Netanyahu Fires Lapid and Livni

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu brought out the guillotine Tuesday evening and announced he is firing Yair Lapid, the Finance Minister and chairman of Yesh Atid, and Tzipi Livni, the Justice Minster and head of her own party with the banal name of “HaTnuah, which means “movement” in English.

"I will not tolerate this opposition from within," said the Prime Minister. He added he will call immediately for new elections.

He did not fire Yesh Atid ministers Shai Peron, Yaakov Peri and Yael German, who will do the job for them by resigning.

Will Netanyahu, after all of the cross-the-board denials, bring in the Haredim parties into a new coalition to avoid new elections?

Stay tuned. It’s going to get worse, no matter what.