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Thursday, May 15, 2025
Lapid after meeting with PM: ‘We are one cabinet decision away from hostage deal’
Nava Freiberg is The Times of Israel's deputy diplomatic correspondent.
After receiving a security update from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Kirya IDF headquarters in Tel Aviv, Opposition Leader Yair Lapid says the government is “one security cabinet decision away” from reaching a hostage release deal.
“What I can say is that a hostage deal is possible,” Lapid says in a video statement following the meeting.
“We are one cabinet decision away from an agreement. I told the prime minister: ‘You don’t have any political problem – I will give you a full political safety net for a hostage deal. Bring them home, for God’s sake.”
אפשר לעשות עסקת חטופים. אנחנו מרחק החלטת קבינט אחת מעסקה. הזכרתי לנתניהו – אין לך שום בעיה פוליטית. אתן לך רשת ביטחון פוליטית מלאה עבור עסקת חטופים. תחזיר אותם הביתה – עכשיו pic.twitter.com/qty4dMoNEw
— יאיר לפיד – Yair Lapid (@yairlapid) May 15, 2025
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