Posts Tagged: Yair Lapid
Charedim Stage Massive Rally as Political Battle on IDF Enlistment Heats Up
JNS.org - Close to half a million members of Israel's charedi public rallied in Jerusalem on Sunday, shutting down roads in and around...
Former Finance Minister Steinitz Expresses Concern Over Israel Economy Growth Projections
Israel Hayom - International Relations, Intelligence and Strategic Affairs Minister Yuval Steinitz, who was the finance minister during the previous government's term, criticized Finance Minister...
Time for Allies of Israel to Speak Up
US Secretary of State John Kerry no longer pretends to be even-handed in overseeing the negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians. His most recent move...
Lapid: Failure to Make Peace Will Harm Every Israeli Financially
Times of Israel - Every Israeli will suffer financially if a peace deal is not reached with the Palestinians, Finance Minister Yair Lapid said Monday...
Yair Lapid Ranks 31 on Foreign Policy’s ‘Leading Global Thinkers’ List
Israeli political star, Yair Lapid, was ranked #31 on Foreign Policy's annual list of global thinkers to keep an eye on, released Friday. Lapid has staked out a space on...
Israel’s Chaotic Government Undermines Global Standing
The return of Avigdor Lieberman to head the Foreign Ministry will undoubtedly exacerbate the disastrous absence of cabinet responsibility and failure of the government to...
Israel Finance Minister Lapid: 5% Yearly Growth ‘Not Out of the Question’
Israel's Finance Minister Yair Lapid downplayed concerns there could be an economic slowdown in the country, saying that an average yearly growth rate above 5%...
Why Lapid is Wrong on the Peace Process and Israeli Recognition
JNS.org - I'll confess that when I first read about Israeli Finance Minister Yair Lapid's disagreement with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's insistence that the...
Israel, Peace Process Discussed During Meeting Between Lapid and Biden
JTA - Yair Lapid, the Israeli finance minister, met with U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and other top U.S. officials. Lapid, who was in Washington to...
Israel’s Lapid Criticizes Rouhani Boycott, as Netanyahu Voices Skepticism Over Iran’s Intentions
Yair Lapid criticized Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's decision to have the Jewish state's United Nations delegation boycott Iranian President Hassan Rouhani's speech at the...
Lapid: ‘Old-Fashioned Anti-Semitism’ Hurting Israel
Israeli Finance Minister Yair Lapid hit out at external threats to the country's economy in a wide-ranging interview with the Financial Times Friday. "There is a...
Moody’s Ratifies Israel’s A1 Credit Rating
International credit rating agency Moody's Investors Service on Thursday confirmed Israel's A1 credit rating with a stable outlook. The rating was ratified following an annual visit...
Israeli Cabinet Approves Haredi Draft Bill
The Israeli Cabinet Sunday passed the haredi draft bill that will make it mandatory for all 21-year-old haredim to be drafted to the IDF, ...
Lapid: Without Austerity Measures, Deficit Could ‘Bury’ Israel
Israeli Finance Minister Yair Lapid has warned that allowing Israel's deficit to grow would "bury" the country, Globes reported Tuesday. "We must make changes together. We...
