Almog Cohen attacked Ben Gvir: "The time has come for responsibility, Itamar"
Almog Cohen from Likud, formerly a member of Itamar Ben Gvir's party, attacked him: "On the eve of the budget, you were about to bring down the government. If not for me voting in favor…
Assessment
A former political ally turned critic is publicly dressing down Itamar Ben Gvir ahead of a budget vote. Almog Cohen claims Ben Gvir was ready to bring down the government and that Cohen's own vote, cast against Ben Gvir's instructions, saved him from irrelevance or worse. The attack signals deepening fractures within Israel's right-wing bloc, with Cohen warning that without unity, the coalition could lose ground to rivals like Mansour Abbas. The question now is whether this public rupture will shift votes or further destabilize the coalition.