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Israel’s political forces are not happy with US-Iran ceasefire deal - here is why

EuroNews · · 616 words · By Sasha Vakulina
US-Iran relations National Security Strategy Israeli Political Division

The article reports on the diverse reactions within Israel's political spectrum regarding a two-week ceasefire between the US and Iran. While Prime Minister Netanyahu's office expressed support for the decision, opposition leaders and some coalition members criticized both Netanyahu and Donald Trump for the strategic implications of the truce.

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7 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“Israel’s political forces agree in their criticism of the US-Iran two-week ceasefire.”
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Multiple sources report criticism from across the political spectrum, including the opposition (Yair Lapid), the center-left (Yair Golan), the conservative right (Avigdor Liberman), and members of Netanyahu's own coalition (Tzvika Foghel).
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web search NEUTRAL — Earlier Tuesday, Pakistan proposed the two-week ceasefire to allow for diplomacy. • Lebanon not included: Israel said it would suspend strikes against Iran but claimed Lebanon was not part of the ceas…
https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/07/world/live-news/iran-war-trum…
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web search NEUTRAL — US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said the US military would be making sure Iran complies with the ceasefire and comes to the table for a deal. Troops will "stay put, stay ready, stay vigilant" and be…
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce84z6y3ke4o
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web search NEUTRAL — US-Israel war on Iran. Live updates. US blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. Life in limbo.Iran's Revolutionary Guards said on March 11 that they had targeted several US bases in Kuwait and Bahrain durin…
https://www.aljazeera.com/tag/israel-iran-conflict/
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“Hours after the two-week truce between the US and Iran was announced on Tuesday night, the office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a brief statement, saying "Israel supports Donald Trump’s decision to suspend strikes against Iran for two weeks."”
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CNN specifically quotes a statement from Netanyahu's office supporting the decision to suspend strikes for two weeks, and other sources confirm the existence of the conditional two-week ceasefire.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Yair Netanyahu (Hebrew: יאיר נתניהו; born 26 July 1991) is an Israeli podcaster and political activist. He is the second child of Benjamin Netanyahu.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yair_Netanyahu
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu (born 21 October 1949) is an Israeli politician and diplomat who has served as Prime Minister of Israel since 2022. Having previously held office from 1996 to 1999 and from 2…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Netanyahu
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is the list of international prime ministerial trips made by Benjamin Netanyahu as Prime Minister of Israel.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_international_prime_mi…
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“The leader of the Israeli opposition Yair Lapid harshly criticised Netanyahu, accusing him of failing to secure Israel’s demands as part of the ceasefire.”
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Multiple web search results confirm that Yair Lapid criticized Netanyahu, stating he 'failed politically' and failed to secure demands in the ceasefire deal.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Legislative elections are scheduled to be held in Israel by 27 October 2026 to elect the 120 members of the twenty-sixth Knesset.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Israeli_legislative_elect…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Together (Hebrew: ביחד, romanized: b'yaḥad) is an Israeli electoral list founded in April 2026 by former prime ministers Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid and their parties Bennett 2026 and Yesh Atid. Th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Together_(Israel)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Yair Lapid (Hebrew: יָאִיר לַפִּיד [jaˈʔiʁ laˈpid]; born 5 November 1963) is an Israeli politician of the centrist Yesh Atid party and a former journalist who has been the Leader of the Opposition sin…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yair_Lapid
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“Lapid admitted that the US president cannot be persuaded or “pushed” into any decision, even by Israel.”
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While evidence confirms Yair Lapid's criticism of the deal and Netanyahu, the provided search results do not contain the specific quote or admission that the US president cannot be 'pushed' into a decision.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Joseph "Tommy" Lapid (Hebrew: יוסף "טומי" לפיד; born Tomislav Lampel [Serbian Cyrillic: Томислав Лампел]; 27 December 1931 – 1 June 2008) was a Yugoslav-born Israeli radio and television presenter, pl…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Lapid
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Yair Lapid (Hebrew: יָאִיר לַפִּיד [jaˈʔiʁ laˈpid]; born 5 November 1963) is an Israeli politician of the centrist Yesh Atid party and a former journalist who has been the Leader of the Opposition sin…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yair_Lapid
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Yesh Atid (Hebrew: יֵשׁ עָתִיד, lit. 'There is a Future') is a centrist political party in Israel. It was founded in 2012 by former TV journalist and future Prime Minister Yair Lapid, the son of the f…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yesh_Atid
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“Yair Golan, head of the centre-left The Democrats party, accused Netanyahu of lying on X.”
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Web search results explicitly state that Yair Golan, head of the Democrats party, accused Netanyahu of lying in the context of the Iran ceasefire.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Legislative elections are scheduled to be held in Israel by 27 October 2026 to elect the 120 members of the twenty-sixth Knesset.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Israeli_legislative_elect…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Democrats (Hebrew: הדמוקרטים, romanized: HaDemokratim) is a social democratic and Zionist political party in Israel, formed by the merger of the centre-left Israeli Labor Party and the left-wing M…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Democrats_(Israel)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Yair Golan (Hebrew: יָאִיר גּוֹלָן [jaˈʔiʁ goˈlan]; born 14 May 1962) is an Israeli politician, the leader of the Democrats party, and reserve major general in the Israel Defense Forces. He served as …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yair_Golan
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“Avigdor Liberman, head of the Yisrael Beytenu party, warned that “a ceasefire with Iran gives the ayatollahs’ regime a break and time to regroup.””
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The Independent explicitly quotes Avigdor Liberman stating that the agreement 'gives the ayatollah’s regime a break and time to regroup'.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Avigdor Lieberman (Hebrew: אביגדור ליברמן, romanized: Avigdor Liberman, IPA: [aviɡˈdor ˈliberman] ; born 5 June 1958) is a Soviet-born Israeli politician who served as Minister of Finance between 2021…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avigdor_Lieberman
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Likud (Hebrew: הַלִּיכּוּד, romanized: HaLikud, lit. 'The Consolidation'), officially known as Likud – National Liberal Movement (Hebrew: הַלִּיכּוּד – תנועה לאומית ליברלית, romanized: HaLikud – Tnu'a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Likud
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Yisrael Beiteinu (Hebrew: יִשְׂרָאֵל בֵּיתֵנוּ, lit. 'Israel [is] Our Home') is a right-wing political party in Israel. The party's base was originally secular Russian-speaking immigrants, although su…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yisrael_Beiteinu
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“The ceasefire deal was also met with immediate criticism from within Netanyahu’s coalition, including head of the National Security Committee Tzvika Foghel, who criticised Trump on X.”
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Multiple sources report that Tzvika Foghel, chairman of the National Security Committee and a member of the coalition, criticized Donald Trump on X (calling him a 'duck').
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web search NEUTRAL — Most members of Netanyahu’s coalition have yet to comment, as they are observing the Passover holiday.“Donald, you came out looking like a duck,” Foghel wrote on X, before later deleting the post. Med…
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/anger-and-surprise-israel…
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web search NEUTRAL — Chairman of the Knesset's National Security Committee publicly mocks Trump as a 'duck' after the US president reverses weeks of apocalyptic threats.A member of the far-right Otzma Yehudit party, Foghe…
https://www.turkiyetoday.com/region/israeli-lawmaker-mocks-t…
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web search NEUTRAL — National Security Committee chairman MK Zvika Foghel issued an apology overnight (Monday) to US President Donald Trump after suggesting in a post that he was hesitant to advance to the next stage of t…
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/425399
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