Liberman slammed PM Netanyahu for his 'mismanagement' of the coronavirus crisis. "Damage to the Israeli economy following Netanyahu's treatment of the COVID-19 will be fatal. Netanyahu's insistence on relying solely on apocalyptic assessments is intended to serve him in the fight for public opinion rather than in measures against the virus, and create an atmosphere that will paralyze any political and public protests, allowing him to do away with justice. It is difficult for Israel's economy and mass unemployment, [the likes of which] we haven't witnessed since the Yom Kippur War," the Yisrael Beytenu chairman posted to his Facebook account.