December 26, 2016
2:11 pm

Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman at the Israel Bar Association Conference in Tel Aviv on December 20, 2016. (Flash90)

Obama aide: UN vote no ‘ambush,’ we warned Israel on settlements

Report: A-G set to approve corruption investigation into PM; Netanyahu: I had ‘rational’ response to UNSC resolution; Liberman likens France summit to Dreyfus Affair

By Sara Miller

December 24, 2016
9:52 pm

Former prime minister Ehud Barak at the launch event of the defense news Reporty App in Tel Aviv, March 16, 2016. (Flash90)

Ehud Barak: UN resolution ‘an unprecedented failure’

Security Council motion on settlements ‘a heavy blow’ to the Jewish state,’ former PM says, calls for Netanyahu to step down as foreign minister

By Times of Israel staff

December 24, 2016
6:49 pm

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu listening as President Barack Obama speaks during a meeting in Washington in March 2012. (AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Israeli officials: US abstention was Obama’s ‘last sting,’ showed his ‘true face’

Netanyahu thanks Trump, Democrats and Republicans for support after Administration fails to use veto, enabling passage of UNSC settlements resolution; Herzog tells PM to step down

By Times of Israel staff

December 23, 2016
9:14 pm

Senate Minority Leader-elect Chuck Schumer of New York in an interview with The Associated Press in his office on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Nov. 18, 2016. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Lawmakers in US and Israel urge Obama to veto anti-settlement resolution

Members of the Senate and House on both sides of the aisle say Security Council motion would do more harm than good

By Times of Israel staff and Rebecca Shimoni Stoil

December 19, 2016
11:50 pm

Former finance minister Yair Lapid (left) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, when the last government was in power, in Jerusalem on July 3, 2013. (Flash90)

Netanyahu, Lapid butt heads over how to punish suspect MK

Likud-led effort seeks to impeach Joint List MK, while Yesh Atid leader favors removing his immunity to allow criminal probe; PM: This is proof Lapid’s ‘a leftist’

By Times of Israel staff

December 12, 2016
5:05 pm

Opposition leader Isaac Herzog (Zionist Union) at the Labor Party conference in Tel Aviv, December 11, 2016. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Opposition blasts Netanyahu’s bid to appoint officials without tenders

Herzog says PM‘s endorsement of American approach to civil service appointments would open door to cronyism, nepotism

By Raoul Wootliff

December 11, 2016
9:57 pm

An illustrative photo of then IDF Chief Rabbi Brig. Gen. Rafi Peretz, left, with Sephardi Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef on October 31, 2013 (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash 90)

Sephardic chief rabbi: Women may not serve in IDF, perform national service

Echoing position by his late father, ex-chief rabbi Ovadiah Yosef, Yitzhak Yosef says mandatory draft, volunteer work forbidden

By Times of Israel staff

December 10, 2016
10:07 pm

In this Monday, Oct. 31, 2016 photo, Israeli Knesset member, Yair Lapid, leader of the Yesh Atid party, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press, in his office at the Knesset, Israel's parliament, in Jerusalem. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

Lapid: We need to build a high wall and get the Palestinians out of our sight

Citing recent opinion poll, centrist Yesh Atid leader says he is sole alternative to Netanyahu, slams PM’s political machinations

By Times of Israel staff

December 4, 2016
4:09 pm

Yair Lapid casts his vote at a polling station in Tel Aviv on March 17, 2015. (Ben Kelmer/Flash90)

After surge in polls, Yesh Atid calls for early elections

As weekend survey shows it tied with Likud, centrist party says government not serving Israel’s citizens, will present bill to disband Knesset on Wednesday

By Raoul Wootliff

December 2, 2016
10:36 pm

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu embraces Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid after addressing the Knesset ahead of the swearing-in of the new government, March 18, 2013. (Photo credit: Miriam Alster/FLASH90)

Likud, Yesh Atid neck-and-neck in new poll, while Zionist Union sinks

Channel 2 survey shows Netanyahu and Lapid tied with 25 seats each if elections were held today, with Herzog crashing down to 10

By Times of Israel staff

November 29, 2016
1:23 pm

Yesh Atid party chairman MK Yair Lapid speaks during a party faction meeting at the Knesset, November 21, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Yair Lapid: Coalition wants to ‘insult Muslims’ with muezzin bill

Yesh Atid chair says law to limit sound pollution already exists but isn’t enforced, latest efforts ‘serve the haters of Israel’

