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Yesh Atid party leader Yair Lapid attends a ceremony for new immigrants from North America at Ben Gurion airport in central Israel on August 15, 2017. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
September 10, 2017, 3:54 pm
The lapse in Yair Lapid’s English
The Yesh Atid chairman's effort to woo Anglo voters was almost perfect
By Michael Rainsbury
Yesh Atid party leader Yair Lapid attends a ceremony for new immigrants from North America at Ben Gurion airport in central Israel on August 15, 2017. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
September 5, 2017, 9:46 pm
With no elections but PM ‘out of order,’ Lapid stumps for Anglo support
'I was treasurer under him and Netanyahu didn't talk to me as much as he talked to Israel Hayom's publisher and editor,' Yesh Atid head says ahead of English town hall meeting
By Marissa Newman
Leader of Yesh Atid party MK Yair Lapid speaks during a press conference in Tel Aviv, April 3, 2017. (Flash90)
July 27, 2017, 2:57 pm
Lapid calls for more aggressive stance on Turkey
Opposition figure urges recognition of Kurdish state and Armenian genocide, says Jerusalem and Ankara won't restore past friendly ties
By Raphael Ahren
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)
July 26, 2017, 6:58 pm
Begin breaks ranks to oppose Jewish nation-state bill
Legislation must openly say it will safeguard the rights of minorities, insists maverick Likud lawmaker
By Marissa Newman
Avi Gabbay outside a primary polling station in Jerusalem on July 4, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 12, 2017, 5:38 am
Avi Gabbay, ‘Israel’s Macron,’ wants to lead from the center
The new Labor chief hopes to take advantage of his moderate, outsider image to bring the party back into power
By Andrew Tobin
Newly elected head of the Israeli Labour party, Avi Gabbay, seen at a press conference a day after the results of the Labor primaries were announced, leaving him as new head. July 11, 2017. (Miriam Alster/ FLASH90)
July 11, 2017, 9:43 pm
Polls show Gabbay win boosting Zionist Union back into second place
Party had suffered in recent surveys, but now seen leapfrogging centrist Yesh Atid with between 20 and 24 seats, while Likud remains biggest faction
By TOI staff
Labor party activists shout slogans outside a primary polling station in Jerusalem on July 4, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 5, 2017, 10:37 pm
Neither Gabbay nor Peretz would drag Labor out of third place, polls say
Once-dominant center-left mainstay draws just 14 to 18 seats in Wednesday polling; final round of leadership race slated for Monday
By TOI staff
Palestinians walk on a street at the Al-Shati refugee camp in Gaza City during a power outage on June 11, 2017. (AFP Photo/Mahmud Hams)
June 19, 2017, 2:24 pm
Hamas asks Europe, UN, Arabs to intercede with Abbas over Gaza’s electricity — report
London mosque attack suspect now arrested on terror grounds; car explodes in Paris after hitting police van in suspected attack
By TOI staff
Labor party chairman Isaac Herzog seen with MK Amir Peretz and MK Omer BarLev, March 14, 2016. (Corinna Kern/Flash90)
June 18, 2017, 11:58 am
Little love lost in Labor, in race for dubious privilege of leading the party
Lineup features gritty ex-generals, a former Kulanu minister caught lying about voting Likud, some old faces, and an ultra-Orthodox woman who hired the adviser behind Netanyahu's infamous 'Arabs are voting in droves' campaign
By Marissa Newman
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of Jerusalem's reunification and the 1967 War, in the Israeli parliament on May 24, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 12, 2017, 12:02 pm
Caught between a right-wing base and a new peace initiative, Netanyahu ducks and weaves
The PM retains power by deflecting political pressure and cleaving to his rightist flank; that the opposition doesn't quite know how to respond doesn't hurt
By Haviv Rettig Gur
Israeli police officers clash with ultra-Orthodox Jews during an operation to arrest the attackers of soldiers at the Mea Shearim in Jerusalem on June 4, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 11, 2017, 5:04 pm
Ex-MK’s soldier son attacked by ultra-Orthodox mob in Jerusalem
Dov Lipman calls for new legislation to combat uptick in violence against servicemen, says it's the 'last gasp of extremism' as Haredi enlistment grows
By Judah Ari Gross
Mahmoud Abbas celebrates the return of Palestinian prisoners in August 2013 (photo credit: Issam Rimawi/Flash90)
June 7, 2017, 2:16 pm
Israel may deduct ‘martyr’ payments from PA funds
Local version of 'Taylor Force Act' calls for withholding a billion shekels in Palestinian tax revenue, equivalent to the sum paid to terrorists and their families
By Raoul Wootliff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) and US President Donald Trump speak at Ben Gurion International Airport prior to the latter's departure from Israel on May 23, 2017. (Koby Gideon/GPO)
May 26, 2017, 10:04 pm
Poll shows bump in support for Netanyahu after Trump visit
Channel 2 survey says PM's Likud would get 30 seats in new elections, and could easily form coalition; Yair Lapid's Yesh Atid drops to 22
By TOI staff
Yisrael Beytenu leader and Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman leads a faction meeting in the Israeli parliament on May 15 2017. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
May 15, 2017, 5:40 pm
Liberman: No need to pick a fight over moving US embassy
Ahead of Trump visit, Lapid joins coalition leaders urging relocation of mission to reflect Israeli sovereignty over capital; Herzog says president's trip is 'decisive moment'
By Marissa Newman and Raoul Wootliff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a Likud faction meeting in the Knesset on May 08, 2017. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
May 8, 2017, 6:13 pm
Shrugging off criticism, PM backs Jewish state bill
Despite opponents saying bill discriminates against Arab minority, Netanyahu says 'no contradiction' between proposed legislation and equal rights in Israel
By Raoul Wootliff
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