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‘It will crush us’: Israeli leaders in panic mode over fallout from US elections

‘It will crush us’: Israeli leaders in panic mode over fallout from US elections Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid warned after the US election results that Netanyahu’s continued leadership would endanger Israel’s security and deepen its international isolation. "Israel cannot afford for him (Netanyahu), to remain prime minister. It endangers security, it endangers democracy, it will crush us in the world," Lapid wrote on X. "The American election results in the morning have one unexpected…

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