Yair Lapid

Lapid: National security is not a game

Yesh Atid chief slams PM Netanyahu, tells him to go home if he can't keep track of his own government.

Lapid: We'll never surrender the Golan Heights

Yesh Atid chairman tours Golan Heights. 'The time has come for the world to recognize Israeli sovereignty in the Golan.'

Lapid to Spanish Parliament: Stop funding anti-Israel NGOs

MK Yair Lapid presents new report detailing extensive Spanish funding for NGOs promoting BDS and anti-Semitism.

Herzog: 'Leftist bloc' will be formed with or without Lapid

Opposition leader says an anti-Netanyahu bloc will be formed even if Yesh Atid chairman doesn't join it.

Lapid: We won't join a leftist bloc

Lapid says he won't join attempt to topple Netanyahu government, blasts Netanyahu for 'working alone.'

Lapid: 'Netanyahu has no plan - we do'

'What you have not done in four terms, you will not do now.'

Netanyahu: Bennett prefers Lapid as PM

Prime Minister claims President Rivlin looking to 'settle score' with him, help Yair Lapid become Prime Minister.

Lapid: Next time, we need to hit Hamas hard and fast

Slamming Israeli government, Lapid says, 'In between wars with Gaza, we need to create a different reality - and that's not happening.'

'An IDF soldier wanted to buy a Torah book'

Yair Lapid protests on Facebook: An IDF soldier, son of a former MK, was attacked for attempting to buy a Torah book in Israel.

Watch: Lapid leaves British interviewer speechless

Yesh Atid chairman shuts down British interviewer during debate over BDS movement.

'It is impossible to expel us from our homeland'

Yesh Atid Chairman participates in foundation stone laying ceremony for new neighborhood in Kfar Etzion. 'Gush Etzion is Israeli consensus.'

'Ten of the Likud's members have the same IQ'

Opposition MK says Sephardic Likud MKs 'do not belong in the Knesset.'

Poll: Yesh Atid leads Likud, Jewish Home passes Zionist Union

Yair Lapid bests PM in latest poll. But do the numbers add up to a Yesh Atid coalition government?

Poll: Voters side with Kahlon over PM in coalition crisis

Likud continues to slide, with Yair Lapid opening up 4-seat lead as public turns against PM in coalition crisis over public broadcasting.

'Coalition with Lapid and haredi parties cannot be ruled out'

UTJ MK slams haredi extremists for comparing government to Hitler, says haredi parties joining coalition with Yesh Atid not impossible.

Poll: Lapid tops Netanyahu, PM's approval rating at 35%

The Likud would lose to Yesh Atid if elections were held today, poll says, with PM's approval rating underwater at just 35%.

Lapid: Joint Arab List will never be in my government

Yesh Atid chief blasts Joint List party, calls MK Zoabi and former MK Ghattas 'haters of Israel'.

Lapid: UN has become a terrorist collaborator

Yesh Atid chairman blasts UN report accusing Israel of apartheid.

Elkin: Latest polls are appropriate for Purim

Likud Minister downplays poll which found that Lapid could form a coalition with help from Joint List party.

Poll: Netanyahu easily wins additional term as PM

Survey released Friday shows Likud winning election, coalition retaining present strength - even with Yaalon making an independent bid.

Reactions to report:

'Bennett showed leadership; Netanyahu did not speak truth'

MK Lapid: 'Report states explicitly Netanyahu's Israel not ready for operation.' National Union's 'Bennett showed remarkable leadership'.

'Everyone needs to fight the de-legitimization of Israel'

Opposition MK speaks to Congress, Senate, tells them to support Trump's decision to leave UN Human Rights Council.

Liberman: UNHRC 'the Council of Hatred of Israel'

Israeli politicians blast UNHRC over its criticism of the sentencing of soldier Elor Azariya.

Lapid: Stop supporting the extreme left

Yair Lapid sends scathing letter to Belgian ambassador after Belgian PM meets with Breaking the Silence and B'tselem.

'Yesh Atid not welcome in our neighborhood'

Haredi politicians slam planned Yesh Atid conference in haredi neighborhood in Jerusalem, call conference 'provocation against haredim'.

Lapid: 'Smotrich ran the country the whole week'

Yesh Atid head Yair Lapid favors annexation of Judea and Samaria after final-status agreement, claims there is no deal with Bennett.

Shaked and Lapid team up to fight gratuitous legislation

Justice Minister, opposition MK, write joint article slamming 'lawmaking craze.'

Will UK arrest Elazar Stern?

British NGO urges police to arrest MK Elazar Stern on war crimes charges during London stay.

Lapid: The Cabinet functions like a press conference

Yesh Atid Chairman Yair Lapid slams Cabinet, Netanyahu, hints government should file indictment against Netanyahu.

Lapid: Appointing Kara Minister - governmental corruption

Yesh Atid chairman attacks intention to appoint Ayoub Kara, "Minister without Portfolio is a man who officially has no job."

