Gaza Herald— In a damning disclosure that pulls back the curtain on the complete moral collapse of Israeli society, opposition leader Yair Lapid has publicly admitted that young Israelis are now openly demanding the total extermination of the Palestinian population in the Gaza Strip, explicitly targeting infants.
Speaking during a widely circulated podcast interview, the former prime minister recounted a recent encounter with a group of Israeli youth that exposed the unvarnished genocidal consensus taking hold across the country.
“I had a painful meeting with a group of very young people, and I heard from them all those statements calling for killing everyone and claiming that there are no innocents,” Lapid stated.
When Lapid pressed the group on whether their exterminationist logic extended to infants, asking specifically, “Even babies?”, the youth responded without hesitation:
“Babies too, because eventually they will grow up and become terrorists.”
Lapid further noted that when he pressed if they meant two-week-old infants, they confirmed it without reservation.
Top-Down Normalization of Mass Murder
For Palestinians enduring the daily horror of bombardment, Lapid’s admission is not a revelation of a fringe sentiment, but an official confirmation of the reality on the ground. The enthusiasm among young Israelis for murdering infants is the direct product of years of unchecked incitement, institutionalized racism, and systematic dehumanization engineered by the highest levels of the Israeli government.
Throughout the ongoing genocide, senior cabinet members and public officials have repeatedly broadcast calls for the complete annihilation of Gaza, minimizing or outright eradicating any distinction between armed fighters and civilian populations.
Lapid himself pointed directly to the Israeli leadership’s role in cultivating this fascist climate, warning that Israel “will not recover” from allowing figures like Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu to remain in office after calling for a nuclear bomb to be dropped on Gaza. He further cited ministers who have openly advocated for the deliberate starvation of Gaza’s two million residents, arguing that the government’s failure to punish such statements has completely eroded any pretense of value-based standards.
Tactical Fractures Over Global Pariah Status
The opposition leader’s comments also lay bare a growing internal panic within Tel Aviv over its deepening diplomatic isolation. As evidence of war crimes mounts, countries like Ireland and Spain have led widespread international condemnation.
Lapid criticized Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s regime for throwing diplomatic tantrums, such as closing Israel’s embassy in Dublin or recalling its ambassador from Madrid, arguing that cutting ties only accelerates the state’s pariah status. Instead, Lapid advocated for aggressive PR blitzes, foreign media campaigns, and direct propaganda efforts to defend Israeli policies abroad.
Yet, Lapid’s attempt to draw a distinction between “extremist ministers” and the broader state apparatus falls flat under scrutiny. While centrist politicians like Lapid express anxiety over the optics of youth demanding the murder of infants, they remain firmly committed to the military apparatus carrying out those very atrocities.
The Reality on the Ground
The genocidal intent disclosed by Lapid is already operationalized daily across the occupied territories. Supported by billions in Western military aid, the Israeli occupation has slaughtered over 74,000 Palestinians and injured more than 175,000. The vast majority of them are women and children.
Lapid’s account proves that the slaughter in Gaza is not merely a military policy, but a societal objective. When an entire generation of Israeli youth views two-week-old Palestinian babies as legitimate military targets, it confirms that the genocidal rhetoric of Israel’s political class has successfully poisoned its civil society to its core.
