Every parent knows you should never make the children decide who they love more, Dad or Mom. Surprisingly, that is precisely what Itamar Ben-Gvir has been doing for the past two weeks. For years he took great care not to go into direct battle with Benjamin Netanyahu. Every Otzma Yehudit voter wants Netanyahu as prime minister, so Ben-Gvir cast himself as an essential supplement to a Bibi government, or as the wounded party Bibi won’t be photographed with—but he never attacked him head-on. Suddenly that is exactly what Ben-Gvir is doing.
Also, Iran rebuilds, and Israel begs for forgiveness.
All in today's edition of It's Noon in Israel.
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