Thread by @LahavHarkov

Netanyahu once again says that Blue and White are “relying on a bloc with Arab parties that don’t only recognize Israel...That’s legitimate? That’s absurd! We have been in this picture 2x before, generals on the Right who dress up as Left, talk unity, but want left-wing policies”

Netanyahu: In 1992 we got Rabin and Oslo disaster, in 1999 we got Barak and the Intifada with exploding buses and over 1000 killed.

Now Netanyahu is complaining about Gantz mocking his military record.

Netanyahu: But today Gantz agreed to give the premiership to Yair Lapid whose security experience is being a reporter for the military newspaper. Think about that.

Netanyahu: They say the country is in a more difficult situation than ever before. What are they talking about? Our country has never been in a better situation, a direct result of our policies and our actions. This has been the best decade ever for security.

Netanyahu: Heads of powerful countries want connections with Israel, including Arab states. And that’s without the concessions Gantz and Lapid want to make, because that is the meaning of the Left...They want to concede and we think we have to build our country.

Netanyahu: We lowered unemployment to the lowest level in 50 years. We raised the salaries of soldiers to more than ever before. We turned Israel into a gas and cyber security power. They’re trying to hide it. But you know the truth.

Netanyahu: When I”m a PM, you’re not afraid to get on a bus or enter a restaurant. The state is developing. We’re turning into a rising international force.

Netanyahu: Lapid and Gantz supported the dangerous nuclear deal with Iran that allows them to get a nuclear weapon to destroy us. Lapid said it’s a done deal, we have to accept it. I didn’t accept it...I fought it around the world, against all the major powers.

Netanyahu talking about his speech to Congress.

“The impossible suddenly became possible. Because I believe in these things. Peace and security come only at our insistent, not at weakness and pretty words.”

Netanyahu: Disengagement is a euphemism for uprooting more settlers. (Quotes Lapid saying 80-90k settlers need to be evacuated and Gantz saying we need to implement the lessons of the disengagement) With me, that won’t happen.

Netanyahu: A PM in Israel must be able to present Israel to the world, yes, Benny Gantz, in English. And you have to be able to say no and stand behind it. If I come and I’m nice and don’t take stands, how can I handle the greatest pressure in the world?

Netanyahu: To defend ourselves, we need to be a power. We have to believe in ourselves, in our mission, to deter those who reject a Jewish State in our land. Lapid and Gantz oppose the Nation-State Law. I’m in favor. I am proud we passed this historic law.

Netanyahu says Gantz and Ashkenazi opposed the wall on the Egyptian border. “I was in favor. I insisted, opposing the view of senior figures...We totally stopped the infiltration into Israel.“

Netanyahu mentions the video from Lapid’s talk show where Lapid said to him “I don’t know anything about economics.”
Netanyahu: He was right. He was a failed Finance Minister. Maybe worst in Israel’s history. And Benny Gantz went bankrupt in his only experience in private market

Netanyahu criticizes Nissenkorn “head of the monopolistic union that prevents competition in the market.”

Touts his own economic record, keeping the economy afloat in 2003 and 2009

Netanyahu praises the Likud list. “It’s important that we continue leading the country in our way, a way of success, security, growth. But tonight I want to tell you honestly, it is not at all certain. In 2 months we may have a left-wing Lapid-Gantz govt relying on Arab parties.”

Netanyahu: A govt like this will destroy our economy. Sooner or later, probably sooner, they will establish a Palestinian state...It will endanger our existence...The left is captive to this idea.

Netanyahu: From now to elections the propaganda machine of the media will act 24-7 to convince you the Left is not Left. They will praise Lapid and Gantz’s left-wing party, they’ve already started...They will slander us non-stop.

Netanyahu says media wants to move votes from Right to Left and to convince right-wing voters that they don’t need to vote.

Netanyahu: Only a big Likud will prevent a left-wing government. Only a big Likud will ensure economic growth and security.