Ichud Leumi head and former MK Yaakov Katz (Ketzaleh) attacked Bayit Yehudi party leader Naftali Bennett for destroying the achdus in the right-wing camp. Katz explains he has worked for years to create unity in the kippa sruga community and Bennett is destroying this.

Katz added �If Bennett does not tell PM Netanyahu that if Amona is destroyed [again], his party will break away from the coalition government, then he can head back to the world of high-tech.

Katz used his weekly slot on Galei Yisrael to get his message out. Katz quoted Deputy Defense Minister (Bayit Yehudi) Rabbi Eli Ben-Dahan saying that if construction equipment is brought to Amona to dismantle the community, his party would not remain in the coalition. Katz is waiting for the party�s leader to make the same statement, which he has yet to make.

Katz reminds the dati leumi community that Bennett�s party lost four seats in the last elections because of what he calls �Bennett�s Torah-hating friend Yair Lapid�. He cites in addition; Bennett has poor advisors.

Katz is confident that Bennett will remain in the coalition and this will result in a split between Bayit Yehudi and Uri Ariel�s Ichud Leumi faction. Katz explains that just as Bennett lost the Torah community he will now lose the Eretz Yisrael voters and in the next elections, drop to 4-5 seats.

(YWN � Israel Desk, Jerusalem)