Itongadol.- Officials in Yesh Atid confirm a Channel 10 report that past commitments Lapid made to remove his party from the coalition if there are no talks apply to the situation that could arise in upcoming days.
Yesh Atid will leave Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu\’s governing coalition if negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians end and there is no diplomatic process taking place, party leader Yair Lapid said in closed conversations Tuesday.
Officials in Yesh Atid confirmed a Channel 10 report that past commitments Lapid made to remove his party from the coalition if there are no peace talks applied to the situation that could arise in upcoming days. The officials said the threat to leave was serious but not immediate.
"It is not as if we will leave the day after talks break down," a Yesh Atid official said.
Netanyahu\’s coalition is facing threats from Yesh Atid and Hatnua on the Left if negotiations with the Palestinians end and from Bayit Yehudi leader Naftali Bennett if Israeli Arab prisoners are released in a deal to extend the talks.
But Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman downplayed Bennett\’s threats Tuesday at a press briefing with his Austrian counterpart, Sebastian Kurz.