Feiglin: Netanyahu responsible for October 7, should resign

Moshe Feiglin, chairman of the Zehut party who returned to the Knesset this week, has placed direct and heavy responsibility on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the events of October 7th and the conduct of the war, alongside a sharp attack on the opposition bloc's moves around the chareidi draft issue.

In an interview this morning with Ben Caspit and Yinon Magal on Radio 103FM, Feiglin addressed the management of the war and laid blame on the country's leadership:

"We decided on October 8th not to win, and on this matter I do indeed blame Netanyahu with the most serious accusation. I thought and I still think that Netanyahu should have resigned, because he was prime minister for 30 years before October 7th and therefore he bears responsibility. Not alone, of course, but certainly as the one standing at the head of the system."

"The left isn't patriotic — they wanted to bring down the government"

Alongside his pointed criticism of the prime minister, he sharply attacked reports of the opposition bloc's attempts to reach agreements with the chareidi factions, claiming that the opposition's battle over the draft issue did not stem from substantive motives.

"This flip-flop by the left doesn't surprise me at all," he said. "Throughout the past three years I've argued that it's simply a bluff. It wasn't complicated to understand that these guys who wanted to dismantle the army in 2023 aren't exactly great patriots who suddenly are short of soldiers and want to draft every last one."

According to him, the motive behind the discourse around the chareidi sector was purely political: "It wasn't patriotism that led to the creation of the 'chareidim now' agenda, but rather the desire to bring down the government."