In a sharp attack on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the leader of the Israeli opposition, centrist Yair Lapid, said that if he had been in the prime minister's place, he would have resigned on October 7. “I don’t trust Netanyahu. He is a man who cannot be trusted to fight a war,” Lapid, who was prime minister from July to December 2022, said on army radio. With regard to the devastating attack by the terrorist group Hamas on October 7th, Lapid said: “If this had happened during my term in office, I would have resigned on the same day.” Netanyahu must be replaced, even if the war is still ongoing, argued Lapid. He gave the example of Winston Churchill replacing Neville Chamberlain in Britain at the start of World War II. “Netanyahu has become Israel’s chamberlain,” he said. “We need our Churchill.” “Changing the prime minister in the middle of a war is not a good thing, but the fact that he is in office is worse,” said Lapid.
