Yair Lapid

Opposition heads unite to discuss toppling Netanyahu gov’t, backing Trump peace plan

Multiple party heads offered to provide a political safety net to ensure the peace deal passes.

Blue and White leader and MK Benny Gantz arrives for a meeting of opposition party leaders at a hotel in Tel Aviv, October 8, 2025
Opposition Leader Yair Lapid delivers a press conference speech at Yesh Atid Party meeting, Sunday, October 5, 2025

Yair Lapid offers safety net for PM Benjamin Netanyahu to implement Trump's Gaza deal

 HAMAS TERRORISTS keep guard on the day Hamas handed over deceased hostages, in Khan Yunis, Feb. 20, 2025.

'Ready for a lasting peace': Trump, world figures respond to Hamas announcement on hostage release

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump meet in the White House, September 29, 2025.

'Cannot allow politics to thwart the plan,' Israeli and world officials applaud Trump's Gaza plan


Lapid tells US gov't that Netanyahu has 'safety net from him for hostage deal, Gaza ceasefire'

Opposition leader Yair Lapid has offered Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a safety net to pass a hostage deal and ceasefire bill in the Knesset several times in 2025.

Yair Lapid speaking at Knesset.

Bennett, Eisenkot's 'Change Bloc' could redefine Israel’s future, say leading scholars

Professors Uriel Abulof and Yossi Shain tell The Media Line that the opposition’s fate hinges on legitimacy, unity, and courage to build a true democratic alternative.

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu sits among his cabinet members as the Knesset passes a resolution, in favor of applying sovereignty over Judea, Samaria, and the Jordan Valley, last month.

Right-wing ministers call for West Bank annexation after countries recognize Palestine

The politicians and regional heads call to recognize Israeli sovereignty over the West Bank come after the UK, Canada, Portugal, and Australia recognized a Palestinian state.

Israeli security forces near the scene where two Israelis were killed in a terror shooting attack at Allenby bridge, a crossing between West Bank and Jordan, September 18, 2025.

No. 16: Benny Gantz and Yair Lapid: Leading Israel's opposition

Both Gantz and Lapid have voiced that they would provide Netanyahu with a “safety-net” for a hostage deal, offering political backing without preconditions. Yet, the two also have opposing opinions.

 YESH ATID head MK Yair Lapid and Blue and White head MK Benny Gantz

Lapid, Eisenkot, Liberman, Golan officially form political bloc to defeat Netanyahu

The group agreed to establish a professional body to work on guidelines for the next government, a constitution, universal national service, and safeguarding Israel’s identity.

Opposition leader Yair Lapid (Yesh Atid) and former MK Gadi Eisenkot.

Netanyahu's 'Sparta' metaphor obscures Israel's wartime economic reality - analysis

Even with boycotts, sanctions, and embargoes making life harder, Israel will continue trading, innovating, and exporting, at the same time as it develops greater self-reliance. 

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at Newsmax event in Jerusalem, on August 13, 2025.

Lapid: No two-state solution in the next decade after October 7

Yair Lapid stressed that Israel should prioritize defense before discussing optimistic future possibilities.

Yair Lapid speaking at Knesset.

Lapid calls UN's treatment of Israel a 'diplomatic equivalent of a psychotic episode'

Lapid discussed the need to create a new organization of "democratic nations", while he pointed out the bias that exists towards Israel currently in the UN.

Opposition head MK Yair Lapid leads a faction meeting at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, May 26, 2025

‘A flawless execution': Politicians, MKs commend Israeli strike on Hamas leadership in Doha

Israeli leaders from the coalition and opposition praised the IDF and Shin Bet strike on Hamas leaders in Doha, calling it historic and justified.

Smoke rises after several blasts were heard in Doha, Qatar, September 9, 2025.

Lapid, Eisenkot agree to meet with 'Change Bloc' leaders to set guidelines for next gov't

With the next elections currently scheduled for October 2026, the "Change Bloc" aims to deepen coordination and begin formulating the basic principles for the next government.

Opposition leader Yair Lapid (Yesh Atid) and former MK Gadi Eisenkot.

'A terrible day of bloodshed': Israeli officials mourn deaths of four Armored Corps soldiers

Staff-Sergeant Uri Lamed, Sergeant Gadi Cotal, aged 20, and Sergeant Amit Arye Regev from Modi'in-Maccabim-Reut, were killed in a tank explosion.

 An IDF tank amid counterterrorism operations in the Gaza Strip, May 16, 2025.