Friday, December 9, 2022

Prime Minister Lapid joins protest against new government

Outgoing Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid joined a demonstration Friday against his successor, Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu and the new government slated to be established this month.

Protesters gathered in Tel Aviv Friday to condemn the new Netanyahu government even before its establishment.

Lapid railed against the incoming coalition, calling it the most extreme in Israel's history.

The Prime Minister's comments included barbs aimed directly at the Likud's haredi allies.

"We are here to tell the new government which is being established that we are not your dupes. We are not here just to pay taxes for you and to send our children to the army for a government which doesn't send its own children to the army."

Lapid also accused Noam party chief MK Avi Maoz of homophobia and misogyny, and cited Otzma Yehudit MK Itamar Ben-Gvir's criminal record. READ MORE