Posts Tagged: Yair Lapid
Israel’s Lapid Would Gain Six Seats in New Elections, Polls Show
Times of Israel - In the unlikely event that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fails to assemble a coalition and Israelis go to the ...
As Netanyahu’s Coalition Building Efforts Intensify, Whispers of New Israeli Elections Emerge
It has been more than a month since the Israeli elections and so far all Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has to show for his coalition...
Orthodox Rabbis Reject Compromise On Enlistment
Jerusalem Post - Two of the most senior haredi rabbis in Israel, Aharon Leib Shteinman and Shmuel Auerbach, have both declared over the past...
Saudi Professor Reveals Positive Views on Israel
In an age where Arab media often demonizes Israel, the London-based pan-Arab daily, Asharq Al-Awsat, recently published two articles about Israel where the author Dr....
Lapid Reaches Out to Netanyahu
Jerusalem Post - Yair Lapid sent a message to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Monday, reassuring him that he could be trusted if he...
A Spiritual Examination of the Israeli Elections
A few weeks ago, while reading the Beshalach weekly Torah (bible) portion , I noticed for the first time that the party responsible for taking...
Pollard’s Wife Says Her Husband’s Health is Unstable, Plans for Obama’s Visit
Esther Pollard, the wife of imprisoned Jewish spy Jonathan Pollard, said after visiting her husband that his medical condition was not stable. On Wednesday, Esther returned...
Yair Lapid Lambasts Ultra-Orthodox Community
Times of Israel - Speaking in the Knesset for the first time since becoming an MK, Yesh Atid head Yair Lapid lambasted the ...
Israel Rejects Study Minimizing Hatred in Palestinian Arab Textbooks
Israel's Education Ministry has rejected the findings of a State Department-funded study that determined Palestinian textbooks do not incite hatred against Israel and that both...
American-born Orthodox Rabbi Among the Surprising Faces of Israel’s Rising Centrist Party
The surprise of Israel's 2013 election was the rapid ascendance of the new Yesh Atid (There is a Future) party, led by former television celebrity...
Opinion: Is There a Future?
It's now clear that the polls were wrong: Yesh Atid (Hebrew for "there is a future") party leader Yair Lapid took many votes...
Opinion: The Israeli Political System Needs a Complete Overhaul
The political system The January 22, 2013 Israeli election highlighted the urgent need to overhaul Israel's entire political system, not just...
Yair Shamir and Not Yair Lapid is the Big Winner in Israel’s Elections
The Israeli election news that has captured the moment is the surprising success of Yair Lapid's new party, Yesh Atid (There's a...
Yair Lapid and The Elections in Israel
I am pleasantly surprised by the results of the latest elections in Israel. Not because anything has significantly changed, but precisely because, other than superficially,...
