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Lapid says Levin, other ministers ‘stirring divisions’ while hostages’ bodies still held in Gaza
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleAriela Karmel is a political correspondent at The Times of Israel. She previously reported for Calcalist and Haaretz. She holds an MA in Middle Eastern and African History from Tel Aviv University and a BA in Political Science from the University of British Columbia.
Opposition leader Yair Lapid accuses Justice Minister Yariv Levin and other coalition members of sowing internal discord at a time when deceased hostages are still held by terror groups.
“While the international effort to locate the remaining deceased hostages continues, the justice minister and the rest of the coalition members are busy stirring divisions among us,” he says in a post on X.
Levin recently announced support for a controversial bill that would allow the defense minister to reduce or limit the number of hearings in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s corruption trial, as the struggle continues to retrieve the bodies of 21 dead hostages held by Hamas. The terror group has returned just seven deceased hostages over the past two days under the US-brokered ceasefire.
“The coalition can’t go a single day without dragging us into internal conflict. The time has come for sane and responsible leadership,” says the Yesh Atid leader.
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