Yesh Atid Chairman Yair Lapid (archive).
Yedioth Aharonoth columnist Nahum Barnea reported on Friday that in a phone conversation last week between Yesh Atid Chairman Yair Lapid and a Chabad leader in Israel, Lapid warned: “If you support Smotrich and Ben-Gvir’s party, I will persecute you,” adding, “The story of menorahs in every intersection on Chanukah and Chabad houses around the world is over. Your story about your love of Israel is finished.”
According to Barneaâwho is not bursting with love for Haredi or National Religious JewsâChabad and the Haredi National Religious are a good fit. He recalled the 1996 campaign that was funded by individual Chabadniks (not the movement) under the banner “Netanyahu Is Good for the Jews,” and suggested the move to “Ben-Gvir Is Good for the Jews” might be a logical next step.