The Sunday edition of the NY Times had an interview with Lapid.
NY Times Magazine, April 28, 2024
“Well, there’s no simple answer. Basically, we should have pushed inside Gaza more aid, and we are doing so now, after way too long. But there’s something to be said before that. What is the alternative? Right now, to engage in this war has only one alternative, and this is being murdered. We never asked for this war. We never wanted this war, and we only went for this war because our children were burned alive. Because our elderly were killed. Because we have, even right now, still hostages in the terror tunnels. And they raped women, and they conquered villages. And more than that, they have openly said — they meaning Hamas — that if they have a chance, they’ll do it again. And therefore we are in Gaza to make sure it will never happen again.”
It is easier to do the dirty deeds and apologize later.
Lapid is more of the same – “Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.”