Minister-without-portfolio and National Unity chairman MK Benny Gantz, opposition leader and centrist Yesh Atid party chairman MK Yair Lapid, Labor chairwoman MK Merav Michaeli, and other Israeli politicians blasted National Security Minister MK Itamar Ben-Gvir’s comment to The Wall Street Journal on Sunday that former US president Donald Trump would have been more beneficial … Read more
The opposition party Yesh Atid would be willing to join the government in order to save the 136 hostages being held by Hamas in Gaza if the far-right parties Otzma Yehudit and Religious Zionist Party leave the government in opposition of a deal, opposition leader and Yesh Atid chairman MK Yair Lapid said in … Read more
Benny Gantz’s National Unity party has lost two seats in a theoretical election, while Prime MInister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party has picked up two new ones, according to a new Maariv poll, conducted by ‘Leyzer Research, in partnership with Panel4All. Meanwhile, Yair Lapid’s Yesh Atid party continues to go down in popularity, winning a … Read more
The Likud offered the opposition party Yesh Atid to place one of its members as justice minister instead of current Justice Minister Yariv Levin in exchange for it joining the government, Kan journalist Ze’ev Kam reported a “senior Likud minister” as saying on Wednesday. According to the report, Yesh Atid’s joining the government would … Read more
The Likud party, from the “top of the pyramid down to the last MKs,” bears “heavy responsibility” for the party’s poor performance in the polls, and must make a collective decision on how to improve the situation, Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee chairman MK Yuli Edelstein said during an interview on Channel 12 on … Read more
Opposition leader MK Yair Lapid spoke to an Israeli radio station this morning about the war in Gaza, the “day after,” and the recent High Court decision annulling the Knesset”s controversial Basic Law to abolish the judicial “reasonableness standard.” Asked about the High Court ruling, Lapid said, “The court made the only ruling it … Read more
Opposition leader Yair Lapid took to social media Tuesday to criticize Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s comparison between the deaths of victims of the Oslo Accords and those of the October 7 massacre. Lapid took to his X account (formerly Twitter) and denounced it as an “evil political campaign.” He stated that “Israel is at … Read more
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