Bennett to Lapid: Stop ‘encouraging anarchy’

Naftali Bennett, the right-wing leader of the opposition party Yamina, pours cold water over opposition leader Yair Lapid’s call for Netanyahu to resign and be replaced within 48 hours by an emergency government made up largely of opposition parties.

“Yair, you can’t have Bennett and also the Joint List,” writes Bennett on Twitter, referring to the predominantly Arab party. “It won’t happen. We are in an emergency situation. I encourage my colleagues in Yesh Atid to focus on assisting the defeat of the coronavirus instead of encouraging anarchy.”

Lapid, earlier, said in a statement: “If Netanyahu resigns, then in 48 hours we will create a real emergency government. A real unity government. Not the huge disconnected government that we’re stuck with but the real thing. Eighteen ministers, an efficient, effective and goal-driven government. The moment Netanyahu resigns, everyone will join forces — us, Bennett, Liberman, everyone. We will bring to the table a proper work plan and crisis management abilities. Everything that’s missing at the moment.”