Coalition agrees to support banishing terrorist families

At the last minute the coalition agreed to support Yesh Atid proposal to banish families of terrorists from East Jerusalem.

Yesh Atid to present bill to banish families of terrorists

Yesh Atid to present bill to banish the families of terrorists in the Knesset plenum Wednesday in attempt to embarrass coalition.

Lapid: Netanyahu's investigation has taken over everything

Yesh Atid chairman says country can't have PM who is busier with investigations than meetings on economy.

Lapid to support Ghattas dismissal

Yesh Atid changes mind, will support initiative to implement the MK Removal Law in the case of Basel Ghattas.

Will the right unite before Israeli elections?

Right-wing parties may need to band together to avoid Lapid government.

Poll: Lapid on top, Netanyahu trailing

Latest poll shows Yesh Atid retaining 3-seat lead over Likud, as Jewish Home passes Joint List to be 3rd largest party.

Lapid: 'Keyboard Heroes' couldn't wait to slam IDF

Yesh Atid chairman Yair Lapid attacked IDF critics following Armon Hanatziv carnage.

Netanyahu, Lapid tied as top picks for Prime Minister

Yesh Atid leads Likud in latest poll; majority of Israelis disagree with conviction of Elor Azariya.

Lapid has change of heart on Ghattas removal

After refusing to sign initiative to use MK Removal Law on MK Basel Ghattas, Yesh Atid now agrees to the move - if he is indicted.

Lapid: I hope the Netanyahu investigation is finished quickly

Yesh Atid leader calls for investigation into PM's affairs to be handled quickly to prevent disruption, hopes Netanyahu is exonerated.

'Lapid will be the next Prime Minister'

Yesh Atid MK says UNRWA schools inciting against Israel, and that polls show Yesh Atid will head next coalition.

Interior Minister: I won't recommend Lapid for Prime Minister

Shas leader Aryeh Deri says Lapid won't be PM.

Poll: Lapid would win most seats

Channel 10 poll finds that if elections were to be held today, Lapid would win 27 seats. Likud would be second with 23.

Lapid: My father is rolling over in his grave

Yesh Atid Leader blasts PM over reports Israeli ambassador to UN was ordered to miss votes on investigating war crimes in Syria.

'Obama could harm Israel on his last day in office'

Foreign affairs experts warn in a cabinet meeting that President Obama could cause more damage to Israel in final days of his presidency.

'Lapid has proven again that he's a leftist in disguise'

Likud blasts Yesh Atid chairman who criticized Netanyahu's response to the anti-Israel action in the UN Security Council.

Lapid: UN resolution is dangerous, unfair

Yesh Atid chairman condemns UN resolution, left's celebrations, says government needs full-time Foreign Minister.

Kahlon attacks Yesh Atid: “You haven’t done anything!”

The Finance Minister strongly condemned the Yesh Atid party in the Knesset: “Instead of honestly admitting ‘we’ve failed,’ you’re hiding."

Netanyahu: Lapid is 'left winger heading left-wing party'

Prime Minister Netanyahu praises Amona, IDF and GSS for uncovering weapons factory and criticizes Yair Lapid for rejecting MK removal law.

Lapid: Strip MK Ghattas of parliamentary immunity

Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid called for the Attorney General to remove MK Ghattas's immunity, criticized government allocation of budgets.

Herzog on Amona: Protest legitimate, but not violence

Herzog says it 'hurts to leave home, but Zionism was built on redeeming stolen land.'

Lapid: Guardian encourages Arab rejectionism

Yesh Atid chairman spars with Guardian reporter at media conference, says British paper spreads lies about Israel.

Lapid: “The political system betrays the citizens”

Yair Lapid criticized Netanyahu's establishment of a commission to examine how senior civil service appointments are made.

Lapid: 'I'm the only alternative to Netanyahu'

Citing a recent poll, Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid says he’s the sole alternative to Netanyahu in the next elections.

Likud to Lapid: The public has not forgotten

Likud officials dismiss Lapid interview, tell him to stop pretending he's right-wing.

Yesh Atid proposes dissolution of Knesset

Amid polls showing tight race between Likud, Yesh Atid, opposition party pushes dissolution of 20th Knesset, new elections.

Netanyahu and Lapid dead even in latest poll

New poll finds that if elections were held today, Likud and Yesh Atid would each win 25 seats. Herzog continues to crash.

Lapid to vote against Muezzin law which 'insults Muslims'

Yesh Atid head Yair Lapid will vote against the Muezzin law as he claims noise ordinances already exist and the law 'insults Muslims'.

Ya'alon denies rumors claiming he'll join Yesh Atid

Former Defense Minister responds to reports claiming he plans to join Yesh Atid.

Lapid worries about Regulation Law

Lapid says Regulation Law's purpose isn't to help Amona but to undermine Supreme Court, calls it 'dangerous.'