ofthe country. He said party members should vote for representatives who "don't talk about turning parts of the homeland over to terrorists." He added, "There isa civic andJewish obligation on each member ofthe movementto express his opinionin the electionswhoare the elected officials that hewould likerepresenthim and themovementasit is nowin power."