Israeli PoliticsBennett files police complaint against Likud over ‘manipulated’ photoThe image shows the Blue and White chair, as well as Opposition Leader Yair Lapid, celebrating with Arab party leaders, but neither was present at the meeting in questionBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read
By Yaakov KatzPardoning Netanyahu is wrong – and exactly what Israel needs right nowEnding the trial could help break Israel’s political deadlock and toxic polarisation, opening the way for a unity government finally able to confront the country’s real challenges3 min read
Gaza warNetanyahu claims Israelis would have ‘gone up in nuclear smoke’ if Gaza War had ended soonerOpposition Yair Lapid hit back: ‘Who was prime minister on October 7?’By Jacob Jaffa1 min read
Yair LapidYair Lapid: Netanyahu re-election would spell ‘the end for Israel’ and turn ‘Judaism into racism’The ‘state will fall apart’ if Bibi wins another election, the opposition leader declaredBy JC Reporter1 min read
Yair LapidYair Lapid defends Netanyahu decision to strike against ‘existential’ threat from Iran‘We saw the intelligence that tells us that Iran is rushing to a bomb’, the Israeli opposition leader tells Parliament’s foreign affairs committeeBy Lorin Bell-Cross3 min read
Yair LapidLiberal leader Sir Ed Davey welcomes growing links with Israeli partyHe joins adviser to Yair Lapid at London launch of book on the virtues of centrist politicsBy Simon Rocker3 min read
Mahmoud AbbasLapid: Netanyahu should consider Palestinian state as part of Saudi peace dealThe opposition politician said that the move would help end the ICC’s scrutiny of the countryBy JC Reporter3 min read
Yair Lapid: Gaza should never be handed over to Palestinian AuthorityThe opposition leader said that Mahmoud Abbas was not a viable candidate to leaderBy JC Reporter1 min read||December 15, 2023 13:19
Netanyahu agrees to unity government with Lapid and GantzIsraeli PM forms new coalition with moderate centrists as Israeli losses climbBy David Isaac 3 min read||October 11, 2023 14:00
Benjamin Netanyahu, Yair Lapid and Benny Gantz poised to form unity governmentThe coalition would almost certainly spell an end to the premier’s controversial judicial reform plansBy Katie Grant1 min read||October 7, 2023 19:35
Yair Lapid offers to form emergency unity government with Netanyahu after Hamas terror attackThe Israeli opposition leader made the offer in person to Netanyahu after receiving a security updateBy JC Reporter1 min read||October 7, 2023 17:09
Yair Lapid to boycott Israel’s main Independence Day ceremonyThe leader of the opposition said 'no fake fireworks show' could change the government's actionsBy JC Reporter1 min read||April 19, 2023 14:55
Israeli opposition leaders to boycott final votes on judicial reform'We will do everything to prevent the passing of the bills,' four Israeli political party chiefs vowedBy JC Reporter3 min read||March 13, 2023 16:28
Ben-Gvir fury after police contradict claim that protesters plan to ‘murder’ himOpposition leader Yair Lapid called Ben-Gvir a liar and a 'clown'By Jenni Frazer1 min read||March 6, 2023 17:48
UK Labour groups condemn 'shocking' police violence at Tel Aviv protestAt least 11 protesters were treated in hospital for injuries sustained after police used stun grenades, tear gas, and water cannons to disperse demonstrationBy Ben Bloch2 min read||March 1, 2023 16:33
Rabbi in legal battle with Yair Lapid’s wife over Jesus-worshipping claimsLihi Lapid initially sued Rabbi Tovia Singer for £190,000, alleging a video he made containing the claim she was a believer in Jesus was “misleading”By Jonathan Sacerdoti2 min read||March 1, 2023 14:56
