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Lapid described Netanyahu's speech on Sunday as "reckless and dangerous" and said the prime minister's behavior and rhetoric were precisely the reason a new government was required.
Lapid said that "a fractured and violent government will not fare well, not with the Iranians and not with the economy. I want to remind you of what you've forgotten. Just because you disagree with someone does not mean that you hate them."
With the new government in power, Lapid added, "It will suddenly be quiet, ministers will be able to work without incitement, without trying to scare us all the time. With the establishment of this government, the key word will be responsibility, not to say that everyone who thinks differently from us is a traitor who must be killed."