Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid (Yesh Atid) declared on Monday that another electoral win for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing coalition would spell “the end of Zionism” and the Jewish state.

“We are in an election year. Since 1948, there has not been a more critical year for the fate of the nation,” Lapid told activists at a party gathering, warning that if Netanyahu wins, “the state will fall apart.”

“There are two possibilities,” the opposition leader continued, “Either a successful, first-world country, loved worldwide, with liberal values and a love for tradition, or a violent and backward third-world country that turns Judaism into racism and seeks to dismantle our democracy.”

Lapid outlined Yesh Atid’s vision for an alternative government, vowing reform

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