MK Benjamin Netanyahu, a candidate for Likud party leadership, launched a scathing attack Tuesday against newly-elected Labor Chairman Amir Peretz and Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.
The former finance minister blamed Sharon for taking “extreme” political steps, and regarding Peretz, Bibi said, “He thinks money grows on trees and can simply be plucked and allocated among the major unions.
“Only he who filled the State coffer can see to it that people are taken out of the poverty cycle permanently,” he said, adding that “Peretz brought the Histadrut (Labor Union) down, and almost brought the pension funds down as well.”
Netanyahu, speaking before Likud activists at MK Uzi Landau’s headquarters in Ramat-Gan as part of the new alliance between the two ahead of the party primaries, was attacked by a number of activists over the Wye agreement and
the transfer of Hebron to Palestinian hands.
Netanyahu responded by saying, “It is better to give up two percent of the territories than 100 percent.”
As to the current security situation, Bibi said, “In 1993 we warned of rocket fire from Gaza, but we were dismissed; we warned of increased terror after the Oslo agreements, and we were dismissed. Now we are warning of Sharon.”
Landau said, “We must rally around a leader that can lead us to victory; I believe this leader is Netanyahu.
Earlier Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin said during a pro-Netanyahu rally in Kiryat Ono, “Bibi is the only one who can rebuild Likud and lead the party to victory,” adding that he would support Bibi in the Likud primaries.
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