MK Dan Illouz, who announced his departure from Likud, said in an interview with “120 Plus One,” ynet’s political podcast, that “when something like October 7 happens, a country that wants to live cannot continue as usual. This should also be reflected in leadership that needs to change.” According to him, “On October 7, it was much more obvious to many Likud members. Some of my colleagues, who today are very, very busy showing how close they are to Netanyahu, were then dealing with how we replace him. At least a third of the Likud faction knew that the right thing for the State of Israel was for the leadership to change. Not through elections, because we were in the midst of a huge war, but through a no-confidence vote.”
