‘We Fired Bibi’: Israel’s Democrats Hail ‘Historic Opportunity’ to Form New Government
Democrats chairman Yair Golan welcomed the exit polls and called to establish a government of the opposition to Netanyahu, saying, “We have been given a historic opportunity to form a genuine change government in Israel, and we have no intention of giving it up.”
Fellow Democrats MK Efrat Rayten echoed her remarks, saying the party would work to form a government. “We showed Netanyahu the door. We will do everything we can to form a new government for Israel,” she said.
Democrats lawmaker Gilad Kariv described the exit polls as “tremendous news for Israel,” saying that “The Israeli public has fired Netanyahu.”
“Netanyahu’s bloc has collapsed from 68 seats to 50: a total collapse,” he said.