Yisrael Beytenu MK Yulia Malinovsky tied the endorsement to the wave of crime that plagues the country.
Ben Barak, who was the former head of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, stated that he welcomed Lapid's decision to hold elections for the party chairman.
The report caused a new wave of dismissals and condemnations from within both the coalition and the opposition.
The municipal elections, which are held on October 31 this year, hold significant impact on Israelis. Opposition and coalition parties have told their candidates not to sit together.
As the country heads for a showdown, now is the time for creative, responsible thinking on the part of our elected leaders.
Last month, it was the National Unity Party's Matan Kahana who said he would not rule out the possibility of a national unity government. On Monday, it was Stern. Might there be others?
Elazar Stern's faction leader and opposition head Yair Lapid said that a unity government with Netanyahu's Likud would "ruin the country."
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