Lapid: "We won't be able to keep all our promises - but a government will be formed"

Yair Lapid declared at the Yesh Atid conference that a government will be formed, even if painful compromises and giving up on some election promises are required. He gave credit to Netanyahu for the approach of forming a government first, and defended the partnership with Bennett.

Former Prime Minister Yair Lapid declared this evening at the fourth Yesh Atid conference that he intends to form a government, even if the process takes time and requires painful coalition compromises. According to him, failure to form a government would constitute "an unforgivable lack of national responsibility." Lapid admitted that it is likely the government will not succeed in implementing all its goals and fulfilling all its promises in the coming six months, but emphasized that a government will be formed. He even gave credit to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the approach that "first you form a government, then you go to fix, improve, and expand it." Referring to the partnership with Naftali Bennett, Lapid said he is at peace with the move both morally and politically, and that the two parties operate as one faction and are coordinated "to the fullest." He praised the people Bennett brought with him, describing them as a group with a worldview similar to that of Yesh Atid.