Opposition Leader Yair Lapid slams Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the vision for the Gaza war he laid out in his press conference this evening.
“The meaning of Netanyahu’s words is military rule over Gaza for many years,” he says, adding that soldiers will continue to die in battle and Israeli taxpayers will have to pay for education, healthcare and other services in Gaza.
“Netanyahu lied today when he said he is fully coordinated with the American administration,” Lapid contends. “He has lost [Donald] Trump’s support and attention.”
The Democrats party chief Yair Golan reacts furiously after Netanyahu said Golan’s remark yesterday that Israel is “killing babies as a hobby” reminds him of medieval blood libels.
“I saw a display by a lying, anxious and troubled man who slings mud at everyone and doesn’t take responsibility for anything,” Golan says. “I have two promises to Netanyahu this evening: I will sue you for defamation for the lies you spread against me, and we will beat you in elections very soon and send you to the pages of history.”
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