Lapid: I told Netanyahu, 'Take out the extremists and I will come in'" - Walla! News. "I told him, 'I will go in instead of the extremists so that a prisoner deal can be allowed because it is the highest duty of the Israeli government to bring them home,'" Lapid insisted and continued.
"What happened on October 7? The Israeli government abandoned its citizens and their security. This is the first duty of a government, so there needs to be a government that will have another government here that will protect the security"