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Opposition rallies around Iran campaign, despite long opposing PM's leadership
Roughly 24 hours before Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu launched a blistering assault on Iran, Israel’s opposition was scheming to bring down his government.
Now, just days into the ongoing operation against Iran, the opposition has closed ranks behind the campaign, despite months of bitter criticism against Netanyahu and his handling of the war in Gaza.
“It’s not the right moment to do politics,” opposition leader and former prime minister Yair Lapid told The Associated Press on Monday in his first international media interview since the start of the operation against Iran.
Israel began attacking Iran’s nuclear and military infrastructure in a shock campaign early Friday, saying the move was needed to thwart an immediate existential nuclear threat to the Jewish state. Iran has responded with repeated deadly barrages of missiles, along with drones, at Israeli cities that are mostly intercepted by Israel’s air defenses.