Last night Eli Cohen spoke at Rabbi Davids Shul in Beit Shemesh for an open town meeting.
He was very polite and understanding of people's frustration with how things happened.
He accepted many questions from Bloch supporters.
You can hear the entire meeting here.
Bikitzur:
He did NOT stop the seker and wanted it to continue.
The Seker polled 500 people which is the normal about for a seker and showed the Eli won.
In light of that plus other other sekers showing Eli against Abubtul is a much stronger chance than Aliza agint Abubtbul, Bayit Yeudi officially decided to back Eli and asked Aliza to be Sgan Rosh Haair. The pollsters decided to stop the poll since it was no longer necessary and the next 500 pols would be invalid since Bayit Yehudi decided to now back Eli.
Bayit Yehudi approached Eli endorsed him and said lets work together in Unity.
Eli as the uniter accepted, and insisted the Aliza be a part of the team.
Had he been thinking of Himself only he could have said I don't want Aliza with me.
He did not do that, he wants to unite the opposition and take back Beit Shemesh for everyone.
He reached out and called and texted Aliza many times.
I agree that Bennet could have gone about this in a better way, but Aliza ran as Bayit Yehudis candidate, so she can not complain if they back another person they feel will had a better chance to beat Abubtbul. Had she ran as an independent like Eli did, Bayit Yehudi would not have been an issue for her they would not be able to replace her. She can not have any Taana on Eli he did nothing wrong. Perhaps she can complain to Bennett the way he handled it which it legit. I personally think Bennet should have listened to his people in Beit shemesh who all backed Eli.
While people want to feel that THEY chose the opposition leader, Eli won the 500 call poll which is normally standard, and all the pollsters say Eli can beat Abubtbul and Aliza may lose to him.
Even if you LOVE Aliza do you want to risk losing to Abutbul???
Just yesterday Extremist set fire and tried to prevent building in RBS claiming they are building over graves. This is pure bogus the Eida Chareidus is overlooking it and gave a 100% ok to the building.
The thugs are non rational they're extortionist who simply want money and control.
They endangered people lives by lighting fires and should be locked up for a very long time.
These Thugs don't care about Rabbis including Rav Kanievsky or you or me.
They beat Aryeh Golovnititz the developer of the project a 70 year old man in Jerusalem and fractured his skull in front of his wife and daughter.
Do you want this to be the future of Beit Shemesh???
These thugs and their leaders need to be expelled from Beit Shemesh not to bother people ever again.
If you love Beit Shemesh and do not want Extremist taking over this place, make SURE you support and get out the vote for Eli Cohen. If you like Aliza Bloch tell her that her name is on the agreement signed, and she can be the Sgan Rosh Haair. And you as a resident who loves this city would like her to get over whatever hard feelings she has to work together to defeat the real problem and take back our city before it's too late!
you should be happy they are stopping the building that you guys tried so hard to stop. decide what you want building for chareidim or stopping the thuggery - don't play both sides of the coin.
ReplyDeleteYou don't seriously believe that eli cohen or (even more ridiculous Aliza Bloch) can deal with these guys do you?
ReplyDeleteThey won't listen to anybody as we all know (and the police don't work for the mayor.)
yeah but if the mayor doesn't want it dealt with, the national police sure aren't going to stick their necks out on it either.
ReplyDeleteMim basically has it correct. If the local Mayor has no will to clean up the city, clean streets from dirt filth and clean out from extremists, the police will not be motivated to do their part.
ReplyDeleteIf the police do not do their job a REAL leader Mayor will go above them to MK's and higher authorities to clean up the place.
Considering that ALL 4 National current coalition parties are backing the non chareidy candidate, I think Eli cohen will have A LOT of national resources at his disposal to help US the Beit Shemesh residents.
ALL residents.