Lapid and Sa'ar Clash Over Foreign Election Results
Translated & summarized from Srugim by baba
Opposition leader Yair Lapid and Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar engaged in a public dispute over comments Lapid made regarding election results in Serbia and Brazil. Lapid suggested that associates of Benjamin Netanyahu lost due to national pride, while Sa'ar accused Lapid of disrespecting friends of Israel and aligning with those hostile to the country.
The story in 5 lines · by baba
- Yair Lapid and Gideon Sa'ar exchanged sharp words over foreign election results.
- Lapid linked election losses in Serbia and Brazil to Netanyahu's influence.
- Sa'ar accused Lapid of dismissing friends of Israel like Vučić and Bolsonaro.
- Sa'ar criticized Lapid for echoing Brazilian President Lula's anti-Israel rhetoric.
- The dispute involved comments on elections in Serbia, Brazil, and the Gaza conflict.
A sharp verbal exchange erupted online between Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid and Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar on Monday, following Lapid's comments on recent election outcomes in Serbia and Brazil.
Lapid stated that two associates of Benjamin Netanyahu lost elections in Serbia and Brazil due to high voter turnout and national pride, asserting that "tomorrow the people of Israel will begin the correction, returning Israel to a path of hope and success." He specifically expressed dissatisfaction with the victory of Brazil's presidential-elect, Lula, emphasizing his preference for pro-Israel candidates. Lapid added, "Being a Netanyahu associate is now a political liability worldwide, including in Israel."
In response, Sa'ar accused Lapid of dismissing "two great friends of Israel", Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić and Brazilian presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro, as mere "associates of Netanyahu." Sa'ar highlighted that Lula has accused Israel of genocide in Gaza, comparing it to the Holocaust, and claimed millions of children were killed in bombings. Sa'ar also criticized Lapid for echoing Lula's rhetoric, especially after Bolsonaro, who had promised to move Brazil's embassy to Jerusalem, questioned the Brazilian election results. Sa'ar questioned Lapid's understanding of Vučić's contributions to Israel during the war.
Sa'ar concluded by calling Lapid's actions "a disgrace and a moral low," accusing him of turning his back on Israel's friends to curry favor with those acting against it, and dismissing such political thinking as clownish.
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