By Raoul Wootliff

November 24, 2016
7:15 pm

A picture taken on November 24, 2016 shows a fire raging in the northern Israeli port city of Haifa. (AFP PHOTO / AHMAD GHARABLI)

Netanyahu: Arsonists are ‘terrorists,’ will be punished severely

Public security minister vows to nab those ‘inciting these acts’; Arab MKs urge restraint, say no proof Arabs started fires

By Gavin Rabinowitz

November 22, 2016
6:02 pm

Senior lawmaker urges Obama, Trump to tackle neo-Nazis

Yair Lapid warns against missing the signs of fascism; Simon Wiesenthal Center says Trump should speak out against use of ‘Nazi’ salute in his honor

By Stuart Winer and Raphael Ahren

November 22, 2016
1:44 pm

Donald Trump shakes hands with son-in-law Jared Kushner during an election night party at a hotel in New York on November 9, 2016. (AFP / MANDEL NGAN)

Trump ‘disavows’ alt-right, insists adviser Bannon no racist

Jared Kushner defends president-elect from racism charge; Israelis suspected of selling arms used in terror attacks

By Elie Leshem

November 21, 2016
5:42 pm

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads the weekly cabinet meeting at his office in Jerusalem on November 20, 2016. (Emil Salman/POOL)

PM dismisses submarine deal row: ‘I’ll be here a long time’

Confident Netanyahu says latest allegations of conflict of interest are hot air, accuses opponents of ‘industry of negativity’

By Times of Israel staff

Topic: Yair Lapid

Obama aide: UN vote no ‘ambush,’ we warned Israel on settlements

Report: A-G set to approve corruption investigation into PM; Netanyahu: I had ‘rational’ response to UNSC resolution; Liberman likens France summit to Dreyfus Affair

Ehud Barak: UN resolution ‘an unprecedented failure’

Security Council motion on settlements ‘a heavy blow’ to the Jewish state,’ former PM says, calls for Netanyahu to step down as foreign minister

Israeli officials: US abstention was Obama’s ‘last sting,’ showed his ‘true face’

Netanyahu thanks Trump, Democrats and Republicans for support after Administration fails to use veto, enabling passage of UNSC settlements resolution; Herzog tells PM to step down

Lawmakers in US and Israel urge Obama to veto anti-settlement resolution

Members of the Senate and House on both sides of the aisle say Security Council motion would do more harm than good

Netanyahu, Lapid butt heads over how to punish suspect MK

Likud-led effort seeks to impeach Joint List MK, while Yesh Atid leader favors removing his immunity to allow criminal probe; PM: This is proof Lapid’s ‘a leftist’

Opposition blasts Netanyahu’s bid to appoint officials without tenders

Herzog says PM‘s endorsement of American approach to civil service appointments would open door to cronyism, nepotism

Sephardic chief rabbi: Women may not serve in IDF, perform national service

Echoing position by his late father, ex-chief rabbi Ovadiah Yosef, Yitzhak Yosef says mandatory draft, volunteer work forbidden

Lapid: We need to build a high wall and get the Palestinians out of our sight

Citing recent opinion poll, centrist Yesh Atid leader says he is sole alternative to Netanyahu, slams PM’s political machinations

After surge in polls, Yesh Atid calls for early elections

As weekend survey shows it tied with Likud, centrist party says government not serving Israel’s citizens, will present bill to disband Knesset on Wednesday

Likud, Yesh Atid neck-and-neck in new poll, while Zionist Union sinks

Channel 2 survey shows Netanyahu and Lapid tied with 25 seats each if elections were held today, with Herzog crashing down to 10

Yair Lapid: Coalition wants to ‘insult Muslims’ with muezzin bill

Yesh Atid chair says law to limit sound pollution already exists but isn’t enforced, latest efforts ‘serve the haters of Israel’

Netanyahu: Arsonists are ‘terrorists,’ will be punished severely

Public security minister vows to nab those ‘inciting these acts’; Arab MKs urge restraint, say no proof Arabs started fires

Senior lawmaker urges Obama, Trump to tackle neo-Nazis

Yair Lapid warns against missing the signs of fascism; Simon Wiesenthal Center says Trump should speak out against use of ‘Nazi’ salute in his honor

Trump ‘disavows’ alt-right, insists adviser Bannon no racist

Jared Kushner defends president-elect from racism charge; Israelis suspected of selling arms used in terror attacks

PM dismisses submarine deal row: ‘I’ll be here a long time’

Confident Netanyahu says latest allegations of conflict of interest are hot air, accuses opponents of ‘industry of negativity’

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