First we will start with the tweet by MK Almog Cohen (Otzma Yehudit) that narrowly missed the TotD award:
היתד הזה לא נאמן למדינת ישראל.
— אלמוג כהן Almog cohen (@almog_cohen08) January 4, 2023
in response to a "scathing" editorial by the Yated Neeman, the newspaper of Haredi Jewry affiliated with the Degel Hatorah faction of UTJ, criticizng Itamar Ben Gvir for going up to Har Habayit, fellow member of Otzma Yehudit MK Almog Cohen tweeted a play on words saying The Yated is not faithful (neeman) to the State of Israel
nice but Ben Gvir's response to the editorial and more specifically to MK Moshe Gafni's (UTJ) tweet to him was better
הרב גפני, מעריך אותך מאוד אבל סבור שמפלגה שלא רוצה להיות בממשלה, כדי לא לשאת באחריות על המדינה, פחות מתאים שתטיף מוסר. הר הבית הוא לא רק עניין דתי (והרבנים שלנו קובעים שמצווה לעלות!), זה גם סמל לריבונות ומשילות והאוייב בוחן אותנו לפי מעשינו שם. במשמרת שלנו, ישראל לא תיכנע לחמאס.
— איתמר בן גביר (@itamarbengvir) January 4, 2023
Ben Gvir tweeted in response to Gafni:Rav Gafni, I greatly value and appreciate you but think that it is less appropriate for a party that does not want to be in the government in order to not bear responsibility for the State to preach to me. Har Habayit is not just a religious issue (and our rabbonim have decided it is a mitzva to go up!), but it is also a symbol of sovereignty and governance, and the enemy judges us on our actions there. On our watch Israel will not give in to Hamas.
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