Yair Lapid

Blue and White party chairmen Benny Gantz and Yair Lapid during a faction meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, Nov. 18, 2019. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Benny Gantz’s former running mate Yair Lapid makes it clear, in English: He does not support Benjamin Netanyahu

A similar statement does not appear on his centrist Yesh Atid party’s Hebrew-language Facebook page.

By Marcy Oster April 30, 2020 9:56 am

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Blue and White party chairmen Benny Gantz and Yair Lapid during a faction meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, Nov. 18, 2019. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Yair Lapid once allied with Benny Gantz. Now he wants to keep him from becoming prime minister.

Gantz’s former coalition partner could derail the power-sharing agreement and bring down the emergency unity government.

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Israeli centrist candidate Yair Lapid’s tweet draws accusations of anti-Semitism from Orthodox

Even Blue and White leader Benny Gantz took a jab at his political partner.

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