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Shas head pans Lapid call to replace Netanyahu, urges him to join gov’t

20 November 2023, 4:08 pm 5 Edit

Shas leader Aryeh Deri, in an interview with the Haredi news site Kikar Hashabbat, September 13, 2023 (Screenshot; used in accordance with clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Shas party leader Aryeh Deri pans Opposition Leader Yair Lapid who called for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to be replaced by a different Likud lawmaker so that a broader unity government could be formed in order to guide the country through the war.

“Anyone who engages in politics or makes political considerations causes a great injustice to the people of Israel and harms our soldiers,” Deri says in remarks to the press before a faction meeting.

“Enough, leave politics to the side. We are not changing prime ministers. I call on Lapid and [Yisrael Beytenu chair Avigdor] Liberman to enter the government,” he adds.