Criticisms of the Israeli prime minister fall flat when considering his military, economic, and diplomatic successes.
Lapid urged Israel to strengthen regional alliances with Saudi Arabia and the Abraham Accords nations to confront growing instability in the region.
“A fixated mind can make one believe black is white,” he explained.
“This government doesn't want balance, it wants media like in Hungary, like in Russia – restrained, frightened, submissive, shallow,” Lapid said.
"We must fulfill the ultimate imperative," the president emphasized, "to return Omer, and all our abducted men and women."
"This has been the perception of Netanyahu and his office all these years - that Hamas is not terrible," Lapid claimed.
Lapid criticized the silence of “spineless” Likud MKs, calling their inaction “a disgrace remembered forever.”