Netanyahu dismisses Lapid’s giving up rotation as ‘transparent spin’

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismisses as “transparent spin” the announcement by Blue and White No. 2 Yair Lapid that if elections are held, he will give up the rotation agreement with his party leader Benny Gantz. He also calls for last-minute talks with Yisrael Beytenu party leader Avigdor Liberman to form a right-wing coalition.

“Gantz and Lapid, enough with the transparent tricks that are aimed at distracting attention from your refusal to form a broad national unity government that would sign a mutual defense pact with the United States and annex wide swaths of Judea and Samaria,” he says in a statement, referring to the West Bank by its biblical name.

“Since Lapid and Gantz are persisting in their refusal and are only engaging in transparent spin, there is only one option left to prevent unnecessary elections: I call on Avigdor Liberman to enter expedited negotiations in the 48 hours left to form a strong right-wing government for Israel.”