Ram Ben-Barak: "Eisenkot lacks experience - this is not the army"

Knesset member Ram Ben-Barak presented his perspective this Thursday morning in an interview with 103FM radio regarding his party's standing in the polls, expressing no concern about his position, and addressing the political ambitions of Gadi Eisenkot and Yoav Segalovitz.

Ben-Barak expressed confidence in his future in the next Knesset: "I am not worried about this issue at all. I was not born to be an MK or a minister. My goal is to replace this bad government. I am convinced that I will be in a high position on the list. I am in a high place in the party thanks to my actions," he noted.

He then addressed the rise of Gadi Eisenkot, clarifying a key point he believes is still missing:

"I think that what Gadi Eisenkot, who is also my friend, represents is 180 degrees from Netanyahu. The public is fed up with what it sees and wants the opposite. We have not yet managed to convince the public that what is important now is the matter of experience. What Eisenkot lacks is experience in government work; this is not the army. Bennett has it, and the MKs of Yesh Atid have it."

Later, he discussed the possibility of MK Yoav Segalovitz leaving Yesh Atid for Ra'am: "I speak the language of someone who accepts Israel as a Jewish, democratic, and egalitarian state. Whoever accepts these clauses is, in my view, worthy. There are many unworthy people in the coalition and many unworthy people in the opposition."

"Judge a person by their words and deeds. If someone says they live in a Jewish state and acts accordingly, they are worthy of being in government. Ahmad Tibi, who wants this to be a 'state of all its citizens,' is unworthy, period. Itamar Ben Gvir, the fascist who says this does not necessarily have to be a democratic state and that there is a superior race and an inferior race, is unworthy. That is how you judge things, not by whether someone is Arab or Jewish," he added.