Yair Lapid

MK David Amsalem during a 4 a.m. debate on his police bill (Screen capture: Knesset Channel)

December 26, 2017, 4:48 am

Drowsy Knesset kicks off 45-hour police bill filibuster

Opposition lawmakers take turns before near-empty plenum in bid to delay vote on controversial legislation; Amsalem hits back at Lapid

By Marissa Newman

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and coalition chairman David Amsalem converse during a Likud faction meeting at the Knesset on December 25, 2017. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

December 25, 2017, 9:31 pm

Opposition gears up for 45-hour filibuster before final votes on police bill

Lapid calls recommendations bill an 'abomination,' as Zionist Union crowdsources objections

By Marissa Newman

Yesh Atid party leader Yair Lapid speaks at a meeting in the Knesset on December 25, 2017. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

December 25, 2017, 3:27 pm

Lapid says he would never negotiate over Jerusalem, even if it means no peace

Yesh Atid leader slams prime minister for ruining Israel's international relations but concedes he wouldn't have done anything dramatically different

By Raphael Ahren

Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon leads a Kulanu faction meeting in the Knesset on October 30, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

December 20, 2017, 9:47 pm

Key Netanyahu coalition partner tells police to ‘keep going’ in graft probe

Amid furor over PM's dismissal of likely police recommendation to indict him for corruption, Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon insists investigators have the support they need

By TOI staff

Zionist Union Chairman Avi Gabbay leads the faction meeting at the Knesset, on December 18, 2017. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

December 18, 2017, 2:09 pm

Labor chief Gabbay says Netanyahu is ‘weak’ in fighting Hamas

Amid surge in rocket fire from the Gaza Strip, opposition leaders call for more forceful response

By Marissa Newman

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, with MK David Bitan during a Likud party faction meeting at the Knesset, November 27, 2017. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

December 18, 2017, 1:20 pm

Prepping Israel’s pre-election toolbox

The rising volume in Knesset debates is just one indication that early elections are brewing

By Naomi Chazan

Yair Lapid leads a Yesh Atid faction meeting at the Knesset on November 20, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

December 11, 2017, 5:52 pm

Reconciliation with Turkey was a mistake, Lapid says

As Ankara and Jerusalem trade barbs over Jerusalem, Yesh Atid leader calls for recognition of Armenian genocide, 'burying' gas pipeline plans

By Marissa Newman and Raphael Ahren

French President Emmanuel Macron (L) welcomes Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu upon his arrival at the Elysee Palace on December 10, 2017 in Paris. (AFP/Ludovic Marin)

December 10, 2017, 6:45 pm

PM says Erdogan bombs villages and helps terrorists ‘kill innocent people’

Netanyahu, in Paris, launches tirade after Turkish president calls Israel a 'terror state' that 'kills children,' as Jerusalem dispute heats up

By Tamar Pileggi

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan gestures as he speaks during the Justice and Development (AK) Party's provincial heads meeting in Ankara, November 17, 2017. (AFP/Adem Altan)

December 5, 2017, 2:44 pm

Israel hits back at Turkish leader over threat to sever ties

Officials dismiss statement by Erdogan saying American recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital would be a 'red line'

By TOI staff, AFP and AP

Composite photo (from left): Ehud Barak, Avi Gabbay, Benjamin Netanyahu, Yair Lapid, Moshe Ya'alon (All pictures: Flash90)

December 4, 2017, 4:26 pm

If Netanyahu is so corrupt and dangerous, why don’t rivals unite to defeat him?

Lapid, Gabbay, Barak and Ya'alon all insist the PM must go, urgently, for Israel's sake. Their refusal to put egos aside for the greater cause rather undermines their credibility

By David Horovitz

Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman leads a Yisrael Beytenu party faction meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem on October 30, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

December 4, 2017, 3:58 pm

Defense minister unmoved by threats of violence over Jerusalem recognition

Liberman says Israel will 'know how to deal with the ramifications' of US embassy relocation; Lapid says move should have been made '70 years ago'

By Marissa Newman

Interior Minister Aryeh Deri (R) speaks with United Torah Judaism MK Moshe Gafni at the Knesset on November 7, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

November 29, 2017, 2:51 pm

Bill would see ‘Jewish tradition’ factor into Shabbat labor permits

Legislation by ultra-Orthodox MK Moshe Gafni comes amid coalition fight over Sabbath work; Lapid accuses Haredi MKs of 'fostering hatred'

By Marissa Newman

November 27, 2017, 4:41 pm

Opposition slams police recommendation bill as tailor-made to shield Netanyahu

Yesh Atid's Yair Lapid says proposal designed to protect PM from prosecution; Labor's Avi Gabbay lambastes coalition as 'gang members'

By Marissa Newman

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) congratulates then-incoming Deputy Health Minister Yaakov Litzman at the Health Ministry in Jerusalem, on May 20, 2015. (Amos Ben Gershom/ GPO/Flash90)

November 27, 2017, 3:09 pm

Netanyahu choo-choo chooses the ultra-Orthodox

A deal with Haredi factions to ostensibly protect Shabbat does little other than gird the coalition for a high-speed hijacking by Yair Lapid, pundits say

By Joshua Davidovich

Likud MK Benny Begin speaks during a vote on the so-called Regulation Bill, controversial legislation that seeks to legitimize illegal West Bank outposts, in the Knesset on December 7, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

November 23, 2017, 11:16 am

After Begin ousted from Knesset committee, Lapid offers him his party’s slot

Likud MK, booted from Internal Affairs panel for opposing controversial bill, turns down Yesh Atid leader's offer, which would not have affected coalition's majority

By Marissa Newman