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Yair Lapid
Yair Lapid leads his first weekly cabinet meeting on July 3. Photo: Haim Zach/GPO
July 7, 2022, 11:06 am
‘The challenges before us are immense’
Interim Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid's inaugural speech sought to unite a politically fractured nation while setting the tone for the election battle to come. Here is the speech in full.
Foreign Minister Penny Wong. Photo: Peter Haskin
July 7, 2022, 8:54 am
Wong ‘looks forward’ to working with Lapid
"Australia is a long-standing friend of Israel, that will never change."
By Gareth Narunsky
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett briefs his successor Yair Lapid at the Prime Minister’s Office, June 30, 2022. Photo: Haim Zach / GPO
July 1, 2022, 2:03 pm
Yair Lapid takes over as Israel’s 14th prime minister
On his first day, new premier slated to sit down with Shin Bet chief, then hold a meeting on the issue of Hamas captives; in first, PM’s office to be headed by woman
By AMY SPIRO
Naftali Bennett, right, sitting alongside Yair Lapid, centre, and Finance Minister Avigdor Lieberman, leads a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on June 26. Photo: Yoav Dudkevitch
June 30, 2022, 10:44 am
Lapid set to take over, election date firms
Once the bill passes, outgoing Prime Minister Naftali Bennett will hand over to Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, who will serve as interim Prime Minister
By CARRIE KELLER-LYNN
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett (left) and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid announce the dissolution of the Knesset at a joint press conference on June 20. Photo: Yonatan Sindel/FLASH90
June 23, 2022, 9:45 am
Fifth elections loom as government dissolves
'We wanted to continue, believe me, no stone was left unturned'
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett (left) and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid leave the podiums after their joint statement at the Knesset. Photo: AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo
June 23, 2022, 8:14 am
Israel goes back to the polls
Australian Jewish leaders have paid tribute to the outgoing Israeli coalition, as Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid announce they are dissolving the Knesset and their eight-party government.
By Peter Kohn
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: Yonatan Sindel/FLASH90
June 21, 2022, 9:04 am
Bennett confirms coalition over
PM says ‘no stone was left unturned’ to keep government going, cites failure to pass settler law that would have led to ‘chaos’; Lapid: Bennett is putting Israel first
By CARRIE KELLER-LYNN
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and MK Idit Silman attend a plenum session and a vote on the state budget at the assembly hall of the Israeli parliament, in Jerusalem on November 4, 2021. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90 *** Local Caption *** הצבעה כנסת מליאה תקציב המדינה נפתלי בנט ראש הממשלה מנסור עבאס מירב מיכאלי
April 7, 2022, 7:13 am
Israeli government in crisis
Yamina lawmaker says she won’t abet the ‘harming’ of Jewish identity of Israel, insists another coalition can be built without new elections; PM said to find out from news reports
By AJN STAFF
Yair Lapid. Photo: Niv Musman/GPO
March 17, 2022, 1:38 pm
‘Positive’ discussion
"Israel will not be a route to bypass sanctions imposed on Russia by the United States and other Western countries..."
By AJN STAFF
Anna Borshchevskaya addresses the AIJAC webinar. Photo: Screenshot.
March 3, 2022, 9:02 am
The challenges facing Israel
"What makes this all so very difficult and perhaps painful is that Israel, unlike other countries in the Middle East, has a very large immigrant population from the former Soviet Union, including from Ukraine..."
By Peter Kohn
Yair Lapid Photo: Niv Musman/GPO
March 1, 2022, 8:15 am
Israel to back condemnation of Russia at United Nations
Yair Lapid (left) and Boris Johnson in London on Monday. Photo: Stuart Mitchell
December 2, 2021, 7:30 am
Lapid rallies Johnson, Macron on Iran
By Times of Israel
December 1, 2021, 12:40 pm
Watch the moment Boris Johnson broke his menorah
It took British Prime Minister Boris Johnson mere seconds to wave his gift in the air, like a footballer hoisting aloft the World Cup, and sent parts of the candelabra flying across the stage.
By UK JEWISH NEWS
Hamas fighters in Gaza City, April 26, 2021. Photo: Flash90
November 21, 2021, 5:00 pm
Britain to criminalise support for Hamas
Israel on Friday praised the United Kingdom’s planned move to designate the entirety of Hamas as a terror organisation and outlaw support for the group.
By JTA
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett (right) and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid speak at the Knesset, on September 2, 2021. Photo: Flash90
October 29, 2021, 9:30 am
Bennett: ‘Govt likely to collapse before Lapid becomes PM’
By Times of Israel
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