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The essential point is as follows.
When Netanyahu ran the Ministry of Finance the Israeli economy was on the verge of coplapse and there was an acknowledgment of the need to do something.
Netanyahu implemented a Conservative philisophic view of cutting taxes, cutting red tape (Change buisnesses are now legal because of him) and cutting government spending.
The Chareidim protested because of the fact that the cuts hit them very hard, the yeshivos were hit hard and the child allownace was cut to the present day pitiful levels.
However the Chareidim acknowledged that Netanyahu did not do what he did in order to effect social change nor was it to carry out punishment on yeshivos or chareidim.
Netanyahu did what he did becuase he is an MIT grad who had an economic philosophy.
And guess what it worked, when the rest of World was collapsing the Israeli economy grew and grew.
Lapid has done the opposite he’s chosen to use the failed policies of Europe raising taxes and cutting spending at the same time, however he has openly stated he hopes the majority of his cuts will be made in a way to affect 10% of the population.