The far-right Otzma Yehudit Party filed a petition to the High Court of Justice against Blue and White for incitement, describing the ad as having “the smell of antisemitism about it.”Blue and White MK Elazar Stern, a leading figure in the party’s campaign to attract moderate religious-Zionist voters, accused Bennett of hypocrisy by pointing to his own attacks against the religious-Zionist conservatives when New Right ran as a separate party in the April 2019 election.“Bayit Yehudi is a more ‘hardal’ party," Bennett said during a live Facebook session. "Bezalel Smotrich and Rabbi Rafi Peretz, who is a student of the [hard-line] Har Hamor yeshiva, and [Bayit Yehudi MK] Moti Yogev represent the ‘hardal’ path. We [New Right] connect the mainstream of the religious-Zionist community, religious and secular people.” “Whoever is more hardal should vote for Bayit Yehudi,” he added.Stern responded on Twitter: “Naftali, you can’t fool us. We are truly the force for a Judaism that connects [people] and not one that is hardal-ifying people.”גם אני חרדל גאה.כחול לבן, תתביישו. יאיר לפיד, בני גנץ, אלעזר שטרן ויעל גרמן, פשוט תתביישו לעצמכם!אני מבין שזה עכשיו באופנה לתקןף את ״החרדלים״ ואת הציונות הדתית..>>https://t.co/5yth0Xuo6K pic.twitter.com/z8B2gUZavw
— Naftali Bennett בנט (@naftalibennett) January 31, 2020
נפתלי, עלינו לא תצליח לעבוד בעיניים. אנחנו באמת יהדות מחברת ולא מחרד״לת. https://t.co/rY01oRThqt pic.twitter.com/1wPFQwXgLt
— אלעזר שטרן (@Elazar_stern) January 31, 2020