147, I could have written those same words myself.
Netanyahu has proven himself very shrewd in the past, and is one of the few Israeli politicians who has kept going this long.
I suspeact that he feels that if lapids gets away with it then good for him, if not netanyahu feels that he has not burnt his own bridges with teh frum parties.
he is interested in distancing himself from any failures of lapid too, in order to win future elections.