Tag: Yair Lapid
Bennett, Lapid condemn Lavrov’s remarks about Hitler’s ‘Jewish blood’
Israel’s prime minister and foreign minister on Monday strongly condemned his Russian counterpart’s statement made the day before that Nazi leader Adolf Hitler “had Jewish blood.”
Speaking to Italian news channel Zona Bianca, Russian Foreign Minister...
Russia summons Israeli ambassador over Lapid’s criticism of invasion
Israel’s Ambassador to Russia Alexander Ben Zvi was summoned on Sunday to appear at the Russian Foreign Ministry.
News of the summons arrived after Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid and a number of other Israeli...
Israel approves proposal to consider revoking terrorists’ families’ state pensions
Israel’s Cabinet on Sunday approved a proposal to establish a team that will formulate policy on revoking state pensions and other benefits from the families of terrorists who are residents and citizens of Israel.
The...
Lapid: Russian forces have committed war crimes in Ukraine
Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid said on Tuesday that Russian forces committed war crimes “against a defenseless civilian population.”
He added to that by saying, “I strongly condemn these war crimes.”
Speaking during a trilateral meeting in...
In apparent swipe at Lapid, Gantz calls to refrain from ‘provocative’ acts
Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz on Monday called on Israelis to refrain from taking “provocative” actions. The comment, made during an interview with 103 FM, was an apparent criticism of Foreign Minister Yair Lapid’s tour...
Hamas: Israel to ‘bear consequences’ of Lapid’s Damascus Gate visit
Gaza’s ruling Hamas terror organization warned on Sunday that Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid’s “storming” of Damascus Gate in Jerusalem’s Old City earlier in the day was a “dangerous escalation.”
Lapid had visited security forces...
Lapid: Negev Summit builds on ‘new regional architecture based on progress‘
The Negev Summit featuring four foreign ministers from Arab countries—the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Morocco and Eygpt—together with Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid and the U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, broadcast a rare show of...
Lapid, Blinken meet in Jerusalem ahead of Negev Summit
Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken held a joint press conference on Sunday in Jerusalem, during which they discussed the Russian invasion of Ukraine and a possible nuclear...
Must Bennett wave the white flag on a new Iran deal?
As far as Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett is concerned, there’s no point in getting into a fight you can’t win. Given the Biden administration’s unshakable commitment to cutting a deal with Iran that...
Lapid: Israel condemns war, but it will not act as bypass channel of Russia...
Israel will not act as a bypass channel of sanctions for Russia imposed by the West, Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid said Monday, according to a report by Globes.
In a meeting with Slovakian Foreign Minister...