Netanyahu fights with a model | "Israel is the …

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said yesterday that "Israel is not a state of all its citizens" but "of the Jewish people" and has ratified the fact that it would be "a danger" for the country's security if his main electoral rival was allied. to the Palestinian parties.

"Israel is not a state of all its citizens, and according to the basic law we have approved, Israel is the nation-state of the Jewish people and only its own," Netanyahu writes on his social networks in response to critics. of the famous Israeli model Rotem Sela.

The model had criticized the government and in particular the Minister of Culture, Miri Regev, for having warned, in a television interview, about the possibility of an alliance between the centrist coalition Blue and White, the lorry. former chief of the armed forces Beni Gantz and is currently linked to the polls with Netanyahu's party and the Israeli-Palestinian parties.

"And what is the problem with the Arabs (Palestinians)? By God, there are also Arab citizens in this country," said the model on his Instagram account, referring to 20% of the Israeli population who are Palestinians , descendants of those who did not leave the territory during the war of the 40s and the founding of the state of Israel in 1948.

Faced with the consequences of criticism of the model and increasing electoral tension, the Prime Minister responded. "As you wrote, there is no problem with the Arab citizens of Israel: they all have the same rights and the Likud government (their party) was most attached to Arab sector than any other government, "said the prime minister. On April 9, he was presented to the polls to be reelected with a coalition of religious allies and nationalists of right and right.

"The Likud only wanted to clarify the central issue of these elections: either a strong right-wing government led by me, or a leftist government of Yair Lapid and Gantz with the support of the Arab parties," added Netanyahu, who has ratified his electoral strategy polarization.