The chairman of the Yesh Atid party, MK Yair Lapid, who holds the number spot on the Blue and White party list, spoke out on Monday about the upcoming Knesset elections, which are scheduled for Tuesday, September 17, 2019.

“When Netanyahu gets scared, he always looks for a shady way out. He is scared, and rightfully so. He understands what he has to lose” – Lapid then attacked the URWP: “The Likudnikim do not understand what Smotrich is doing on the cabinet. Why the party of Kahanists received the control over the Education Ministry”

Lapid on Monday, during a meeting of the Blue and White faction in Knesset, launched a verbal attack against Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu following a report released by the news on Monday evening, by Amit Segal, regarding the initiative to stop the early elections. On Monday it was learned that it is too late and at present, the upcoming election race is an imminent reality. The prime minister is reportedly growing concerned of a poor voter turnout in the next election, which he feels would work against him.

Lapid began his statements with “We cannot permit [having] an unstable prime minister. The nation demands stability”.

“The national deficit is out of control – being ignored, cutting in the police, hospitals, welfare, and our live flesh. The crisis is the result of neglect by the government that doesn’t function. Netanyahu was once a stable leader. But today, he is not” Lapid added.

In his words, “Yesterday, we announced that Netanyahu was making a pathetic attempt to cancel the elections after leading us to the needless elections. He is scared. When Netanyahu is afraid, who always seeks a shady way out (קומבינה). He is scared for good reason. Because he understands the process and what he has to lose. All his attempt to dismantle the Blue and White party were unsuccessful. Were remain one. We are here to succeed”.

Lapid claims “Netanyahu is scared because Likudnikim are angry at him. I come from a home of the national camp. I am familiar with this. Likudnikim appreciate tradition, but they do not love religious coercion.

“Likudnikim are not radicals. They do not understand what Smotrich is doing on the cabinet. Why has the party of Kahanists received control of the Education Ministry with responsibility for our children”?

MK Gabi Ashkenazi, number four on the Blue and White list, added, “Netanyahu understood then and he understands today as well – Blue and White was able to assemble a coalition, and will be able to do so in the upcoming election”.

He added, “The desperate attempt to cancel the elections and the deals with the Arab parties proves – Netanyahu is at a dead end! He will sell everything for his political survival and legal immunity”.

(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)