Transportation Minister Miri Regev accused the El Al workers’ committee on Monday of trying to damage her standing in the Likud primaries, claiming the effort is retaliation for her push to bring Wizz Air into Israel.

Speaking outside a polling station during the Likud primaries, Regev warned supporters not to assume her position on the party slate is secure.

“Anyone who tells you, ‘Miri Regev is strong,’ wants to weaken me,” Regev said. “You know that the El Al workers’ committee decided to knock me down the list. All because I decided to bring in Wizz Air.”

Regev made clear that she does not intend to back away from the move despite the opposition.

“I said that I would bring down airfares, and that is what will happen,” she declared.

“No workers’ committee will intimidate me or blackmail me,” Regev added. “The citizens of the State of Israel are more important.”

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