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Yair Lapid

Yair Lapid

Number two on 'Together' slate; former Prime Minister of Israel

Appears in 2 stories

Notable Quotes

There is no greater priority than replacing this government. Ego comes second.

"This isn't a budget — it's a robbery." — Yair Lapid, during Knesset debate

Stories

Bennett and Lapid merge parties to challenge Netanyahu in 2026 vote

Rule Changes

Subsumed his Yesh Atid party into the merger

Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid—the two former Israeli prime ministers who briefly removed Benjamin Netanyahu from power in 2021—announced on April 26 the merger of their parties into a single slate called 'Together, Led by Bennett.' Netanyahu responded within hours with an inflammatory video on social media showing the pair's 2021 coalition-signing ceremony alongside Arab party leader Mansour Abbas, captioned 'They did it once, they will do it again'—framing a future government dependent on Arab parties as an inevitable consequence of any Bennett-Lapid win.

Updated Apr 27

Israel passes largest-ever budget as Iran war reshapes national spending

Money Moves

Led opposition against the budget

Israel's parliament voted 62-55 to approve the country's largest-ever state budget — 850.6 billion shekels ($271 billion) — with two days to spare before a legal deadline that would have dissolved the government and triggered new elections. The defense ministry alone received 143 billion shekels ($45.8 billion), reflecting the cost of ongoing military operations against Iran that are running at an estimated $480-550 million per day.

Updated Mar 29