Posts Tagged: Yesh Atid
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...
Israeli Party Yesh Atid Pushing Bill to Raise Election Threshold
Times of Israel - Israel has seen 33 governments in 65 years, with governments that often last barely half as long as their legally...
Bedouin Bill Passes First Knesset Reading, Despite Protest from Arab MKs
Ynet - Arab Knesset members left the plenum Monday evening in protest of the Praver Bill, which aims to evict illegal Bedouin communities in the Negev....
Israeli Minister Lapid Criticizes Ally Naftali Bennett, Calls for Two State Solution
Jerusalem Post - Finance Minister Yair Lapid issued rare criticism of his ally, Economy and Trade Minister Naftali Bennett, when he said on Wednesday that...
Israeli Education Minister Rushed to Hospital After Heart Attack Scare
Times of Israel - Education Minister Shai Piron suffered what initially was thought to be a heart attack on a flight from Poland to...
Israel’s Lapid Calls for Public Transportation on Shabbat
Ynet - "We need public transportation on Shabbat in secular neighborhoods and in secular cities," Finance Minister Yair Lapid said Thursday evening during a live...
Israeli Knesset Member’s Sultry Facebook Picture Creates Stir
Well this is one way to make a name for yourself. After a late night Knesset debate Yesh Atid newbie MK Boaz Toporovsky decided to get...
Charedim Gather in Manhattan to Protest Israel Draft Bill
JTA - Until now, the primary storyline of the religious-secular battles in Israel has been driven by Women of the Wall, the activist group that,...
Netanyahu Fires Back at Finance Minister Lapid, Defends Record on Economy
Jerusalem Post - Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu fired back at Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid in the Knesset on Monday for saying last week...
Knesset Members Join Israel’s Anti-Austerity Protests
Ynet - "This protest is nothing like what we saw in 2011. It's fiercer, more political. After two years of a change in...
Lapid Signs Agreement With Histadrut Labor Union Over Budget
Times of Israel - Finance Minister Yair Lapid signed a compromise agreement with Histadrut Labor Union head Ofer Eini over the controversial proposed...
Israeli Government Budget Proposal Includes Unprecedented Taxes, Extensive Cuts
Israeli Finance Minister Yair Lapid has presented the Israeli government with his ministry's final budget proposal for 2013-2014, outlining aggressive cuts and a series of...
Israel’s Finance Minister Lapid Plans Deficit Target of 4.65% of GDP
Globes - The cabinet today approved a deficit target of 4.65% of GDP of 2013 and 3% for 2014 as submitted by Minister of...
Lapid to Reduce Budget Cuts, Raise Deficit
Times of Israel - Responding to pressure over planned austerity measures, Finance Minister Yair Lapid reportedly backed off half his proposed budget cuts...
