Lapid Urges Responsible Response to Iran Threat, Criticizes Netanyahu

Yair Lapid called on Monday for determined but responsible handling of the Iranian threat, saying it required sound judgment. Addressing Israeli citizens, he accused Benjamin Netanyahu of reckless conduct that endangered them and said national security should not become campaign material. Lapid argued that the issue concerned Israelis’ lives and their children’s lives. He also accused Netanyahu of failing to remove the Iranian threat despite promising to do so and twice declaring total victory; those were Lapid’s accusations, rather than independently established findings.