From her new seat in the Knesset, not far from Benjamin Netanyahu's seat, Miri Regev is looking around -- and is not pleased with what she is seeing. After long years holding the reins of state, she has found herself as part of the opposition. The highest office in the state, of the PM, is held by Bennett, who she calls a 'crook'. She refuses to acknowledge him as her prime minister. The change government that she would actually want to establish is a government carried by the social-Mizrahi revolution that she is planning.
"This state is 73 years old. In 2021 in most high offices there are no Mizrahim, there has never been a Mizrahi prime minister," she says [here Yedioth plugs the full interview to be published in tomorrow's dead tree edition newspaper]. "Something is wrong, and we need Likud to change it. Only Likud".
Q: There has never been a Mizrahi PM. This is true. But look at Likud higher-ups, they are all Ashkenazi men: Bibi [Netanyahu], [Nir] Barkat, [Yoav] Gallant, [Israel] Katz. Should I continue?
A: First of all, there is no doubt I am uncomfortable with it. You'd expect the Likudniks, who are a party mostly based on Mizrahim, the periphery, of the golden age, Sepharadim, Mizarhim, to create a different leadership.
Q: But if the people in Likud who elect their leaders during the primaries, when it comes down to it they elect Ashkenazi men, what does that say about them?
A: I think they are also influenced by the media, by the oppression, by the propaganda [actually Regev says 'consciousness engineering', a cute Hebrew pundit neologism with no English parallel that I know of]. They are still not ripe for it to happen. In '77 Begin led to the Mahapch. And in '21 actually the Ashkenazi clique has been exposed, in the Kombina government, the Caste Government, which wants to take us back to Mapai and stop the momentum of the last decade that Bibi spearheaded. And in '22-'23 I intend to lead the Mizrahi elite.
Q: You will be the leader of the Black Panthers of '23?
A: Yes, we will call it the Golden Age Revolution. In '22-'23 I intend to lead the alliance of Mizrahi elites. Likud will need to change the balance between Ashkenazim and Mizrahim. Likudniks will have to elect
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- What is the % chance Bibi is no longer leader of Likud if the change government happens?
- How long does the change government have to last for Likud to remove Bibi from leadership?
I know it's likely Netanyahu may be convicted eventually but lets assume for this that he is not convicted of any crime for the next 2 or 3 years.
I am interested in people's thoughts.
Non meme parties that wonβt be shit in power.
Just curious of people's thoughts on the centrist Yesh Atid in the event this government dissolves due to their very narrow majority
