Lapid stressed that Netanyahu cares about nothing but staying in power (French)
Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid said - in an interview with Maariv newspaper published today, Thursday - that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is not qualified for his position and should have left a long time ago, coinciding with Lapid being informed of the cancellation of a meeting scheduled for today with Netanyahu.
Referring to the attack by the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) on the settlements surrounding Gaza on October 7, as part of the “Al-Aqsa Flood,” he added that the government under whose watch the “biggest catastrophe” occurred since the “Holocaust” occurred will not survive this year, as he put it.
He continued that Netanyahu is leading Israel from one disaster to another, stressing the necessity of forming an alternative government without Netanyahu. If that does not happen, he said Israel should go to elections.
Lapid added that as long as Netanyahu remains in office, it will be impossible to achieve the goals of the Gaza war, especially since he is not ready to discuss the future of the Strip.
He explained that for Netanyahu, there is no objection to Israel being burned in exchange for him remaining in power, according to his words.
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After that, the Israeli Broadcasting Authority said that the Prime Minister’s Office informed Lapid’s office of canceling a meeting scheduled between them today.
Netanyahu faces repeated criticism from the Israeli street and a number of politicians, even those affiliated with the War Council, against the backdrop of his handling of the issue of detainees in Gaza and the failure to find any path to guarantee their return alive to Israel, in addition to accusing his government of failing to uncover and deal with the attack of last October 7.
Source: Anadolu Agency