Yair Lapid
A poll revealed that 70% of the public would like elections pushed forward, but also showed a strengthening of the coalition.
“This will solve The Hague [problem] for us and the [issue of] the ‘day after’ in Gaza‚ and it will help us mobilize the Saudis to apply pressure regarding the issue of the hostages,” said the opposition leader.
“Every country in the region can influence a deal” between Israel and Hamas, said the Yesh Atid chairman’s office.
“Our enemies look at this government, smell weakness and raise their heads,” said Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid.
The Yesh Atid Party leader told reporters outside the U.S. State Department that in his opinion, an exchange with Hamas terrorists is difficult but “doable.”
Before departing, the opposition leader blamed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the “collapse” of Israel-U.S. relations.
The Yesh Atid Party head has been among the parliament’s most-absent lawmakers of late.
“The United States has abandoned its policy in the U.N. today,” charged Netanyahu in response to the Biden administration’s failure to exercise its veto.
JNS spoke with several rabbis who all stressed the importance of erring on the side of caution—namely, life.
Netanyahu’s Likud Party charged that “Israel is not a banana republic, but an independent and proud democracy.”
Criticism came from within and without the ruling party over its response to the Meron commission’s findings.
“The most urgent issue is, of course, to find ways to bring back the hostages. Once that can be done, then peace can be achieved,” the secretary said.
