Israeli opposition leader Lapid slams Netanyahu as ‘complete failure’

Published June 14, 2026 Updated June 14, 2026 07:31am

Yair Lapid has delivered a scathing critique of the Israeli prime minister, saying the emerging US-Iran deal has failed to secure any of Israel’s war objectives, Al Jazeera reports.

“The [Iranian] regime survives, the missile programme remains intact, and Iran can rebuild its nuclear programme,” the Israeli opposition leader said in a social media post.

Lapid described the US-Iran deal as the result of a “complete failure” by Netanyahu, whom he accused of turning Israel into “a client state”.

“No press conference, no media spin, and no AI-generated video will be able to hide this failure,” he added.

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