Diaspora Affairs Minister Dr. Nachman Shai(Labor) commented Sunday morning on his party's poor performance in the elections for Israel's 25th Knesset last week and said that the party was too far to the left of the electorate.
"We didn't read the political picture in the State of Israel. Society is moving to the right and we had to draw conclusions from that.
"It is possible that we were perceived by the public as those who are willing to put up with the lack of governance, with Bedouin or others taking over the country's territories.
Something in our DNA did not resonate and the public who went to the right told us 'bye bye.'
We should have read the map better and acted accordingly, and we didn't do that."
Source: INN - Photo: Flash90