Posts Tagged: Yair Lapid
In Israel, Ex-Pats Perplexed by Political Musical Chairs
JNS.org - There are two kinds of olim (immigrants) these days in Israel: those who are living through their first sudden call for early...
Report: Lapid, Lieberman May Work Together in New Government
Arutz Sheva - Yesh Atid chairman Yair Lapid, Yisrael Beytenu chairman Avigdor Lieberman and former Minister Moshe Kahlon are considering cooperating with one another in...
Netanyahu Holds Meetings to Save Coalition, Advisors Slam Lapid
Times of Israel - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will hold private meetings with his senior ministers on Monday, in a last-ditch effort to patch up his fast fraying coalition. The...
Report: Israel’s Yair Lapid Considering Leaving Coalition Government
Arutz Sheva - One of Finance Minister Yair Lapid's close associates has in recent days hinted to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's associates that Lapid is considering quitting the coalition and...
Confrontation With Obama Boosts Netanyahu at Home; 55% Approve of Performance During US Trip (VIDEO)
The combination of a no-holds-barred speech at the United Nations, and a polite, but insistent face-off with the President of the United States on Jerusalem construction...
Report: Israel’s Netanyahu, Lapid Near Budget Deal
Times of Israel - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Finance Minister Yair Lapid are set to meet one-on-one on Sunday with the goal of finalizing the 2015...
Israeli Finance Minister Lapid Says He’d Rather Topple Government Than Increase Taxes
Ynet - Amid the battle for the 2015 state budget, Finance Minister Yair Lapid told Ynet on Tuesday that he would rather quit the government...
Lapid Says Israeli Budget Deficit Will Grow to Pay for Defense Spending
Ynet - The Finance Ministry announced on Sunday it was raising Israel's deficit targets by roughly NIS 7 billion to foot the bill for an...
Yair Lapid Mistakenly Quotes Saudi Foreign Minister as Praising Israel
Times of Israel - Finance Minister Yair Lapid this week quoted the foreign minister of Saudi Arabia as publicly making a staunchly pro-Israel statement, but that...
Israel’s Lapid: The ‘Real War Today is Between the Sane and the Insane’
Declaring that "The real war today is between the sane and the insane," Israel's Finance Minister and a Security Cabinet member, Yair Lapid,...
Head of Israeli Government Coalition Says Shake-Up May be Near
Arutz Sheva - Knesset Coalition Chairman MK Yariv Levin (Likud) on Saturday indicated in a TV interview that the coalition may be in for a shake-up in...
Israel’s Lapid Says He’ll Quit Government if Taxes Are Raised
Arutz Sheva -Finance Minister Yair Lapid declared on Wednesday that he would quit the government should taxes be raised following Operation Protective Edge in Gaza. "Israeli citizens will...
Israel Finance Minister Lapid Says West Bank Land Declaration Hurts Jewish State
Ynet - Finance Minister Yair Lapid addressed Israel's move to expropriate some 4,000 dunam of West Bank land, saying it harms Israel and its relations...
Israeli Officials Assure Residents of War-Weary Southern Israel at Start of School Year
On Monday, September 1, schools across Israel opened for the new the school year, as 2,105,394 children took their places in the classroom - merely...
