Lapid: Government will be formed, even at the cost of painful compromises

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Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid said at the party's convention that forming a new government may take time, but that according to him a government will be formed. He added that it would be an unforgivable failure of national responsibility if the government were not formed.

Lapid gave credit to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and noted that one first forms a government and then fixes and improves it. According to him, the ties within the change bloc are better than is commonly thought.

Lapid said that joining with Naftali Bennett and forming "Together" was the right move in his view, and that the two parties will continue to operate as one faction and in full coordination. Later he acknowledged that painful compromises had been made, and that not all goals and promises will likely be implemented in the coming six months.