Posts Tagged: Yair Lapid
‘Right Side of History’: Israel to Back UN Resolution Condemning Kremlin for Ukraine Invasion
Foreign Minister Yair Lapid said Monday that Israel will vote in favor of a US-led resolution at the United Nations General Assembly to condemn Russia...
Israeli Foreign Minister Lapid Warns Cabinet Against Helping Russian Oligarchs
i24 News - Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid on Sunday called on government officials not to provide any assistance to Russian Jewish oligarchs already under...
‘Serious Violation of International Order’: Israel Condemns Russian Invasion of Ukraine, Ready to Provide Humanitarian Aid
Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on Thursday, declaring it a “serious violation of the international order,” while urging Israeli citizens...
Israel Evacuates Diplomatic Staff From Capital Kyiv as Ukraine Crisis Deepens
Israel overnight moved forward with the evacuation of its embassy staff in Kiev to the city of Lviv in western Ukraine, after Russian President Vladimir...
Israel’s First Female Arab Consul General to Serve in Shanghai
Knesset member Ghaida Rinawie Zoabi was named on Tuesday as Israel's new consul general in Shanghai, marking the first time an Arab woman assumed such...
Israel to Move Embassy From Kyiv to Lviv as Threat of Russian Invasion Grows
Israel’s Foreign Minister Yair Lapid has decided to evacuate the Israeli embassy in Kyiv and move diplomatic staff to consular offices opened in the city...
‘No Place for Hateful Ideologies’: Israel Welcomes Australia’s Move to Fully List Hamas as Terror Group
Israeli top officials welcomed the Australian government’s intention to list the whole of the Palestinian Hamas group as a terrorist organization, calling the move a...
‘Return Home’: Bennett Urges Israelis to Leave Ukraine as Threat of Russian Invasion Looms
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett urged Israeli citizens in Ukraine on Sunday to avoid risks and come home immediately as tensions over a potential Russian...
Nuclear Deal Would Be Dangerous ‘Mistake,’ Bennett Tells German FM, as Vienna Talks Enter ‘Final Phase’
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett warned Thursday that signing a nuclear agreement with Iran would be a “mistake” as Germany’s foreign minister expressed confidence that such...
Amnesty Report Charging Israel With Apartheid Is ‘Divorced From Reality,’ Says Lapid
Israel said Monday it rejects the “false allegations” made in an upcoming publication by Amnesty International UK that labels the country an "apartheid" state. “Instead of...
‘The Jews Have Not Surrendered’: Austria Apologizes for Nazi Crimes as Lapid Honors Grandfather Killed at Mauthausen Camp
Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer on Thursday apologized on behalf of the Republic to Israel’s Foreign Minister Yair Lapid for the crimes committed at the Nazis'...
Lapid Signs Cooperation Plan With Beijing as Israel Seeks ‘Balance’ on China Ties
Israel and China on Monday signed a three-year agreement to foster cooperation and dialogue, as the two countries marked 30 years of diplomatic relations. The action...
Israel Spends $9M More on Yad Vashem to Preserve Testimony From ‘Disappearing Generation’ of Survivors
The Israeli government on Sunday approved an increase of $9.2 million in this year's budget allocation to Yad Vashem, World Holocaust Remembrance Center, ahead of...
‘No One Will Erase Our Past’: UN Adopts Israeli Resolution to Fight Holocaust Denial and Distortion
The United Nations on Thursday passed an Israeli resolution that defines Holocaust denial or its distortion, and urges member states to counteract the phenomenon on...
