Yair Lapid
Campaign posters show Yair Lapid next to the Ayalon Highway in Tel Aviv, Oct. 26, 2022. (Jamal Awad/Flash90)
October 28, 2022, 12:34 pm
Israel’s upcoming election and its high stakes for democracy, explained
If the Netanyahu bloc prevails, the most extreme lawmakers in parliament since Meir Kahane would almost certainly be given leadership positions.
By Gabe Friedman
Defense Minister Benny Gantz, right, presents US President Joe Biden with the wing of a drone intercepted by the Iron Beam laser defense system, as Prime Minister Yair Lapid (L) looks on at the Ben Gurion Airport, July 13, 2022. (Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry)
July 14, 2022, 9:45 am
Signing ‘Jerusalem Declaration,’ Biden vows to use all US power to stop nuclear Iran
Washington, Jerusalem commit to continue to discuss Israeli-Palestinian relations, but only Washington ‘affirms longstanding and consistent support of a two-state solution’
By Lazar Berman
Knesset Building (Photo by Beny Shlevich, creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/>, via Wikimedia Commons)
June 30, 2022, 9:17 am
Knesset disbands, sets elections for November 1; Lapid to become PM at midnight
Parliament formally disperses a year after inauguration of diverse coalition, sending Israel to its 5th national vote in less than 4 years
By Carrie Keller-Lynn
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and his Cabinet with President Reuven Rivlin, June 2021 (Photo by Avi Ohayon / Government Press Office (Israel), creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons)
June 21, 2022, 2:19 pm
Israel headed to 5th elections since 2019 after leaders concede collapse of governing coalition
The situation reached crisis levels earlier this month when lawmakers failed to renew regulations extending Israeli law to Jewish settlers living in the West Bank.
By Cnaan Liphshiz
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