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Monday, August 5, 2019
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Monday, August 5, 2019
Lapid: My joke wasn’t at the expense of Haredim, it was at ours
Yair Lapid responds to the prime minister’s accusations that his campaign ad had anti-Semitic undertones against the ultra-Orthodox.
“Unbelievable, Netanyahu, the greatest inciter in the history of Israel, is attacking me for a WhatsApp joke. Hey, Bibi, shall I start tracking down [your] quotes? The poison and hatred you have been dripping into Israeli society for years?” he tweets.
“Besides, my joke was about the billions you’ve handed over to Haredi operators, so it wasn’t at their expense, it was at ours.”
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