ש״ס מנסה לעשות לבן גביר את מה שהרב עובדיה עשה לבנט - אבי בלום

Shas is ostensibly past their big campaign, which had always been the Selichot rallies. Now, the thing is, Ben-Gvir put on a Selichot show of his own: he went around to all the strongholds, we saw him hugging Rabbi Elbaz, who is the one that appeals to Shas's traditional base. He’s going around, we saw during Sukkot he handed out Sukkah decorations where behind his image you see the Baba Sali, another one of Shas's brands, and Shas here must fight back. Now, this has happened before; I remind you that Bennett, in his first incarnation as chairman of The Jewish Home, when he appealed to Shas's traditional base—about three mandates—Rabbi Ovadia came out against him with the "house of gentiles " remark, and Bennett later thought it cost him a mandate or two. And that is what Shas is now trying to do with the same mantle of Rabbi Yitzhak. There is one problem here: the son is not the father. Secondly, Ben-Gvir is no sucker like Bennett was back then; he has a bit more mileage in the Haredi sector as well.