Tag: Yesh Atid
Ashdod Joins Ashkelon to Impose Racism to Stop Terrorism
Wholesale discrimination against Arabs is blatantly illegal and racist but sends a strong message to the police.
Un-Caged Knesset Beasts Claw Each other as Election Bait
The coalition likes to survive by blood-letting.
Yair Lapid Apologizes for Sabbath Desecration
Yair Lapid apologized on Sunday for forcing others to desecrate the Shabbat.
Lapid, Livni and Bennett: Anarchy in Netanyahu Government
Ideological differences within Bibi's coalition members are less harmonious than a Chinese sweet and sour dish.
Coalition Sharks Smell Netanyahu Blood
The coalition sharks are smelling blood - not from Israel's enemies, but rather from PM Netanyahu.
Lapid Calls for Unilateral Disengagement
Yesh Atid head gives no indication that he learned anything from 2005 Gaza pullout, says Israel should "give" Palestinians state
Netanyahu Team To Evaluate Hamas Unity, Yesh Atid Threatens to Quit Coalition
While Netanyahu weighs Israel's options, Yesh Atid ministers are threatening to quit the coalition.
Finance Ministry Leaves IDF Empty-Handed
The Finance Ministry has closed its fist over funding to Israel's defense establishment for fiscal 2015.
Yesh Atid Blocks Israel’s ’No Early Release for Terrorists’ Bill
Yesh Atid minister Yaakov Perry has blocked a new law that would prevent early release of terrorist prisoners.
MK Ze’ev Elkin to Chair Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee
At last, the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee has a new chairperson: Likud Deputy Foreign Minister Ze’ev Elkin. It's taken six months.
Who is to Blame for the Divisiveness?
According to a recent survey in Mishpacha Magazine, most secular Israeli Jews do not hate charedim.
Haredi Rabbi Warns Lapid Is a Target for Assassination
Incitement is not taken lightly in Israel since the murder of Rabin, and even warning of a murder can be dangerous.
Bennett Slashes Import Duties on Dairy Products
Custom duties on imported butter, yogurt and other dairy products will be drastically slashed in a move by Economy Minister Naftali Bennett to increase...
Lapid Freezes Funding for Draft-Delayed Haredim
The Supreme Court ruling came after several appeals from so called good government groups.
Bennett’s Jewish Home and Labor Up in the Polls
A poll by the Knesset Channel released on Thursday confirms the trend of increased popularity for the Jewish Home party, headed by Naftali Bennett,...
Polls Show No Chance for Obama to Wreck Netanyahu Coalition
Two new polls show that Israel is marching rightward and that the nationalist and religious parties would even be stronger than in the current...
Lapid Says He Doesn’t Trust the Palestinian Authority
Yesh Atid party chairman Yair Lapid, Israel’s favorite chameleon, declared on Wednesday that he does not trust the Palestinian Authority and would not depend...
Lapid Puts Cheeses under Price Control; Consumers Say ‘So What?’
Finance Minister Yair Lapid called a press conference to announce great news for consumers – soft white cheese and whipped cream now will be...
Lapid Stages Slight Comeback in Polls
Yair Lapid’s Yesh Atid party would win 14 Knesset seats if elections were held today, compared with 11 in a poll in November, according...
Lapid Opposes Airplane and New Official Residence for Netanyahu
Finance Minister and Yesh Atid party chairman Yair Lapid has come out against Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s request for buying a plane for him...
Cost of Lapid’s Housing Plan Estimated to Be Bigger than His Ego
Finance Minister Yair Lapid, chairman of the Yesh Atid party, has come up with a fantastic plan to solve Israel’s apartment shortage but it...
Mobile Phone Rate-Buster Kachlon to Form New Party
Moshe Kachlon, the former Likud minister who busted the mobile phone oligarchy in Israel, announced on Sunday he is forming a new party to...
Lapid Restores $14 Million for Foreign Yeshiva Students
Yair Lapid, chairman of the Yesh Atid party and Finance Minister, has agreed to a request from a Jewish Home Knesset Member to cancel...
Jewish Home Punched Out in Losing Bid to Keep Terrorists Jailed
The Jewish Home took a stand against freeing more terrorists. It knew it would lose. The Likud won the battle but may have lost the next war – the one that is fought at the election polls.
Bills in the Works for Homosexual Marriages and Buses on Shabbat
The warped “Jewish and democratic” equation is about to be bent out of shape again with Yesh Atid bills to allow homosexual “unions” and public bus transportation on the Sabbath.
Gas to Pump $60 Billion into Economy in 20 Years, Says Lapid
Israel’s new offshore gas industry will generate $60 billion in revenues in Israel over the next 20 years, Finance Minister and Yesh Atid party...
Yesh Atid Skips Out of Critical Finance Vote for Beit El
Three Yesh Atid MK quietly skipped out of the room when the vote came up for financing some settlement related expenses, in particular, reimbursing...
Knesset Members Thwart Anti-Israel Move At Geneva Meeting
Knesset Members Meir Sheetrit of Tzipi Livni’s HaTnuah party and Aliza Lavie of Lapid’s Yesh Atid) were able to thwart an anti-Israel initiative promoted...
Knesset Members Thwart Anti-Israel Move At Geneva Meeting
Knesset Members Meir Sheetrit of Tzipi Livni’s HaTnuah party and Aliza Lavie of Lapid’s Yesh Atid) were able to thwart an anti-Israel initiative promoted...
Native Baltimore Rabbi Runs for Beit Shemesh City Council
Baltimore native Rabbi Avraham Leventhal, who moved to Beit Shemesh eight years ago after making aliyah, has tossed his hat in the political ring...