Liberman: Netanyahu exploiting coronavirus for political purposes

Yisrael Beytenu chairman Avigdor Liberman accuses Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of “exploiting the coronavirus in order to skip over political procedures.”

In a Channel 12 interview, he argues that it is inappropriate for Netanyahu to serve as the spokesman for the government’s response, saying an apolitical individual should be appointed, similar to during the Gulf War when Army Radio’s Nachman Shai would provide regular updates to the public.

Asked if now is the time to switch prime ministers, Liberman says Gantz was the one given the mandate from the president to form a government and that he had no problem supporting the Blue and White leader. Liberman also says he’d be okay with Netanyahu continuing as prime minister.

He says the only government he wants to see right now is a two-party unity government made up of Blue and White and Likud, with all other factions supporting from the outside.