"Not an emergency issue": Goldknopf preached to Netanyahu after referring to the downgrading of the credit rating on Saturday. MK Israel Eichler, chairman of the Labor and Welfare Committee in the Knesset, also condemned Prime Minister Netanyahu's words.
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich did respond to the downgrade, claiming that the decision is political and does not include professional arguments. Moody's actually emphasizes the political reality in Israel and the expected upheaval regardless of the security risk: "One of the main reasons for the downgrade is the assessment that the exposure of the State of Israel to political risks could continue"