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From the Liveblog of
Thursday, December 22, 2022
From the Liveblog of
Thursday, December 22, 2022
Netanyahu: Lapid left Israel in ruins, tells him to ‘go home’
Responding to outgoing prime minister Yair Lapid’s speech warning against his future government, Likud chief Benjamin Netanyahu paints a dystopian view of the country that he is taking over.
“Lapid, who has left a ruined country in economic and diplomatic collapse, with Iran galloping toward nuclear [capabilities] without any response, with murder and violence rampant, preaches to the next government with baseless inventions,” he says in a statement.
“You lost the election,” he adds. “Go home.”
