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Lapid: Netanyahu weakens IDF by blaming security services for Oct. 7
Carrie Keller-Lynn is a former political and legal correspondent for The Times of Israel
Opposition Leader Yair Lapid speaks during a faction meeting at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on October 12, 2023. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
Opposition Leader Yair Lapid says that prime minister “crossed a red line” by assigning blame to the security and defense services for Israel’s Oct. 7 failure.
“While IDF soldiers and commanders are fighting valiantly against Hamas and Hezbollah, he is trying to blame them instead of backing them up,” Lapid writes on X.
“Such attempts to evade responsibility and place the blame on the security establishment weakens the IDF while it is fighting Israel’s enemies,” Lapid continues.
“Netanyahu must apologize for his words.”
