Lapid’s son at closed Cabinet meeting

Cabinet ministers attending a closed meeting on Israel’s housing crisis Sunday were surprised to see the new finance minister Yair Lapid walk into the room with an even fresher face, that of his son — 17-year-old Lior.

Lapid explained to reporters Tuesday that he had invited his son to join him for lunch at the Knesset and forced him to sit through the two-hour session before they dined.

“I just hope he doesn’t report me to child services and complain I bored him to death,” quipped the Yesh Atid leader.

His office added that it is permissible for a parent to bring their child to the workplace.

Lapid Jr. has made headlines before.

In April, after days of having protesters yell outside the family home, Lior took a page out of the protesters’ playbook. He greeted the assembled crowd (from behind police protection) and addressed them with one of their megaphones.

Explaining that there wasn’t anyone else at home, Lior said he had taken it upon himself to come out and listen, which prompted the protesters to cheer enthusiastically with cries of “Great!” and “We love you!”

The protests have not “fallen on deaf ears,” Lapid junior said. “We will do our best to help the middle class and the poor.”

The young Lapid then handed the megaphone back to the protesters and went back in, amid cries for him to tell his father about mortgage troubles and other issues.