The Latest Breaking News from Yair Lapid

Israel urges Biden admin not to remove IRGC from terror blacklist

Bennett and Lapid's statement was unusually strong in its criticism of the Biden administration.

Axios · Mar 18, 2022

Israel will not be route to bypass sanctions imposed on Russia - foreign minister

Israel will not be a route to bypass sanctions imposed on Russia by the United States and other western countries, Foreign Minister Yair Lapid said on Monday during a visit to Slovakia.

Reuters · Mar 14, 2022

Jordan King Reiterates Need To Preserve Status Quo in Jerusalem

Jordanian King Abdullah II on Thursday told Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid that Israel's "unilateral steps" in the holy city from accelerated Jewish settlement building to its attempts to change the legal status quo of the city undermined a two-state solution. King Abdullah reaffirmed the need to step up efforts…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 11, 2022

Israel's foreign minister to meet Blinken in Latvia

Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid will hold talks with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday in Riga, Lapid's office said on Sunday.

Reuters · Mar 6, 2022

Israel Presses US on Iran Nuclear Deal Terms

Israel is pressing the United States about the terms of an emerging Iranian nuclear deal, Israeli officials said on Monday, raising the prospect of a bilateral day-after agreement with Washington to address their worries. While not a party to the nuclear negotiations between Iran and world powers in Vienna, Israel…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 21, 2022

Israel presses U.S. on Iran nuclear deal terms, to keep talking afterward

Israel is pressing the United States about the terms of an emerging Iranian nuclear deal, Israeli officials said on Monday, raising the prospect of a bilateral day-after agreement with Washington to address their worries.

Reuters · Feb 21, 2022

Israel’s Lapid to Visit Turkey Following Secret Visit by Ushpiz

Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid will visit Turkey in mid-March to participate in a forum and meet with several senior officials, said a source in Tel Aviv on Friday. The source affirmed that Lapid was officially invited to participate in the Antalya Diplomacy Forum, which is scheduled to be held…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 11, 2022

Israeli Foreign Ministry Summons Ukrainian Ambassador

Israel summoned on Thursday Ukraine’s ambassador to Tel Aviv, Yevgen Korniychuk, for criticizing Foreign Minister Yair Lapid’s remarks about the Russia-Ukraine crisis. “I was deeply appalled by Lapid’s recent remarks regarding his vision of the ‘Russia-Ukraine conflict,’” he wrote on a Facebook post. “I would like to remind the minister…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 5, 2022

Commentary: Why Israel should stay out of the Ukraine conflict

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken called Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid on Monday. According to the State Department’s readout of the conversation, they discussed “shared challenges, in the face of potential Russian aggression against Ukraine.”

Tribune News Service · Feb 4, 2022

Amnesty International calls Israel’s actions against Palestinians apartheid

Israel calls for report to be withdrawn and accuses human rights group of antisemitism

The Guardian - UK · Feb 1, 2022