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Knesset to Debate Lapid Party's Illegal Use of Holocaust Survivors' Data

By JNi.Media

Yesh Atid used the data for direct mail inquiries sent to the same Holocaust survivors prior to the March 2015 elections.

Haredim & Hassidim / Politics / News Briefs / The Knesset / Religious & Secular in Israel / On Campus / Education

Knesset Passes Law Killing Core Curriculum Requirement

By JNi.Media

It should be noted that those Haredi schools that rejected the government-imposed of a Core Curriculum did so not necessarily because they object to teaching their students many of the subjects on the list.

Politics / Government / Elections / News Briefs / The Knesset / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords

Analysis: Bennett Threatening to Walk If Bibi Gives Shaked's Justice Portfolio to Bougie

By JNi.Media

The dynamo working tirelessly to promote a Likud-Labor coalition has been Finance Minister Kahlon, who is facing a serious challenge from his permanent foe Yair Lapid.

News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / The Knesset / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords

Lapid Bars Party Members from Abbas Meeting

By JTA

Yesh Atid chairman Yair Lapid has barred five party lawmakers from meeting in Ramallah with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas , who had invited them to a toast in honor of Rosh HaShanah. The five lawmakers withdrew their acceptance of the invitation, according to the newspaper. Lapid ordered the withdrawal because it could prejudice the […]

Politics / Government / News Briefs / Business and Economy

Conflict of Interest Brewing for Lapid and Beer Company

By Jewish Press News Desk

Yesh Atid and party chairman Yair Lapid are facing their first charges of unethical conduct following the revelation that one of Lipid’s advisers is a part-owner of a beer company that is due tor receive aid from the Finance Ministry that Lapid heads. Hillel Kobrinsky is an adviser to Lapid and holds a 4 percent […]

Israel / Politics / News Briefs

Polls Show Gains on Left and Right and a Dent in the Middle

By Jewish Press News Desk

Yair Lapid’s star is beginning to dim, with his Yesh Atid party losing two seats in the Knesset in a Knesset Channel poll released on Monday. The two-seat drop from its current standing in the Knesset is even more serious when taking into consideration that Lapid was sitting on top of the poll three months […]

US / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / The Knesset / Jerusalem / Settlements

State Dept. Shows Faint Signs of Dumping ‘Peace Process’

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Kerry’s June 7 deadline is long gone. Jewish housing starts in Judea and Samaria soar. So why is Kerry coming to Israel again? Nothing official, but you read it here first: Obama may be ready to give up.

IDF & Security / Haredim & Hassidim / News Briefs / The Knesset / Religious & Secular in Israel / Religion

Haredi MKs’ Holy Vision: Draft Law behind Israel’s Woes

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Remember Hamas missiles on Israeli cities? Remember last year’s bloated deficit? Haredi MKs don’t. Everything was great, they say, until Lapid’s universal draft, which turned Syria against Israel.

IDF & Security / Haredim & Hassidim / Politics / Police and Crime / News Briefs / The Knesset / Religious & Secular in Israel / Religion / Israeli Arabs

Lapid Threat: On Haredi Draft It's 'Equal Burden' or New Elections

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Lapid’s sounds like Bibi on the “peace process.” He has no trouble raising a regressive tax that hurts the middle class. But give the Haredim a break from the draft? Not in this government. We’ll see.

Politics / News Briefs / The Knesset

Cabinet Passes ‘Austerity Budget’

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Cabinet Monday evening passed a two-year budget, nearly five months late, with tax hikes and across-the-board cuts in spending, Only one minister voted against the  budget, the second and last time it will cover two years instead of one. Finance Minister Yair Lapid, who is chairman of the Yesh Atid party, said after the […]

Politics / News Briefs / The Knesset / Settlements

Coalition Finally in Place after Bennett’s Mediation

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

After a month of poker, chess and blind man’s bluff, a coalition is in place. Netanyahu played miserably, Lapid refused to move, and Bennett was the kingmaker, proving that politics is compromise.

Politics / News Briefs / The Knesset

Report: Bennett Mediates Compromise for Coalition

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Jewish Home chairman Naftali Bennett has mediated a compromise between Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid and Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu that will enable a new coalition government to be formed, Israeli media reported Wednesday evening. Lapid's party  apparently hold the position of Minister of Education, in place of Gideon Sa'ar, but Lapid will give up […]

Politics / News Briefs / The Knesset

Deal to Keep Foreign Minister Post for Lieberman Upheld as Legal

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The attorney general returns to Netanyahu a piece of the coalition puzzle and approves a deal reserving the Foreign Ministry post for Lieberman. Lapid will have to settle for something else, at least for now.

Politics / News Briefs / The Knesset

Blockbuster Probe Could Wreck Coalition

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Netanyahu’s ground gets shakier every day. He promised to hold the Foreign Ministry for Lieberman during criminal proceedings. The Attorney General now orders a probe of the legality of the deal.

Israel / News Briefs / Business and Economy

Potash Corp. Determined to Gobble Up Israel’s Giant Chemical Firm

By JTA

The Canadian Potash fertilizer company is determined to buy Israel’s huge Israel Chemicals Ltd. (despite opposition among lawmakers and employees of the Israeli company. Over 20 Israeli lawmakers met in Jerusalem Wednesday to discuss the issue, with some voicing strong opposition to the deal, according to Bloomberg. "The sale of ICL to a foreign company […]

Politics / News Briefs / Religious & Secular in Israel / Religion

Lapid: Let Conservatives and Reform in

By Jewish Press Staff

The (Conservative) Rabbinical Assembly shares remarks, photos from Yair Lapid’s address to its 2012 convention.

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Getzlight - Chapter I

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