Lapid to Netanyahu: Jews’ greatest disaster since Holocaust will always belong to you

Sam Sokol is a former political correspondent at The Times of Israel. 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 told the premier in response to his Knesset speech: “The greatest disaster that has happened to the Jewish people since the Holocaust belongs to you. It will always belong to you.

“Any person on whose watch this disaster happened would take it with him to his grave until his last day,” he said, adding that “there was never a government here that had so many reasons to ask for forgiveness.

“An entire country is in pain, anxious, angry, abandoned by a government that takes no responsibility for anything. Ask for forgiveness from them,” he said.

Lapid also took a jab at Netanyahu for losing his temper while being heckled and booed during his speech.

“Prime Minister, you once gave me good advice: never lose your temper at the podium. I propose to give this advice to you. It was not an easy performance to watch,” he said.

“I think of the families sitting here, and I think of the soldiers in the army who see a prime minister losing his temper at the podium, why? Because you had a tough morning in court? It’s not good for an Israeli prime minister to lose his temper at the podium during a war.”

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