With just ten days until elections, Yair Lapid, Yesh Atid leader and Blue and White number two, confused Hamas Chief Ismail Haniyeh with Hamas military leader Yahya Sinwar in a Twitter mishap on Saturday night."When Ismail Haniyeh takes a selfie next to the fence and our children are in shelters, you know that Bibi has lost his deterrence," Lapid wrote in the tweet, which was accompanied with a picture of Sinwar taking a selfie with protestors during the Land Day Protests on Saturday. Lapid immediately deleted the mistake and retweeted with the correct name.
Twitter users quickly mocked Lapid for the mistake, including Likud MK Dudi Amsalem, who wrote "I wouldn't expect you to be able to tell the difference between a tank and an armored personnel carrier, but differentiating between Haniyeh and Sinwar is already amateurish ignorance. Tell me, are you sure you want to be prime minister?"Lapid is the number two spot in the Blue and White Party with three former chiefs of staff - Benny Gantz, Gabi Ashkenazi and Moshe Ya'alon.if(window.location.pathname.indexOf("656089") != -1){console.log("hedva connatix");document.getElementsByClassName("divConnatix")[0].style.display ="none";}
In a reply to Lapid's tweet, Ofer Golan wrote, "Three chiefs of staff and no one told you that this is Sinwar?"Lapid later edited the tweet to say Yahya Sinwar.
לכתב עיתון "במחנה", לפיד.— דודי אמסלם (@dudiamsalem) March 30, 2019
לא הייתי מצפה שתבדיל ביו טנק לנגמ"ש, אבל לא להבחין בין הנייה לסנוואר, זו כבר חובבנות מהולה בבורות. תגיד, אתה בטוח שאתה רוצה להיות ראש ממשלה? pic.twitter.com/OGURMzCStN
Twitter users quickly mocked Lapid for the mistake, including Likud MK Dudi Amsalem, who wrote "I wouldn't expect you to be able to tell the difference between a tank and an armored personnel carrier, but differentiating between Haniyeh and Sinwar is already amateurish ignorance. Tell me, are you sure you want to be prime minister?"Lapid is the number two spot in the Blue and White Party with three former chiefs of staff - Benny Gantz, Gabi Ashkenazi and Moshe Ya'alon.if(window.location.pathname.indexOf("656089") != -1){console.log("hedva connatix");document.getElementsByClassName("divConnatix")[0].style.display ="none";}
שלושה רמטכ״לים ואף אחד לא אומר לך שזה סינוואר? pic.twitter.com/vGlViwhdZh— Ofer Golan (@GolanOfer) March 30, 2019
In a reply to Lapid's tweet, Ofer Golan wrote, "Three chiefs of staff and no one told you that this is Sinwar?"Lapid later edited the tweet to say Yahya Sinwar.
כשיחיא סנוואר עושה סלפי ליד הגדר והילדים שלנו במקלטים, אתה יודע שביבי איבד את ההרתעה. pic.twitter.com/ZF6GqPVsQg— יאיר לפיד Yair Lapid (@yairlapid) March 30, 2019