Former defense minister Moshe Ya'alon, who is planning to run in the next elections at the head of a new party he founded, has accused Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu of trying to take over Israel Defense Forces Radio, adding that he wouldn't let him.
Interviewed by the station, Ya'alon added that Netanyahu's political decisions are influenced by his investigations, saying "If Netanyahu thinks that early elections will improve his situation in the investigations, he will do it." Referring to a law on the military draft to satisfy the coalition demands of haredi-religious parties, Yaalon said, "The draft law is just an excuse."