The Israel Resilience party calls the criticism of Benny Gantz over his remarks on the controversial nation-state law “hysterical,” saying the Netanyahu government “shot our Druze brothers in the back – we will heal [the wound].”

Earlier, Gantz vowed to Druze leaders that he would do everything in his power to “fix” the legislation and said that Israel should work to strengthen bonds with the minority community.

The Likud party immediately attacked Gantz, saying his remarks put him in the same ideological basket as Hatnua chief Tzipi Livni and Yesh Atid chair Yair Lapid.

“When Ganz attacks the national law and Tzipi Livni congratulates him for it, everyone knows the obvious: Ganz is left, just like Lapid,” the party said in a statement.

Gantz is seen as one of the only possible threats to a Netanyahu victory in the April 9 elections.