Tag: Yair Lapid
Long-overdue judicial reform process finally underway
Amid the largest and most well-funded protest movement in Israel’s history, the democratically elected governing coalition passed the first reform in a historic process aimed at bringing Israel’s activist Supreme Court in line with the judicial...
Netanyahu: ‘All agree that Israel must remain a strong democracy’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu again called for broad agreement on his government’s plans in an address to the nation following the unilateral passing of key judicial reform legislation.
On Monday afternoon, all 64 members of Netanyahu’s...
Likud minister says Biden in cahoots with Lapid, Barak
When U.S. President Joe Biden criticizes the Netanyahu government, he does so in cooperation with opposition leader Yair Lapid and former Prime Minister Ehud Barak, Israel’s Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli said on Tuesday.
"President...
Trump, Netanyahu and the renaissance of Soviet apparatchiks
During the Cold War, when Soviet émigrés tried to tell Westerners what it was like living under Soviet communism, their explanations usually began with a discussion of the media.
They would say something like, “You...
Lapid: Time to end Gaza operation
Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid said on Thursday morning that Israel should unilaterally end its military operation against Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorists in the Gaza Strip.
“I think it’s time to pack up, this is...
Netanyahu meets with Lapid to discuss Gaza op
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met on Wednesday morning with opposition leader Yair Lapid to update him on the goals and details of “Operation Shield and Arrow.”
Netanyahu’s Military Secretary Maj. Gen. Avi Gil also...
Yair Lapid to boycott Israel’s main Independence Day ceremony
Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid said on Wednesday that he plans to boycott the traditional torch-lighting ceremony marking the transition from Memorial Day to Independence Day celebrations.
Israel on April 25-26 will mark its 75th...
Orthodox Jewish group: ‘Lapid delegitimizing not just Israeli government, but Israel itself’
Am Echad, a U.S. group associated with the ultra-Orthodox Agudath Israel of America, sent an open letter to Israeli opposition leader and Yesh Atid Party chairman Yair Lapid on April 11 expressing their “grave...
Why boycotts of Israel are never kosher
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may have thought that he was initiating a truce in the battle over judicial reform when he paused efforts to pass his legislative initiative. But the demonstrations against the...
Lapid meets with Jewish leaders in New York
Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid met with American Jewish leaders in New York on Monday as part of a United States trip intended to repair ties amid a divisive debate on judicial reform back...