Ya’alon: Likud members understand by now Netanyahu is a burden

Blue and White politician Moshe Ya’alon said on Friday night that “some members of the Likud understand that [prime minister Benjamin] Netanyahu is not an asset but a burden,” Ya’alon was speaking on Channel 12. 
 

Ya’alon expressed confidence IDF forces will find the killers of Dvir Sorek and expressed his deep admiration to his family for their decision to donate his organs to save the lives of others. 19-year-old Sorek was found dead on Thursday morning, the search for his killers is still ongoing. 
 

“We all say in a clear voice,” he said, “we will not enter a coalition led by Netnayahu. We will call the Likud and if they will come (and join us) they will come.” 
 

He also said that loyalty pledges such as the one recently released by Likud reminds him of North Korea. Noting that Hamas also elects its leaders in democratic elections he commented that elections, on their own, aren’t enough to ensure democracy.  
 

Ya’alon argued that he and the other party leaders are not motivated by blind hatred of Netanyahu but by how they witness “the country going off the rails,” “we all worked with the man,” he said, “we experienced it.” 
 

Ya’alon and Benny Gantz were IDF chiefs under Netnayahu and Lapid served as a Minister of Finance under Netnayahu until he was fired in 2014.