Speaking at an Israel Hayom pre-election conference, Labor Party leader Merav Michaeli called for a government without the participation of far-right MK Itamar Ben-Gvir as minister.
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She said that her faction would ensure a democratic and liberal Jewish state.
"What we are saying is that Labor is the strategic vote, to replace [Benjamin Netanyahu] with someone who will make sure that Ben Gvir does not become a minister" in the future government. "We are putting 100% of our effort into this."
Further criticizing her political opponents, she said the assassination of then-Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin in 1995 was perpetrated "in cooperation between Netanyahu and Ben-Gvir at the time," remarks that later drew harsh criticism from right-wing lawmakers.
"If God forbid, Netanyahu becomes prime minister, I doubt if there will be a national day or a memorial rally for Rabin next year," she added, in response to a question on why it insists on holding the memorial event his year ahead of the election.
"The Rabin rally has always been held before or after the anniversary. The [Labor] party holds it because I demand that it takes place ... Rabin was assassinated because of the direction he had taken. Ben Gvir says 'I'm not ashamed, I don't regret [his verbal attacks on Rabin at the time]."
Netanyahu has regularly denied the allegations that he ignored inflammatory rhetoric that led to the assassination.
Michaeli also said she would not sit in a government with the Joint Arab List faction. She criticized JAL lawmaker Aida Touma-Suleiman for praising the terrorists eliminated by the IDF in Nablus this week as "martyrs."
"Unfortunately, this statement supports terrorism. I strongly condemn it and do not see how we could cooperate with the Joint Arab List."
When Michaeli was asked about the Labor Party's warning it might not pass the electoral threshold to enter the Knesset which has been dubbed as the "gevalt campaign", she said: "I don't know what this means ... The Labor Party is the best address for a democratic and liberal Jewish state. We are putting in 100% effort. We are the only party that has a printed platform and we are distributing it throughout Israel so that the public knows that we have come here to work. The work is very complex and not simple, especially when we are running a campaign for the fifth time in three years. If I had wanted to prepare so many campaigns, I could have chosen to work in advertising."
Regarding Prime Minister Yair Lapid's strengthening at the expense of the small parties, she said that "We all know that the game is based on political blocs; the bloc needs to win. I will recommend Yair Lapid for prime minister. He is an excellent prime minister."
On the inclusion of women in the government, she said: "I saw that in the campaign everyone remembered that there are women, even Shas. Its rabbi has taken a leadership position in Shas and the Likud, and he talks about women as servants."
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