Yair Lapid

Lapid tops Netanyahu in latest Knesset poll

Yesh Atid opens up five-seat lead over ruling Likud party in new poll, as left reaches near parity with Israeli right.

US sets up anti-Hezbollah task force

US Attorney General sets up unit to investigative Hezbollah in wake of report that Obama admin shielded terror group from prosecution.

'Lapid is Meretz wrapped in an Israeli flag'

Education Minister rips Yesh Atid chief's opposition to Israeli sovereignty over Judea, Samaria. 'He's Meretz wrapped in an Israeli flag.'

Will Yair Lapid be Israel's next prime minister?

Survey shows MK Yair Lapid's Yesh Atid party as receiving one Knesset seat more than PM Netanyahu's Likud party.

Shaked rebukes Lapid

'You are a disgrace to the Knesset'

Justice Minister slams opposition MK for vowing to appeal to Supreme Court against Recommendations Law.

'A high school dropout can't be Prime Minister'

Haredi MK pushes bill requiring PM to have college degree. Bill seen as targeting Yair Lapid - who dropped out of high school.

Lapid: We'll give up isolated settlements

Yesh Atid Chairman Yair Lapid says he's willing to sacrifice 'isolated settlements' in exchange for Jerusalem, settlement blocs.

'Avi Gabbay was also under house arrest'

Gila Gamliel rips Lapid and Gabbay for flip-flopping on status of Jerusalem, reminds that police also once investigated Gabbay.

Lapid: Obama needs to return his Nobel Peace Prize

Ex-Finance Minister says Obama must return Nobel Peace Prize he won in 2009 if reports that he shielded Hezbollah from prosecution are true.

'We are talked about in terms of a Final Solution'

MK Yair Lapid slams silence at Iran's threat to eradicate Israel, calls on world to recognize united Jerusalem as Israel's capital.

Poll: Netanyahu has double-digit lead over Gabbay, Lapid

Likud leads Yesh Atid, Zionist Union in latest poll, with Netanyahu holding double-digit leads over Avi Gabbay and Yair Lapid.

Poll: 'All-star' dream team led by Lapid could topple Netanyahu

New poll shows that union of center-left, center-right led by Yair Lapid could defeat Likud - and form viable ruling majority.

Lapid to Labor Chairman: My grandfather wasn't a Jew?

Yesh Atid Chairman attacks Avi Gabbay's statement that the Left has forgotten what it means to be Jewish.

Lapid calls MKs 'Rottweilers'

Yesh Atid chairman tells PM to "call off Rottweilers," including coalition chairman. Meretz MK slams Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria

British minister apologizes for meeting with Netanyahu

Conservative UK minister apologizes for unauthorized meetings with Israeli leaders during trip to Israel. 'My enthusiasm was misread.'

'Netanyahu's entire hive is infected'

Lapid in meeting: 'No way Netanyahu won't be summoned to investigation into submarines affair; it's a matter of state security.'

Poll: Leftist bloc gains strength

New poll: If elections were held today, the left-center would win 58 Knesset seats, making it difficult for Netanyahu to form a coalition.

Lapid: What Prime Minister poses with a can of pickles?

Head of second-largest party in the opposition says Israeli government is ignoring national matters in order to defend PM Netanyahu.

Talking about 'us and them' is dangerous

Yesh Atid Chairman says government encourages division of 'us and them,' Israelis must speak candidly about the kind of Shabbat they want.

Lapid in Arad: Battle not over religion, but over money

Yair Lapid visits Arad and attacks haredi minister: 'It's ridiculous that a minister would attend a violent rally.'

'We'll take to the streets'

Yair Lapid urged Defense Minister Liberman to stop haredi efforts to limit the Supreme Court.

Lapid: We're done being suckers

Yesh Atid chairman praises Supreme Court decision to strike down law exempting haredi yeshiva students from military service.

Court strikes down amendment to mandatory draft law

State given one year to come up with new draft law after exemptions given to yeshiva students deemed unconstitutional.

'Anti-Semites sponsored by oil money'

Yair Lapid rips the BDS movement in a new video released by StandWithUs.

Yair Netanyahu says the Left worse than neo-Nazis

The PM's son says that while neo-Nazis are dangerous, the extreme left is a bigger threat to Israel.

Naftali Bennett second most popular politician on social media

New survey shows Naftali Bennett is second most popular Israeli politician on social media after Netanyahu, and ahead of Lapid.

Opposition MK: Every country on earth would have done the same

MK Lapid says Israel's biggest problem is the amount of violence coming from the Palestinian Authority, says PA should work with Israel.

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.