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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'A warrior who stood his ground': Israeli leaders mourn Omer Neutra

"We must fulfill the ultimate imperative," the president emphasized, "to return Omer, and all our abducted men and women."

 Opposition head Yesh Atid MK Yair Lapid speaks during a faction meeting in the Knesset

Yair Lapid: Netanyahu's people received money from Qatar

"This has been the perception of Netanyahu and his office all these years - that Hamas is not terrible," Lapid claimed.

Opposition party leaders attack Netanyahu over Yoav Gallant's dismissal

Lapid criticized the silence of “spineless” Likud MKs, calling their inaction “a disgrace remembered forever.”

Lapid: 'If Netanyahu didn’t know about leaked info, what does he know?'

“If Netanyahu knew, he is complicit in one of the most serious security breaches in the law book," Lapid said.

Likud gains steady lead, Israelis prefer Trump over Harris

When paired against Bennett, Netanyahu led with 38% suitability to Bennett’s 35%. Another 23% said neither candidate was suitable, and 4% were undecided.

 YAIR LAPID in his Tel Aviv office

Lapid: Israel should have exacted a 'far heavier' price from Iran

Yisrael Beytenu chairman MK Avigdor Liberman warned Iran will "continue its efforts to obtain nuclear weapons, and continue supplying Hezbollah, the Houthis, and other Shi'ite militias."

 YAIR LAPID in his Tel Aviv office

Lapid urges deal to free all captives at once, pushes for Saudi normalization

The politician who heads the centrist Yesh Atid party spoke to the 'Post' a year into the country's multi-front war against Iranian proxies.

'Defamatory content' that harms IDF: Hagari slams Channel 14 for aired video

"It is unacceptable for a media outlet in the State of Israel to allow a platform for inciting content against the IDF during wartime," Hagari wrote.

IDF should target Iranian oil fields, Lapid tells 'Post'

Israel has reportedly assured the US it would hit Iranian conventional military targets rather than nuclear facilities or oil fields.

Gov't doing 'everything' to extend yeshiva students exemption from IDF service, Deri says

Shas chairman Aryeh Deri emphasized efforts to extend IDF service exemptions for yeshiva students, citing Torah study's importance amid military needs.

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