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Lapid: The government will last, it does not depend on Netanyahu
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleDuring a faction meeting of his Yesh Atid party, Foreign Miniser Yair Lapid dismisses concerns that the coalition may collapse if Benjamin Netanyahu signs a plea deal in his criminal cases and resigns from politics.
It is generally thought that this could lead the government’s right-wing factions to break away and form a coalition with Likud under new leadership.
“The government will last. It does not depend on Netanyahu,” Lapid says. “It depends on joint work, depends on our having formed a government that unifies Israeli society rather than divisions, discord and incitement.”
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