Yair Lapid's statement on Netanyahu, accusing him of lying to Israel and America

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Yair Lapid: ‘Netanyahu led us into a strategic debacle,’ sold lies to the Americans

Full text of opposition leader's televised address denouncing PM for having ‘deceived the citizens of Israel, deceived his partners’ in Iran war, dragging Israel 'from one disaster to the next'

www.timesofisrael.com

The following is the full text of Opposition Leader Yair Lapid’s critique of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, delivered in a televised address a day after US President Donald Trump announced a ceasefire in the war against Iran.

Citizens of Israel,

In a few hours, a day, two days, or whenever he feels he can emerge from the bunker, Benjamin Netanyahu will stand before the State of Israel and try to sell you on the idea that the campaign in Iran was a success. That will be a complete lie.


The army did amazing work; the best air force in the world carried out everything asked of it and more. The people of Israel demonstrated national resilience and determination. We dealt Iran heavy blows. That is precisely why the total failure stands out even more starkly.

What happened here is a diplomatic disaster on a scale I do not recall ever seeing. I was prime minister, I was foreign minister, and I do not remember a diplomatic collapse like this. For the thousandth time, it has been proven: military force without a diplomatic plan does not lead to a decisive victory.


Netanyahu led us into a strategic debacle. Nothing less. What we saw was a disgraceful combination of arrogance, irresponsibility, lack of planning, negligent staff work, zero handling of the home front, and lies sold to the Americans that damaged the trust between our two countries. A military success turned into a diplomatic disaster.

I know these are harsh things to say, but they are spoken out of anger and genuine anxiety. Of all the possible outcomes, Netanyahu delivered the worst one: the regime in Iran was not defeated, the nuclear threat was not removed, and the ballistic missiles and Hezbollah’s missiles remain aimed at every home in Israel.

The State of Israel entered this war with a rare consensus. The public supported it across the board. I supported the war and its objectives from the very first moment in dozens of interviews with the international media. But after six weeks of dead and wounded and rushing to shelters, it became clear that Netanyahu is incapable of winning any campaign.



The residents of the north have been abandoned yet again. After everything they have been through, after everything they were promised, the threat to their lives has not been removed.

This government has lost the Democrats in the United States, lost a large part of the Republicans in the United States, lost Europe, and missed a golden opportunity to establish a military and strategic coalition with Saudi Arabia and the Gulf states.

It is time to admit the truth: Netanyahu has lost it.





and in America it is Joe Rogan and MTG and Tucker and Candace saying TRUMP HAS LOST IT




THEY ARE ALL SPOT ON RIGHT!!