Lapid criticizes Yesh Atid MK’s referencing Hitler in warning over far-right

Prime Minister Yair Lapid criticizes MK Ram Ben Barak, a member of his Yesh Atid party, for referencing Nazi German dictator Adolf Hitler to warn of a potential government that opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu could form with the far-right.

In an interview with the Walla news site, Lapid is asked if he believes Netanyahu and the leaders of the Religious Zionism slate — MKs Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben Gvir — are “dangerous” like Hitler.

“No. I’m against any comparison to the Holocaust,” says Lapid, noting he is the son of a Holocaust survivor. “It’s not acceptable to me.”

“It’s also not acceptable to Ram,” Lapid adds, referring to Ben Barak’s later insistence he was not making a comparison to Hitler.

“That was a real unsuccessful comment, and untrue of course.”