A fierce political firestorm erupted Sunday night following the chaos in Bnei Brak, as Shas chairman Aryeh Deri and former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett launched blistering public attacks against each other in a highly charged exchange posted on X.

In the aftermath of violent unrest in the chareidi city, Bennett quickly traveled to Bnei Brak, where he filmed himself on the streets — a calculated effort to energize his reelection campaign while aligning himself with some of Israel’s most outspoken anti-chareidi voices.

Deri responded with an fiery demand.

“I call on the Police Commissioner to immediately issue a restraining order barring Naftali Bennett from the streets of Bnei Brak.

This inciter and agitator came to the city with the goal of inflaming tensions and exploiting a painful situation to scrape together votes for himself.”

Bennett did not hold back.

“I didn’t understand who’s even questioning him.

Look, the problem isn’t Deri, who’s gotten used to acting like he owns the country — it’s Netanyahu, who handed it to him.

When Deri calls on healthy chareidi young men not to dare enlist to help IDF soldiers, Netanyahu stays silent, backs him up, and advances a draft law that abandons our soldiers.

Every soldier — every woman and every man — should be able to walk freely anywhere in the State of Israel without fear.

Let the rioters be the ones who are afraid.

We are returning to run the country.”

Deri escalated further, blasting Bennett in personal terms and declaring:

“This despicable individual, who stops at nothing, is the last person who should be present in this arena.”

YWN NOTE: Bennett only became Prime Minister because of his coalition with Arab parties, effectively enabling and strengthening their influence in Israel. His partnership with leftist factions and Arab parties has undermined our community’s political strength and ideology. His partner was – and still conues to be – Yar Lapid. A self hating jew and a terrible Rasha.

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