Posts Tagged: Yesh Atid
Former PM Ehud Barak on Gantz-Lapid Merger: ‘This Is a Very Happy and Important Day’
Ex-Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak praised on Thursday Benny Gantz and Yair Lapid for their decision to merge their Israel Resilience and Yesh Atid parties...
Gantz Unveils Party List, Lapid Says Unity Deal Still ‘on the Table’
Former IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz unveiled on Tuesday the Knesset candidates list of his new party Israel Resilience for the upcoming elections, while...
Unity Talks Between Leading Israeli Opposition Parties Coming Down to ‘Core Issues’
In a process that could prove pivotal in the upcoming Israeli elections, unity talks between the two leading opposition parties have advanced to the point where...
Gantz and Lapid Said to Be Launching Unity Talks; Decision Expected Within Two Weeks
In what could lead to a dramatic change in the Israeli electoral landscape, the leaders of two major centrist parties are in talks to run together...
Latest Israeli Polls Show a United Gantz-Lapid Party Would Oust Netanyahu From Office
Polls taken a day after former IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz’s well-received debut speech as leader of the Israel Resilience party showed that a...
Five Questions About Israel’s Political Musical Chairs
JNS.org - The old expression is that for every two Jews, there are three political opinions. In Israel, that cliché can be extended to also...
Report: Popular Ex-IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz to Form New Political Party
Benny Gantz, the former IDF chief of staff who led the army during the last war with Hamas, is set to form his own political...
In US, Lapid Pushes for Recognition of Golan Heights Sovereignty, Seeks to Shore Up Bipartisan Support for Israel
In the half-decade since founding the centrist Yesh Atid party, Yair Lapid has become a force to be reckoned with in the Israeli political world. After...
Lapid: Democratic Victory in Alabama Shows Why Israel Must Seek Bipartisan Support in US
Democrat Doug Jones’ win over Republican Roy Moore in Tuesday’s special Senate election in Alabama showed why Israel must seek bipartisan support in the US,...
Some on Israeli Left Slant Right Amid Changing Political Map
JNS.org - Avi Gabbay, a leader of Israel’s political left -- and presumably one of the top challengers to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu -- has surprised...
Israeli PM Netanyahu Slams Turkish President Erdogan: A Man Who Bombs Kurds Will Not Lecture Us
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu slammed Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday after Erdogan called Israel a “terrorist state” that “kills children.” Speaking at a...
Protesters Disrupt Israeli Lawmaker Giving Lecture at Berlin’s Humboldt University, Call Her ‘Child Killer’
A member of the Israeli Knesset was called a "child killer" by protesters who shouted her down during a lecture on Tuesday at Berlin's Humboldt University, the Hebrew news...
Who Is Really Endangering the Future of Judaism in Israel?
Every Friday night, I help run a “Carlebach” service in Beit Shemesh. It's a unique service that brings together Jews from all backgrounds to pray, sing and dance on a weekly...
Yair Lapid: Report on Gaza War Proves United Nations is ‘Out of its Mind’
The chairman of Israel's centrist Yesh Atid party Yair Lapid criticized on Monday a forthcoming United Nations report on last summer's war between Israel and Hamas in...
