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.”
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