Israeli opposition leader pushes back on reported US-Iran peace framework
Key takeaways
- The emerging agreement with Iran is a disaster, Lapid wrote on social media.
- The current situation is the result of an ongoing governmental failure, he continued.
- Lapid served as prime minister of Israel from July 2022 to December 2022, as part of a rotation agreement with former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett.
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The emerging agreement with Iran is a disaster, Lapid wrote on social media. I supported the war in Iran from the very first moment, but the diplomatic management of the entire affair couldn t have been worse. Everything that shouldn t have happened—happened.
The current situation is the result of an ongoing governmental failure, he continued. [Israeli Prime Minister] Benjamin Netanyahu is a man blessed with talents, but he has grown old and he has grown tired and he is surrounded by the least suitable people for running a country.
Lapid served as prime minister of Israel from July 2022 to December 2022, as part of a rotation agreement with former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett. Lapid s centrist Yesh Atid party is joining forces with Bennett s group ahead of the Israeli legislative elections in October, in a challenge to Netanyahu s Likud party.