"This shows how much pressure Netanyahu is under...we will not be the ones to save him," Lapid's faction wrote in reaction.
The departure of Foreign Minister Eli Cohen is symptomatic of a neglect that the ministry has faced for decades.
While the votes for Labor almost doubled since last week, they would still not get enough to cross the threshold.
Amid the 45-day conflict with Hamas, Welfare and Social Affairs Minister Ya'acov Margi (Shas), discussed the urgent need for national unity in a candid interview.
Yisrael Beytenu leader Avigdor Liberman warned Israel about the dangers of Hamas years ago, but no one listened. Now, he reveals what needs to be done to reclaim the initiative with Gaza.
No more crossings and no more supplying, he says. But first of all, Hamas leaders need to be eliminated, and those who are abroad remain legitimate targets.
Liberman said that he personally handed a document to Netanyahu warning of a large-scale Hamas attack. Gadi Eisenkot saw it too, says Liberman, but it was not taken seriously.
After the emergency government was announced on Wednesday and officially formed on Thursday, Liberman said that he would join it as soon as he was invited.
Movers and shakers in Israeli society.
"Netanyahu mustn't continue as prime minister for even a single day - he is an existential threat to the State of Israel," the former finance minister claimed.
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