If you think we are sitting in a Right-wing government, you are mistaken. When the prime minister supports a Palestinian state, it is not a right-wing government. You demand construction as if Habayit Hayehudi had 30 mandates and the Likud had just 8 mandates.... we have broken the building freeze in Jerusalem and in Judea and Samaria. I caused the prime minister to retract from his statement regarding a unilateral pullback.... but, for God's sake, lower your expectations!
-- Minister of Education Naftali Bennet, at a meeting with Habayit hayehudi activists
It is good that Bennet is being realistic and demanding realistic expectations from his constituents. He should also, perhaps, give them guidelines as to what is realistic and what their expectations should be.
One thing to consider though is that you do not hear Aryeh Deri or Yaakov Litzman, or Moshe Gafni lowering their demands and telling their constituents to have lower expectations, considering that they are just 6 and 7 mandates respectively. The leaders of the Haredi parties make their demands, they fight to get what they promised their constituents, and they are willing to fight to the end for those issues. They might be bluffing when they keep threatening to vote against the government if this or that demand is not met, but so far nobody has been daring enough to call their bluff.
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