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Goldknopf reportedly says those who accuse PM of murder should be jailed; Lapid: I won’t be preached to by this government
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleHousing and Construction Minister Yitzhak Goldknopf told ministers that those who call Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a murderer should be sent to jail, singling out Opposition Leader Yair Lapid, according to leaked quotes from today’s cabinet meeting.
“There can be no forgiveness for Lapid who says that Netanyahu is responsible for the murder of the abductees,” Goldknopf said, Hebrew media reports.
In response, Lapid says he won’t accept “moral preaching from Goldknopf nor from any minister of the government of disasters.”
“Hamas murdered the hostages in cold blood after the government abandoned them to die in captivity. Every minister and every MK in the coalition is responsible. This is their legacy,” he says in a statement.
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