[caption id="attachment_135256" align="alignright" width="191"] Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu[/caption] Netanyahus physical departure from the political arena would only be postponed for a year or two, and the result of the next election would only be a tougher, more profound loss. Israels election on Tuesday is the culmination of ...

[caption id="attachment_155852" align="alignright" width="224"] Yair Lapid, head of Yesh Atid party, speaks to supporters during a conference in Holon near Tel Aviv March 12, 2015.CREDIT: REUTERS/AMIR COHEN[/caption] (Reuters) - The era of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is ending, with Israeli voters clearly more concerned about economic and ...

The Israeli regime is reportedly intensifying settlement activities in the occupied West Bank ahead of the March 17 general elections. Speaking on condition of anonymity, an Israeli official said Tuesday that the outgoing cabinet of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been pumping millions of dollars into public buildings and roads in the illegal ...

Republican Senate The action between the White House and a Republican Senate could make Moshe Yaalons feud with the Obama administration look like Tiddly-Winks. The warning by Israeli Finance Minister Yair Lapid that there is a crisis between Israel and the Americans may well be true. Hes alarmed at the refusalof the top tier of the Obama foreign ...

[caption id="attachment_114534" align="alignright" width="167"] Finance Minister Yair Lapid. Photo by Ofer Vaknin[/caption] JERUSALEM (AP) -- A top Israeli minister says there is a "crisis" in in the country's relations with the United States that must be fixed. Finance Minister Yair Lapid's comments Saturday came a day after U.S. officials said ...

[caption id="attachment_114534" align="alignright" width="208"] Finance Minister Yair Lapid. Photo by Ofer Vaknin[/caption] Finance Minister Yair Lapid said at a conference in Tel Aviv that the recently announcedIsraeli appropriation of West Bank landwas a move of underhanded opportunism that wasn't submitted for the cabinet's approval and is damaging ...

The Israeli finance minister has expressed concern over the growing boycotts,divestment'sand sanctions against the regime. Yair Lapid told Israel's Ynet News on Friday that "a continuation of the existing situation will hurt the pocketbook of all Israelis. Lapids remarks followed a Fridays announcement regarding Tel Avivs plans to build 1,400 ...

JERUSALEM (AP) -- A senior Israeli minister is criticizing the prime minister's instruction to Israel's U.N. delegation to boycott the Iranian president's speech at the General Assembly. Finance Minister Yair Lapid said in a statement that Benjamin Netanyahu's instruction made Israel seem opposed to negotiations and "uninterested in peaceful solutions....

Finance Minister Yair Lapid met in Paris with French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius. Lapid's office stated that the two discussed tightening sanctions no Iran, the Syrian crisis and promoting the Palestinian-Israeli negotiations. It was also stated that Lapid stressed in the meeting his commitment to the two-state solution and thanked Fabius for ...

[caption id="attachment_18374" align="alignright" width="300"] Israeli pilots and their families didn't reciprocate Netanyahu's affections.[/caption] Most voters at air force-base polling stations preferred Lapid over Netanyahu. Is this because they are more moderate, or because of the implication of the premier's threats against the Islamic Republic? During ...