While Bayit Yehudi party officials continue to insist the Security Cabinet during Operation Protective Edge in 2014 failed to address Hamas terror tunnels, Likud is firing back, accusing the dati leumi party of lying to deface PM Netanyahu’s party.

It was Bayit Yehudi leader Naftali Bennett who spoke out to the media during the counter-terrorism offensive in Gaza, and was scorned publicly by Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu for openly criticizing the government during a military operation. PM Netanyahu openly threatened to oust Bennett from the government if he repeats the offense in the future.

Yesh Atid party leader Yair Lapid came to Bennett’s side, attesting to the fact the cabinet never spoke about the tunnel threat. Minister (Likud) Yuval Steinitz tells a different story however, insisting there were at least a dozen meetings in which the tunnel threats were discussed. PM Netanyahu’s Bureau released a message concurring, that the tunnels were discussed and statements to the contrary are not accurate.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)