Ahead of the marathon votes in the Knesset plenum to approve the state budget for the years 2023-2024 that will take place next week, Knesset member Boaz Bismut addressed the multitude of political issues • “I don’t see the government falling apart”, he clarified
Ahead of the marathon of votes in the Knesset plenum to approve the state budget for the years 2023-2024 that will take place next week, Knesset member Boaz Bismut commented on the variety of political issues.
Regarding Ben Gvir’s threats, he said: “It is difficult to work with politicians. I say to my friend Itamar Ben Gvir: it is possible to reach 61 in other ways as well, but let’s preserve the situation. I don’t see the government falling apart. Ben Gvir like us has an electorate and there are He has an expectation. We have work to do. We are allowed to quarrel in politics. Likud did not win 61 mandates, we must remember.”
In Simut, he was asked about Goldknopf, who is causing problems in preparation for the budget. “This is politics. There is nothing new here. There is one essential thing between the budget now and the previous one. In the previous government when no one said a word, it is hard to forget the money the Muslim Brotherhood received. Everyone was silent. There were no such conversations at all,” he replied
On the subject of the property tax fund, he said: “Don’t get excited by fights in politics. That’s part of it. These are fights in the family. If you look at the big picture, it’s not like shouting. You’re taking money that’s found. We’re not taking it from someone. We’re just distributing it a little differently. We want to encourage housing, want to encourage the periphery,” Bismuth said.
“Once again they blame the ultra-Orthodox for taking money. Jerusalem is also one of the donors. Bnei Brak too. How many holes are there in this story. Let’s take Tel Aviv – 62 percent of those who come to the office are not residents of Tel Aviv. What will happen if they take the money of those offices and take them To other places? Attack the deficit and an inaccurate budget. Who says that? The chief economist at the Ministry of Finance. Where was the property tax fund born? Senior officials brought it. The amount is low.”
Biebs said that if you tell the truth in Likud, you are a leftist. “A leftist is not a curse. Neither is a rightist. They even say it’s a compliment. I’ve been a Likud voter all my life, but a few months in the faction. At faction meetings there are also things that leak out. There are Knesset members who think differently and stay alive. You can criticize Likud from the top down.”
Is legal reform alive or dead? “She will pass. I really hope she will pass already at this conference. She is bound by reality. We have known each other for many years. The opposition is not built from the same skin. Lapid and Michali’s struggle is with the protest leaders. There are people, especially in the state camp, who have realized that there is a challenge to pass the reform and within Maintaining unity in our nation.”
And if there is no agreement, should it be transferred unilaterally? “We are not there. I am very optimistic. There will be reform because we are committed to it. I am not a supporter of standing with a stopwatch in hand.”
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