Ben Gvir snatched from Netanyahu the greatest symbol of the Likud | Ben Caspit
The Altalena is remembered as the moment when Begin gave up escalation to prevent a civil war. And today we get Netanyahu and Ben Gvir — the successor of Meir Kahane who tries to appropriate…
Assessment
Ben Gvir is staking a claim to the Altalena, the iconic ship that symbolizes the moment Menachem Begin chose de escalation over civil war. By reaching for the same symbol, he is testing how far Bibi will let him rebrand the Likud legacy. The real question is whether Netanyahu will push back or let a Kahane heir inherit the party's founding myth.