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Bye-bye Bibi: May it happen speedily and in our times

In a profanity-filled telephone conversation last September, according to New York Times reporters Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan in their...

Bennett and Lapid join together to challenge Netanyahu

Former Israeli prime ministers Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid have announced they will contest the next Knesset election on...

Lapid seeks Knesset approval of Trump plan, putting Netanyahu coalition on spot

Opposition leader Yair Lapid announced on Tuesday that he will bring a motion to the Knesset next week calling...

Israeli president rebuffs Trump’s call to pardon Netanyahu, citing legal procedures

Israeli President Isaac Herzog confirmed Wednesday that he received a signed letter from U.S. President Donald Trump urging him...

Poll: Netanyahu’s approval ratings at all-time high

According to the latest Direct Polls survey, conducted by Shlomo Filber in the wake of the release on Monday...

Knesset committee authorizes call-up of 430,000 reservists amid Haredi draft dispute

An Israeli parliamentary committee narrowly approved on Monday the extension of emergency powers to summon reservists, authorising the military...

Blood libel’: Yair Golan under fire for Gaza comments

Israeli officials across the political divides lashed out at opposition Knesset member Yair Golan on Tuesday after he said...

Netanyahu to Lapid: ‘Are you declaring war on your brothers?’

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blasted opposition leader Yair Lapid (Yesh Atid) during a Knesset debate on Monday over...

Israeli officials hail Netanyahu’s ‘important,’ ‘historic’ speech to Congress

Israeli government officials praised Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday following his address to the U.S. Congress. Israeli President Isaac...

Israeli opposition files first no-confidence motion since war’s start

Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid filed a no-confidence motion against the government on Wednesday over the passing of the...

Protests increase as Netanyahu sacks defence minister

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has sacked Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, triggering mass protests a day after Gallant broke...

Netanyahu: Herzog’s judicial reform proposal perpetuates imbalance of power

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected a judicial compromise proposal presented on Wednesday night by President Isaac Herzog during...

Yair Lapid calls Netanyahu ‘weak’ next government ‘dangerous’

Outgoing Prime Minister of Israel Yair Lapid took a combative tone Thursday night in an address to the Israeli...

Yair Lapid calls Netanyahu ‘weak’ slams proposed ‘Deri Law’

Outgoing Prime Minister Yari Lapid had some harsh words on Monday for the man poised to replace him, Benjamin...

Fight for the common good

Prime Minister Yair Lapid yesterday addressed the memorial ceremony for IDF soldiers who fell in the Yom Kippur War. Speaking...

Lapid rejects Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine solution

Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid has finally emerged from the cocoon of silence that has enveloped all current 120...

Israel condemns Mahmoud Abbas’ Holocaust comparison as ‘reprehensible and unfounded’

Israel’s Leadership has strongly condemned remarks made by the leader of the Palestinian Authority (PA) Mahmoud Abbas – also...

Lapid threatening ‘effect on relations’ if Jewish Agency operations in Russia banned

Prime Minister Yair Lapid chaired on Sunday a discussion on the activity of the Jewish Agency in Russia after...

Israeli leaders discuss Biden’s upcoming visit with local counterparts

Prime Minister Yair Lapid and Jordanian King Abdullah II spoke on the phone Saturday night in honour of the...

Yair Lapid meets Deborah Lipstadt

Israel’s Prime Minister Yair Lapid has met with US Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism Ambassador Deborah Lipstadt. Prime...