This was reported after Lapid announced that he would not participate in the ceremony as a form of protest against the judicial reform and the government.
Lapid compared the security situation now with the 18 months the previous government was in power.
The opposition leader warned that the government will cut health, welfare and education budgets in order to fund Ben-Gvir's national guard
Lapid said that at this point the Islamic Republic's strategy is to continue to escalate the threat it poses but in a very incremental way.
Smotrich noted in a video that Lapid posted on Sunday in which he allegedly concluded that investments should be moved from Israel to Singapore.
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