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From the Liveblog of
Thursday, February 21, 2019
From the Liveblog of
Thursday, February 21, 2019
PM mocks Gantz for being willing to give premiership to Lapid who has no military experience
In his first speech since the Gantz-Lapid merger, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu goes after Benny Gantz for minimizing his military experience while being willing to take part in a rotation agreement to allow Yair Lapid to replace him as premier.
Netanyahu says the Blue and White ticket is not the first time that Israel has seen a slate of IDF generals “of the left pretending to be of the right.”
He says the election of former IDF chief of staff Yitzhak Rabin led to the “disastrous” Oslo Accords, and that of Ehud Barak brought the second intifada and an onslaught of Palestinian terrorism.
“When I’m PM, you’re not afraid of getting on a bus or sitting at restaurants,” Netanyahu says.
