MK Moshe Gafni (UTJ) is coming under fire right now, and it is "friendly" fire.

Something Gafni said in an internal Degel meeting was leaked to the public, and what he said has put him in hot water.

Here is the news report with what he said..

He is basically criticizing the players in Agudas Yisrael for their positions taken during the Draft law proposal and vote. Gafni is upset that first they threatened that if the law doesn't pass they'll leave the government, then they threatened that if the law does pass they'll leave the government. Gafni says that Aguda has caused that our fate is now in the hands of the Supreme Court and we have to wait to hear what they say on the matter. That and for driving Netanyahu crazy and not putting forth a unified position but going back and forth. And then when he was asked to bring the issue to the Council of Sages for a clear decision and instructions, Litzman said it is impossible right now - though shortly after he went with a potential candidate for Mayor of Jerusalem - Yossi Deutsch - to all the Admorim for their blessings and support, so why was it impossible to deal with this if it was possible to deal with that?

Some in UTJ are now calling for Gafni's ouster, saying that someone who criticizes the gedolim the way he did cannot be a representative of the gedolim, and he must be replaced.

I am going to defend Gafni here and say he is right. Not only is he right but he was not even criticizing the Admorim- he was criticizing Litzman. Unless you then say that criticizing Litzman is the same thing as criticizing the gedolim because he supposedly represents their positions, but that is a big stretch. Whether Gafni needs to be relieved of his duties or not and a capable replacement foudn is something Degel always needs to be looking at - they need to find the best possible person to represent them. That might be Gafni, that might be someone else, but that is for them to decide. This crisis is way overblown as Gafni did not attack any gedolim in his diatribe against Litzman and Aguda.

One thing is for sure - all this infighting between the various factions cannot be good for the overall situation with, both municipal and national, elections coming.
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