Lapid: Netanyahu’s call for talks is ‘lies and spin’

21 February 2023, 6:49 pm

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Opposition leader Yair Lapid speaks at a protest against the judicial overhaul, February 13, 2023. (Arie Leib Abrams/Flash90)

In response to Netanyahu’s call for talks, opposition leader Lapid accuses the prime minister of “lies and spin.”

Lapid says the opposition has sought “for long weeks to hold discussions” with the coalition.

“The president pled with them to stop the legislation and hold talks, the Americans asked them to stop the legislation and hold talks, and the entire people of Israel are asking the government to prevent a terrible rupture in the people, to stop this frenzy.”

Lapid says talks are possible immediately if “you call the president, tell him you are stopping all legislative processes and starting discussions based on the president’s proposal.”