Yair Lapid

Yair Lapid is a Tel Aviv-born center-left Israeli politician. He is the founder and chairman of the Yesh Atid political party.

Lapid served as the alternate Prime Minister to Naftali Bennett and Foreign Minister in a 2021 coalition government. He had also previously served as Finance Minister in Benjamin Netanyahu’s government from 2013-2014.

Yair Lapid began his public career as a journalist and TV presenter, before branching out into politics in 2012 with the formation of Yesh Atid.

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(L-R) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, August 4, 2024, Former Israeli prime minister Naftali Bennett, September 11 2023, Opposition Leader and Yesh Atid Chairman Yair Lapid, August 14 2024.

'April Fool's Day': Israeli politicians decry PM's cancellation of Shin Bet app't

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GRAND RABBI Yaakov Aryeh Alter of Gur, Sephardi Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef and others celebrate at a wedding in 2023. When it comes to honoring elders, the Orthodox world gets it right, the writer says, but it must not become a tool for political exploitation and social stagnation.

How the Jewish virtue of respecting elders can become a vice

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Israelis protest against Benjamin Netanyhahu's government in Jerusalem, March 23, 2025

My Word: Between strikes and striking back

By LIAT COLLINS

MK Dudi Amsalem reacts during a plenum session at the assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on December 19, 2022.

Likud minister calls for civil war to 'defeat Left'

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Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich speaks in the Knesset plenum, in Jerusalem, March 25, 2025

Israeli government approves 2025 budget in Knesset, passing major hurdle

By ELIAV BREUER

Opposition head MK Yair Lapid speaks at Habima, March 22, 2025.

Lapid threatens tax resistance as thousands protest against Netanyahu gov't

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

MK Simcha Rothman at the Knesset Constitution Committee. March 17, 2025.

Judicial reform bill passes in Constitution Committee, final plenum vote remains

By ELIAV BREUER

Opposition head Yair Lapid at the Knesset. March 17, 2025.

Opposition leaders to unite against firing of security chief, Lapid says

By ELIAV BREUER

Opposition head Yair Lapid at the Knesset. January 21, 2025.

Can Lapid's 'new deal' save Israel's economy from crisis?

By EVE YOUNG

'Middle class not a cow to be milked to death': Lapid slams gov't, unveils economic 'new deal'

By EVE YOUNG

IDF Chief-of-Staff Eyal Zamir visits the Western Wall, in Jerusalem, on March 5, 2025

Israeli leaders praise incoming IDF chief Zamir, warn of challenges ahead

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir arrives for a court hearing at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, on September 11, 2024

Time to wake up! Israeli politicians react to Shin Bet, Netanyahu probe drama

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Head of the opposition Yair Lapid attends the swearing in ceremony of Justice Isaac Amit as president of the Supreme Court, at the president residence in Jerusalem, February 13, 2025.

Lapid’s free fall: Why voters are punishing him more than Netanyahu

By HERB KEINON

Yair Lapid

Opposition heads blast Netanyahu, say PM was 'afraid' to attack Iran

Israel, US must prevent uranium enrichment on Saudi soil, Lapid says

Lapid: Qatar ‘bought off’ Netanyahu’s office

Shabbat work sparks clash between labor minister and opposition

'Bennett 2026': Former PM Naftali Bennett registers new political party

'April Fool's Day': Israeli politicians decry PM's cancellation of Shin Bet app't

How the Jewish virtue of respecting elders can become a vice

My Word: Between strikes and striking back

Likud minister calls for civil war to 'defeat Left'

Israeli government approves 2025 budget in Knesset, passing major hurdle

Lapid threatens tax resistance as thousands protest against Netanyahu gov't

Judicial reform bill passes in Constitution Committee, final plenum vote remains

Opposition leaders to unite against firing of security chief, Lapid says

Can Lapid's 'new deal' save Israel's economy from crisis?

'Middle class not a cow to be milked to death': Lapid slams gov't, unveils economic 'new deal'

Israeli leaders praise incoming IDF chief Zamir, warn of challenges ahead

Time to wake up! Israeli politicians react to Shin Bet, Netanyahu probe drama

Lapid’s free fall: Why voters are punishing him more than Netanyahu