New Hope chairman Gideon Sa’ar attacked Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu in an interview with Channel 12 News on Saturday night, claiming that Netanyahu is being blackmailed by the haredi parties.
"The haredi parties forced paralysis," Sa’ar said in an interview. "They are trying to bend the arm of the political system. Netanyahu is afraid to make decisions, he is afraid." When asked if Netanyahu was blackmailed by the haredi parties, he replied, "Unequivocally. Since the most important thing for Netanyahu is to hold on to power, then he must give everything [they ask for]. That is why he did not make a decision on the issue of conversion."
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