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Lapid brands Ben Gvir ‘worst’ police minister ever, urges Netanyahu to sideline him
Head of the Yesh Atid party Yair Lapid and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Knesset's assembly hall for a special session in memory of Israel's first prime minister, David Ben Gurion, on November 8, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
Opposition leader Yair Lapid launches a scathing attack on National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir following the mass shooting in Yafa an-Naseriyye, calling him “the worst and most failed minister the police have ever known.”
“The number of criminal deaths in the Arab society is growing at a frightening pace,” Lapid says in a statement, urging Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to sideline Ben Gvir and manage the crackdown himself, “as I did during my term” as premier.
“It’s unacceptable for the number of murdered people to have jumped by 300% in a few months because of a continuous government failure.”
