Posts Tagged: Yair Lapid
‘Enough With the Bias’: 22 Countries Sign Declaration Against UN Probe Into Israel
A group of 22 countries, led by the US, have signed a declaration criticizing an open-ended probe established by the UN Human Rights Council into...
Israel Looking at Designating Jewish Far-Right Groups as Terrorist Organizations After Jerusalem Day Clashes
Senior Israeli officials on Monday called for considering the designation of far-right Jewish groups as terrorist organizations, a day after some of its members chanted...
‘Kochav Meir’ Field Hospital Shows Israel ‘Did Not Stand Aside’ in Ukraine, Says Lapid
The thousands of Ukrainian refugees treated at Israel’s field hospital in western Ukraine are “living witnesses to the fact that we did not stand aside”...
Blinken Stresses Importance of Concluding Israeli Probe into Reporter’s Killing
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke on Friday to Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid and stressed the importance of concluding Israel's probes into the...
Israel, Turkey Agree to Talks on Direct Flights Amid Signs of Rapprochement
In the first visit by a Turkish foreign minister to Israel in 15 years, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu and his counterpart Yair Lapid agreed to...
Arab Lawmaker Returns to Israel’s Governing Coalition, Averting New Elections
Arab lawmaker Ghaida Rinawie Zoabi on Sunday announced her comeback to support Israel’s governing coalition, averting the threat of new elections. MK Ghaida Rinawie Zoabi from...
Amid Terror Wave, IDF Kicks Off Large-Scale Drill to Simulate Multifront War
The Israel Defense Forces on Monday embarked on a monthlong, large-scale military exercise to train against a multifront war against Israel’s enemies, as security forces...
Israel Advances ‘Critical’ First Climate Bill to Meet Gas Emissions Targets
Israel is advancing the passage of its first climate bill as part of a national strategy to cut greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by...
Israel Blasts ‘Outrageous’ Russian Claim That Hitler Had ‘Jewish Blood’
Israel demanded an apology from Moscow after Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov publicly claimed that Nazi leader Adolf Hitler “had Jewish blood” and accused Jews...
‘There Will Be No Change’ to Status Quo on Temple Mount, Lapid Says
Foreign Minister Yair Lapid reiterated Sunday that Israel has no intention to divide Jerusalem’s Temple Mount between religions or permit non-Muslims to pray there, as...
Israel’s Lapid Meets with US Officials Over Jerusalem Tensions
i24 News – Israel’s Foreign Minister Yair Lapid met with senior US officials on Thursday to discuss tensions between Israel, Palestinians, and Arab states over...
Israel Won’t Tolerate Calls Supporting Violence in Jerusalem, Lapid Tells Blinken
Foreign Minister Yair Lapid said Tuesday that Israel will not accept statements encouraging the uptick in violence in Jerusalem in recent days, calling instead for...
Israel Condemns ‘Shocking’ Vandalism of Joseph’s Tomb as Palestinian Rioters Torch Holy Site
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Sunday condemned the overnight vandalism of the religious holy site of Joseph's Tomb near the West Bank city of Nablus...
Bennett Condemns Civilian Killings in Bucha as Lapid Directly Accuses Russia of ‘War Crimes’
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Tuesday condemned the massacre in the Ukrainian town of Bucha, while stopping short of blaming Russian forces, as Israel's...
