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Tuesday, November 5, 2024
Lapid says Netanyahu’s decision to fire Gallant mid-war is ‘act of madness’
Sam Sokol is the Times of Israel's political correspondent. He was previously a reporter for the Jerusalem Post, Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Haaretz. He is the author of "Putin’s Hybrid War and the Jews"
Opposition Leader Yair Lapid leads a Yesh Atid faction meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, November 4, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision to replace Defense Minister Yoav Gallant in the middle of a war “is an act of madness,” Opposition Leader Yair Lapid tweets, calling for Israelis to protest the high-level cabinet shakeup.
“Netanyahu is selling out Israel’s security and the IDF’s fighters for [his own] disgraceful political survival. The ultra-right-wing government prefers the [draft] dodgers over the those who serve,” Lapid accuses — calling on his party’s supporters and “all Zionist patriots to take to the streets tonight in protest.”
