Posts Tagged: Yair Lapid
Yair Lapid Moves Ahead With Coalition Talks in Meetings With Bennett, Sa’ar
i24 News – Israel's Yesh Atid party, chaired by Yair Lapid, the current holder of the mandate to form Israel's next government, is pushing ahead...
Israel’s President Picks Netanyahu Opponent Lapid to Form Government
Israel's president on Wednesday chose Yair Lapid, a centrist politician and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's strongest rival, to try to form a new government, but...
Israel: Rivlin Meets With Lapid, Bennett After Netanyahu Returns Mandate
i24 News - Israel's President Reuven Rivlin met with Yesh Atid party chief Yair Lapid and Yamina head Naftali Bennett on Wednesday for consultations over...
Israeli Political Parties Begin Meeting With Rivlin to Recommend Choices to Form Government
Representatives of the parties that will sit in the next Knesset began meeting with Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin on Monday to announce their recommendations for...
Breaking Week-Long Silence, Netanyahu Calls on Right-Wing Rivals to Form Next Government
i24 News - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on his right-wing political rivals on Wednesday evening to put aside their past conflicts and form...
Sa’ar Could Back Government Led by Lapid and Bennett in Rotation: Report
i24 News - Gideon Sa'ar, head of the New Hope party, is open to backing a government with Yesh Atid chief Yair Lapid and Yamina...
Israel’s President to Pick Candidate Next Week to Try to Form a Government
Israel's president will begin consultations with political parties next Monday on their preferred candidate to try to form a government, a spokesman said, after a...
Israeli Elections 2021: With Most Votes Counted, Arab Party Ra’am Poised to Play Key Role as Netanyahu’s Advantage Slips Away
With 87% of the vote counted in Israel’s 2021 elections, the political ground appeared to shift on Wednesday, with Naftali Bennett’s Yamina party falling from...
Why Yesh Atid Is the Right Party to Lead Israel
As Israel heads into its fourth elections in just two years, it can be easy to be fed up with the non-stop horse-race political coverage....
New Poll Details Israeli Voters’ Picks for Next Government: Netanyahu for PM, Bennett for Defense, Sa’ar for Foreign
As Israel’s March 23 elections approach, polling has tended to show a deadlock between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s bloc of supporters and the “anti-Bibi” bloc...
Yamina Party Head Bennett Predicts Solid Right-Wing Majority After Election This Month
Former Israeli defense minister and head of the right-wing Yamina party Naftali Bennett predicted a massive Knesset majority for the right following elections later this...
Israeli Leaders Send Messages of Support to French President Macron After Coronavirus Diagnosis
Israeli leaders and diplomats took to social media on Thursday to send their best wishes and hopes for a speedy recovery to French President Emmanuel...
Lieberman Pushes for Lapid-Sa’ar-Bennett Union to Run Against Netanyahu
i24 News - Yisrael Beiteinu leader Avigdor Lieberman will call on fellow lawmakers Yair Lapid, Gideon Sa’ar, and Naftali Bennett to join forces and run...
After Trump Loss, Netanyahu Defends His Conduct of Relations With US, Says He Has Good Ties With Both Parties
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defended his record on relations with the United States on Tuesday, saying his conduct had not harmed the Jewish state's...
