Lapid explains his remark that he’d vote with Netanyahu to stop Gantz becoming PM

Yesh Atid party leader Yair Lapid issues an English-language explanation of his remark earlier this week vowing to cooperate with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if he will want to join forces to topple the government and thwart Benny Gantz being tapped as premier in 18 months.

In a Facebook post, Lapid says this doesn’t mean he is now supporting Netanyahu. He says it only means he is willing to collaborate with anyone to prevent or reverse law changes currently being pushed to implement the coalition deal and the power-sharing agreement.

He says those changes are “trampling over” the Knesset, the Supreme Court and “all the basic principles.”

“When the coronavirus crisis is behind us, if we can bring down this corrupt government that is exactly what we will do,” Lapid says — including cooperating with Netanyahu.