The Latest Breaking News from Yair Lapid

Lebanon leaders are holding a meeting Monday to discuss a US proposal to demarcate the maritime border with Israel -- a step that could allow both countries to explore offshore resources. Lebanon said it had received Saturday a written "offer" from US envoy Amos Hochstein - who is mediating talks…

Leaders of Jewish settlements in the West Bank have demanded Prime Minister Yair Lapid to call off a meeting of the EU-Israel Association Council on Monday and to withdraw from any agreement with the Europeans, considering the meeting as hostile to them and targeting their existence. Their calls on Sunday…

The Israeli Mission to the European Union submitted on Friday a request to cut funding for 60 organizations and movements active in the countries of the Union and which support the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel. “These organizations receive large funding from the EU to support human rights…

US Ambassador to Israel Tom Nides said on Wednesday that he is working with Israel to limit West Bank settlement growth including in east Jerusalem. “The position of the US administration does not support settlement growth,” Nides said, adding that he made that position quite clear to the Israeli government…

Editorial: Liz Truss has promised a review, but relocating it would be shameful and stupid. That might not put off the prime minister – but it should

Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry commented on Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid's speech at the UN General Assembly calling for a two-state solution, saying it was positive but not enough. Shoukry said in a press statement Monday in New York before returning to Egypt that the Palestinian issue has always…

Liz Truss’s pledge to Israel’s Yair Lapid to review the location has appalled the Palestinians and breaks international consensus

Bahraini Foreign Minister, Abdul Latif al-Zayani, stressed on Saturday the importance of ensuring stability, security, and prosperity in the Middle East, also warning of the danger of nuclear proliferation. The FM then called on the US to promote peace and stability in the region, describing Washington as “one of Bahrain’s…

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has submitted to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres an official request to implement Resolution 181 adopted by the General Assembly in 1947, which is the basis for the two-state solution. Abbas informed world leaders and senior officials participating in the high-level meeting of the 77th annual session…