Lapid: Nobody has weakened the State of Israel more than Ben Gvir has

After National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir claimed that the inclusion of Opposition Leader Yair Lapid in a unity government would amount to “raising the white flag” in the war against Hamas, Lapid hits back, charging that nobody has “weakened the State of Israel more than Ben Gvir and the government of extremists.”

“It’s no coincidence that Hamas attacked when he was the National Security Minister,” Lapid says of the ultranationalist lawmaker. “Our enemies look at him and understand that he has weakened the police, weakened the border police, weakened our ability to attack Hamas and Hezbollah.”

“Ben Gvir = weak,” adds the Yesh Atid leader.

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