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Likud warns chareidim against left coalition

Likud spokesman Guy Levy warns chareidi parties against joining a government led by Gadi Eisenkot, saying any gains would disappear at the first opportunity under a coalition with Lapid, Liberman and Kriv

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Likud spokesman Guy Levy warned Monday evening that if the chareidi parties join a government led by Gadi Eisenkot, the move could cause long-term damage to the chareidi public and the Torah world. In an interview on Kol Chai Radio's main evening program, Levy criticised the possibility of cooperation between the chareidi parties and the parties of the "change bloc".

"If the chareidim go with the left it will cause damage for generations," Levy said during the interview, referring to the possibility that the chareidi parties might choose to join a coalition not led by Likud.

The Likud spokesman explained his opposition to the move by pointing to the composition of the parties that would take part in such a government. "Because they're forming a government with Kriv, Lazimi, Lapid, Liberman, who have hurt the Torah world the most," he said.

Levy named Gilad Kariv, Naama Lazimi, Yair Lapid and Avigdor Liberman, and argued that cooperation by the chareidi parties with them could harm the interests of the chareidi public.

Later in his remarks, Levy also raised the issue of appointing the next attorney general. According to him, in a government formed under the leadership of the change bloc, a new attorney general could be appointed for a seven-year term, a move that he said could have implications beyond the term of that government.

"In the government they'll run, a new attorney general will be appointed for seven years, we saw what the attorney general's office did," Levy said, criticising the current attorney general.

The Likud spokesman concluded his remarks with another warning regarding possible agreements between the chareidi parties and the change bloc. According to him, even if gains are achieved in the framework of coalition negotiations, they may not be preserved over time.

"All the gains will disappear at the first opportunity," Levy warned.

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