Category: Yair Lapid

Israel’s Lapid Enlists Gantz, Moves Closer to Unseating Netanyahu

JERUSALEM—Israel’s opposition leader moved closer to unseating Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday and forming a new government after agreeing on terms with several parties including one led by Defence Minister Benny Gantz, a spokesman said. During a 12-year run in the top office, Netanyahu has been an often polarizing figure at home and abroad….


Netanyahu Challenge to Legality of Rival’s PM Bid Is Rebuffed

JERUSALEM—A last-gasp legal challenge by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to thwart a bid by a rival to head a new government was rejected on Tuesday as his opponents raced to seal a pact that would unseat him. Naftali Bennett, Netanyahu’s former defense minister, announced on Sunday he would join a proposed alliance with opposition…