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Yair Lapid

Israeli opposition leader Lapid backs strikes on Iran, calls for regime change

Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid uses his phone in a shelter as sirens sound after missiles were launched towards Israel from Iran following strikes by Israel and the U.S. on Iran, in Tel Aviv, Israel February 28, 2026. REUTERS/Alexander Cornwell
Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid uses his phone in a shelter as sirens sound after missiles were launched towards Israel from Iran following strikes by Israel and the U.S. on Iran, in Tel Aviv, Israel February 28, 2026. REUTERS/Alexander Cornwell

Netanyahu's coalition skips parliamentary vote backing Trump's Gaza plan

FILE PHOTO: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a press conference at the Prime Minister’s office in Jerusalem, August 10, 2025.  ABIR SULTAN/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a press conference at the Prime Minister’s office in Jerusalem, August 10, 2025.  ABIR SULTAN/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

Families fear for hostages after Israel's strike on Hamas in Doha

FILE PHOTO: Israeli protestors take part in a rally demanding the immediate release of the hostages kidnapped during the deadly October 7, 2023 attack on Israel by Hamas, and the end of war in Gaza, in Jerusalem September 6, 2025. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Israeli protestors take part in a rally demanding the immediate release of the hostages kidnapped during the deadly October 7, 2023 attack on Israel by Hamas, and the end of war in Gaza, in Jerusalem September 6, 2025. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun/File Photo

Israel's Lapid calls for labor strike after hostages' bodies recovered

Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid speaks during an annual Pride and Tolerance March, under the slogan \"Born to be Free\" calling for the swift return of hostages seized during the deadly October 7 attack by Palestinian Islamist group Hamas from Gaza, in Jerusalem, May 30, 2024. REUTERS/Ammar Awad/File Photo
Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid speaks during an annual Pride and Tolerance March, under the slogan \"Born to be Free\" calling for the swift return of hostages seized during the deadly October 7 attack by Palestinian Islamist group Hamas from Gaza, in Jerusalem, May 30, 2024. REUTERS/Ammar Awad/File Photo

Israeli opposition leader, in Washington, calls hostage deal hard but ‘doable’

Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid speaking to reporters after meeting  US Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the US State Department on April 8.
Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid speaking to reporters after meeting  US Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the US State Department on April 8.

Netanyahu cancels Israeli delegation to US over UN Gaza vote

FILE PHOTO: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Jerusalem, February 18, 2024. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Jerusalem, February 18, 2024. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun/File Photo

Israeli parliament approves amended 2024 budget to fund Gaza war

FILE PHOTO: A Palestinian man walks through the rubble of a building damaged in an Israeli air strike, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip March 9, 2024. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: A Palestinian man walks through the rubble of a building damaged in an Israeli air strike, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip March 9, 2024. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem/File Photo

Israel won’t ‘pay any price’ for release of Gaza hostages: Netanyahu

Demonstrators attend a rally calling for the release of hostages kidnapped in the deadly October 7 attack on Israel by the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas from Gaza, in Tel Aviv, Israel, February 20, 2024. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez
Demonstrators attend a rally calling for the release of hostages kidnapped in the deadly October 7 attack on Israel by the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas from Gaza, in Tel Aviv, Israel, February 20, 2024. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez

UK opposition Labour Party's foreign policy chief visits Israel

FILE PHOTO: Shadow Foreign Secretary David Lammy speaks at the House of Commons in London, Britain, November 16, 2022. UK Parliament/Jessica Taylor/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Shadow Foreign Secretary David Lammy speaks at the House of Commons in London, Britain, November 16, 2022. UK Parliament/Jessica Taylor/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo

Israeli opposition leader says time has come to replace Netanyahu

FILE PHOTO: Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid delivers a statement at the Knesset, Israel's parliament, on the day Israel's constitution committee is set to start voting on changes that would give politicians more power on selecting judges while limiting Supreme Court powers to strike down legislation, in Jerusalem, February 13, 2023. REUTERS/Amir Cohen/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid delivers a statement at the Knesset, Israel's parliament, on the day Israel's constitution committee is set to start voting on changes that would give politicians more power on selecting judges while limiting Supreme Court powers to strike down legislation, in Jerusalem, February 13, 2023. REUTERS/Amir Cohen/File Photo

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MDDI (P) 046/10/2025. Published by SPH Media Limited, Co. Regn. No.202120748H. Copyright © 2026 SPH Media Limited. All rights reserved.