Lapid to receive security briefing from Netanyahu at 4 p.m.

By Sam Sokol 15 May 2025, 11:25 am

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Sam Sokol is a former political correspondent at The Times of Israel. He was previously a reporter for the Jerusalem Post, Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Haaretz. He is the author of "Putin’s Hybrid War and the Jews"

Opposition Leader Yair Lapid, left, is briefed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on May 10, 2023. (GPO)

Opposition Leader Yair Lapid is set to receive a security briefing from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at 4 p.m. at the Kirya military headquarters in Tel Aviv.

The leader of the opposition is traditionally briefed once a month by the prime minister on sensitive national security issues, although Netanyahu and Lapid have not kept to this regular schedule. A spokesperson for the opposition leader says the two have not met in over two months.

Lapid has been extremely critical of Netanyahu’s handling of the war in Gaza and ties with Washington, saying earlier this week that while the Trump administration praises the government publicly, the “Americans are fed up with Netanyahu.”