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Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid leads a Cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, July 3, 2022. Photo by Marc Israel Sellem/POOL.

Ahead of Biden visit, Lapid speaks to presidents of Egypt, Turkey

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Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid on Sunday spoke with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, as the region gears up for U.S. President Joe Biden’s July 13-16 visit. Lapid and el-Sisi...
Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid addresses the weekly Cabinet session, in Jerusalem, on July 3, 2022. Credit: Haim Zach/GPO.

Lapid: Biden visit will be ‘historic,’ carry message of ‘peace and hope’

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Ahead of U.S. President Joe Biden’s arrival in Israel on July 13, Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid on Sunday said this would be a “historic” week for the Jewish state and called Biden “one of the...

Lapid calls King Abdullah, PA leader Abbas ahead of Biden’s visit to Israel

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Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid on Saturday wished Jordan’s King Abdullah II and the Jordanian people a happy Eid al-Adha, and also conveyed Israel’s condolences for the deadly gas leak earlier this month in the port...
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken with then-Israeli Foreign Minister and current Prime Minister Yair Lapid in Riga, Latvia, on March 7, 2022. Source: Screenshot.

Blinken congratulates Lapid on becoming Israeli premier

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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid on Wednesday night to congratulate him on assuming his new role. Blinken reaffirmed to Lapid the United States’ “unwavering commitment to the...
Then-Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid meets with French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris on Nov. 30, 2021. Source: Twitter.

Lapid in Paris to discuss ‘dangerous’ Iran nuclear deal with Macron

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Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid on Tuesday afternoon landed in Paris, where he is set to meet with French President Emmanuel Macron. The trip comes on the backdrop of the resumption in Doha last month of indirect...
Gadi Sukenik, January 2020. Credit: Roee Shpernik via Wikimedia Commons.

Bolstering Bibi by deriding his backers

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In an interview with Israel’s Channel 13 on Monday, former TV news anchor Gadi Sukenik unwittingly gave a boost to the very politician whose supporters he was trying to discredit. Discussing Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid,...
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, Foreign Minister Yair Lapid Defense Minister Benny Gantz attend a vote on the "settler law" bill at the Knesset, June 6, 2022. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

The collapse of the current Israeli government is only the first step

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It is difficult to count how many times members of Israel’s governing coalition seemed about to drop out, thus opening the door to the government’s demise. We were simply observers of this interminable process....
Israeli prime minister Naftali Bennett and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid hold a joint press conference at the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem on June 20, 2022. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Netanyahu hails end of ‘worst gov’t in Israeli history,’ as new elections are on...

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Israel appears set to head back to the polls after a “change coalition” has failed to hold its razor-thin majority, barely a year after its formation. Elections are likely to be held on Oct. 25,...
Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid speaks at a conference in Jaffa, June 7, 2022. Photo by Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90.

Lapid to visit Turkey after months of warming ties

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Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid is due to visit Turkey on Thursday, where he will meet with his counterpart, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu. The visit comes as Israel continues to urge its citizens to avoid non-essential...
Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid speaks during a faction meeting at the Knesset, on May 9, 2022. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.

A year at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

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The following is an abridged translation of Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid’s opening remarks at a press briefing on June 15, 2022. A year and a day ago, I arrived at the Ministry of Foreign...