Eden Ben Zaken Storm | Smotrich Attacks: "The Left is Violent and Silences Opposition"
At a Religious Zionism conference in Efrat, Smotrich attacked criticism of Netanyahu, mentioned Gantz and Galant at a Shlomo Artzi performance, and warned of the removal of Gofman, Zini, and Yehuda Eliyahu if the Left…
Assessment
The culture war in Israel is flaring up around the singer Eden Ben Zaken's performance at a Religious Zionist gathering. Smotrich is using the moment to paint the left as violently silencing dissent, while threatening that figures like Gofman and Zini would be purged under a leftist government. This is less about a singer and more about political delegitimization ahead of a potential power shift.