Yair Lapid

With Yair Lapid at his side, Blinken uses a word that Israel has been longing to hear on Iran

The U.S. secretary of state made clear that military engagement could come under consideration.

Diverse group of Israeli parties agree to form coalition and oust Netanyahu

If the agreement between the right-wing hawk Naftali Bennett and centrist Yair Lapid holds, Israel will be led by someone other than Benjamin Netanyahu for the first time in 12 years.

Blue and White party chairmen Benny Gantz and Yair Lapid during a faction meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, Nov. 18, 2019. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Benny Gantz’s former running mate Yair Lapid makes it clear, in English: He does not support Benjamin Netanyahu

A similar statement does not appear on his centrist Yesh Atid party’s Hebrew-language Facebook page.

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Yair Lapid once allied with Benny Gantz. Now he wants to keep him from becoming prime minister.

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Israeli centrist candidate Yair Lapid’s tweet draws accusations of anti-Semitism from Orthodox

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Yair Lapid’s rhetoric on Poland feels like Holocaust denial, Auschwitz museum says

Israel

Blue and White co-leaders concede defeat in Israel’s elections

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Emmanuel Macron meets with Netanyahu rival Yair Lapid days before Israeli elections

Israel

How a merger of Israeli centrists may give Benjamin Netanyahu the run of his life

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Israel’s Labor coalition gets a bump in the polls under new leader Avi Gabbay

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