“This government doesn't want balance, it wants media like in Hungary, like in Russia – restrained, frightened, submissive, shallow,” Lapid said.
"We must fulfill the ultimate imperative," the president emphasized, "to return Omer, and all our abducted men and women."
"This has been the perception of Netanyahu and his office all these years - that Hamas is not terrible," Lapid claimed.
Lapid criticized the silence of “spineless” Likud MKs, calling their inaction “a disgrace remembered forever.”
“If Netanyahu knew, he is complicit in one of the most serious security breaches in the law book," Lapid said.
When paired against Bennett, Netanyahu led with 38% suitability to Bennett’s 35%. Another 23% said neither candidate was suitable, and 4% were undecided.
Yisrael Beytenu chairman MK Avigdor Liberman warned Iran will "continue its efforts to obtain nuclear weapons, and continue supplying Hezbollah, the Houthis, and other Shi'ite militias."