Israeli defense minister Moshe Yaalon announced Friday that he is resigning effective immediately, and on the way out blasted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who was allegedly set to replace him with hawkish hard-liner Avigdor Lieberman.

Yaalon, who had served in the post since 2012, is part of Netanyahu’s Likud Party. He made his resignation announcement on social media, and later told reporters that “Israel is a healthy society with a sane majority” that has become to privy to extremism.