Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Bibi warns Likud members not to back Feiglin

Associates of Likud Chairman Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday have warned the party's Knesset members and those seeking a spot on its roster not to attend a rally organized by Moshe Feiglin, leader of Likud's Jewish Leadership faction.

The rally was scheduled to take place in Jerusalem later on in the evening.

Likud officials fear that any show of support for Feiglin, who is known for his hard-line rightist views, will help him land a top spot on the party's roster in the primary elections, which, according to them, would be detrimental to the party's campaign ahead of the February 10 general vote.

Feiglin told Ynet in response "he who resorts to scare tactics is revealing something about himself. I fear no one - except God and my wife, a little."