Tag: Yair Lapid
Lapid: Biden visit will be ‘historic,’ carry message of ‘peace and hope’
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
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...
Blinken congratulates Lapid on becoming Israeli premier
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...
Lapid in Paris to discuss ‘dangerous’ Iran nuclear deal with Macron
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...
Bolstering Bibi by deriding his backers
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,...
The collapse of the current Israeli government is only the first step
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....
Netanyahu hails end of ‘worst gov’t in Israeli history,’ as new elections are on...
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,...
Lapid to visit Turkey after months of warming ties
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...
A year at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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...
Russia accuses Israel of supporting ‘neo-Nazi regime’ in Ukraine
Russia’s foreign minister on Tuesday accused Israel of supporting “the neo-Nazi regime in Kyiv,” deepening a controversy he sparked two days earlier by claiming Hitler had “Jewish blood.”
Asked by Italian media on Sunday how...