Minister Bezalel Smotrich apologized, Monday evening, for his criticism of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Sunday.
Speaking at the launching of the Yamina Party's election campaign, he said, "When we have to be polite we will be and when we need to be sharp we will be as well. We have a heart and we are attentive to the people. When we speak from the heart and from pain it sounds like this." Regarding Sunday's criticism, he said, "The things that were written were out of great pain. The court's decision scorned Judaism and anyone who believes in its values. Out of pain, difficult things were said that should not be said between a minister and the Prime Minister and for that I am sorry."