Lapid says doesn’t want feud with Netanyahu over Iran nuke deal, after trading barbs

Prime Minister Yair Lapid says he doesn’t want to tussle with opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu over Israel’s positioning vis-a-vis a renewed Iran nuclear deal, warning it harms Israel’s security, after his Yesh Atid party and the former premier went had a public back-and-forth.

“There is great importance in a united Israeli stance against the Iranian effort to obtain a nuclear weapon. I call on the opposition leader and everyone not to let political considerations harm our national security,” Lapid says in a statement.

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