Yair Lapid's campaign to focus on Netanyahu's COVID failures without targeting his Haredi partners

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A source in Yesh Atid told Haaretz that party will highlight Netanyahu's management of the coronavirus crisis and his lenient treatment of the ultra-Orthodox community in particular. According to the source, internal evaluations by the party showed that dealing with Netanyahu’s failures in coping with the pandemic could strengthen support for party leader Yair Lapid and distance voters from Netanyahu.
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Scenes from Bnei Brak where violent protests against police enforcement erupted, January 24, 2021. Credit: Ofer Vaknin
The party has found that center-left voters are increasingly frustrated with the Haredim due to the mass violations of the coronavirus restrictions. A Channel 12 News poll released Tuesday that 78 percent of center-left voters would prefer that the next governing coalition not include Haredi parties.

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