At this point, Feiglin hesitates. “People find it difficult to join me,” he says, thinks a moment and repeats: “People find it difficult to join me because it’s hard for them to understand things that aren’t visual. [On Temple Mount] there’s no dragging of settlers (by police) and the destruction of homes, which are elements that make it easier for the public to internalize the magnitude of the horror.”
The Jewish Press: Do you think a rebellion is starting against Netanyahu inside the Likud over the 2-state issue?
MK Moshe Feiglin: “There’s a general, ongoing agitation against Netanyahu inside the Likud. I won’t call it rebellion, but for certain the prime minister’s position is not as strong as it used to be.”
When I wish him success tomorrow, he says: “Let me say this: It is clear to me that it’ll take some time until I am permitted to enter the mountain, because the change that caused me not to be able to enter was strategic, not tactical. It was a change for the worse. And it’s possible that the next time I go up to the Temple Mount I will already be the prime minister.”
I respond with a surprised laughter, to which MK Feiglin says sternly, “I’m saying this with the fullest seriousness.”
Which I understand to mean that he is not expecting any breaks on the Temple Mount issue from his party leader, and not from any other party leader who may replace him. MK Feiglin has conceded the fact that the only way for him to reach the most sacred place on the planet would be by conquering the most coveted seat in Israel.