Yair Lapid
Highlights
- Lapid holds first cabinet meeting
- Lapid is the 14th Prime Minister of Israel
- Yer Lapid was the first news anchor
Israel Politics: Israel’s caretaker Prime Minister Yair Lapid chaired the first cabinet meeting on Sunday after taking office. The meeting assured a working government despite the ongoing political instability in the country. Significantly, due to political instability in Israel, elections are going to be held for the fifth time in four years. At the meeting, Lapid sat next to former prime minister Naftali Bennett. He warned that Israel would take any step to protect itself. Before Lapid’s statement, Israel shot down three Predator planes of Lebanese terrorist organization Hezbollah.
Became the 14th Prime Minister of Israel
Lapid took over as prime minister last week under a coalition government formed after last year’s agreement. At first Bennett led the government but had to step down with several lawmakers leaving and for other reasons. This led to the dissolution of Parliament itself, necessitating a fresh election and the transfer of power to Lapid. Re-elections will be held in Israel on November 1. Lapid said that in the coming months, our goal will be to run the government in such a way that it does not start campaigning. The citizens of Israel deserve a working government.
who is yer lapid
Yer Lapid was born on 5 November 1963. He is an Israeli politician and former journalist. He was elected as the 14th Prime Minister of Israel on 1 July 2022. Prior to this he served as the alternate head. Also served as Minister of Israel and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2021 to 2022. Lapid also serves as chairman of centrist Yash Atid, who previously served as Leader of the Opposition from 2020 to 2021 and as Finance Minister from 2013 to 2014.
Lapid used to be a news anchor
Before joining politics in 2012, Lapid was a writer, TV presenter and news anchor. In 1988, at the age of just 25, Lapid was appointed editor of Yedioth Tel Aviv. Joe Yedioth was a local newspaper published by the Ahronoth Group. In 1991, he began writing a weekly column in the weekend supplement of a nationwide newspaper – first for Maariv, and later for its competitor, Yedioth Ahronoth. The name of his column, “Where is the money?”, became his political slogan decades later.