Liberman: Lapid's appointment as Knesset speaker is the right move

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Yisrael Beytenu chairman Avigdor Liberman denied reports that he had gone back on his support for appointing Yair Lapid as Knesset speaker. In a post on X, he wrote: "Even now, I believe that Lapid's appointment as Knesset speaker is the right move."

Liberman wrote that he was pleased to discover something about himself that he did not know, and added that even now he believes Lapid's appointment is the right move. According to him, the decision now depends on Gadi Eisenkot, Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid himself.