Labor’s Michaeli criticizes Gantz, Lapid: Opposition’s job is not to automatically back gov’t

Labor chief Merav Michaeli offers criticism of opposition chiefs Yair Lapid and Benny Gantz for saying that they would back the government during the escalation with Lebanon.

“The job of the opposition is *not* to automatically back a government whose members are wandering around with a barrel of gasoline and attempting to light the region on fire,” tweets Michaeli.

“Our job is to examine every incident through a magnifying glass in order to ensure that Israel’s security is not compromised by extremist and irresponsible members of the government.”

Michaeli adds that the Labor Party supports the IDF and security officers and will side with the security establishment “in any disagreement with the extremist and irresponsible government.”

Gantz and Lapid both said earlier this evening that they will fully back the government on its security decisions.