Jair Lapid

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Jair Lapid (2012)

Jair Lapid ( Hebrew יאיר לפיד; English Yair Lapid ; * November 5, 1963 in Tel Aviv ) is an Israeli politician of the liberal party Yesh Atid , journalist , author and actor . From 2013 to 2014 he was the Israeli finance minister . Since June 13, 2021, he has been alternating prime minister and foreign minister in the Bennett-Lapid cabinet .

Life

Jair Lapid is the son of the Israeli writer Shulamit Lapid and the Hungarian-born journalist, former Schinui politician and Israeli Justice Minister Josef "Tommy" Lapid .

Journalistic career

In his career as a journalist, Lapid wrote for the Ma'ariv newspaper, which his maternal grandfather co-founded, and its competitor Yedioth Ahronoth, and was best known as a presenter on Israeli television. In addition, he wrote poems, songs, books and plays and worked as an actor. In January 2008 he took over the moderation of the weekly news program Ulpan Shishi , the flagship of the private television station Arutz 2 (Kanal 2, English: Channel 2).

Career as a politician

After four years at Ulpan Shishi and Channel 2, Jair Lapid announced on January 8, 2012 that he would be retiring from the television station. At the same time, like his father before him, he announced a change to Israeli politics. With his announcement, Lapid anticipated the adoption of a bill - allegedly tailored to his needs - in the Knesset, which would require journalists to take half to one year waiting period before they run for election .

In the past, Lapid has requested, inter alia. the adoption of a new constitution, an amendment to the electoral law, a reduction in military spending, the return of the Golan Heights to Syria and an extensive withdrawal from the West Bank .

Jair Lapid was expected to found his own center party, whose potential, according to initial surveys, was estimated at 15 to 20 seats in the Knesset , especially at the expense of the Kadima party . On May 3, 2012, Jair Lapid applied to the competent authority to be included in the list of parties running for the next Knesset election. The new liberal party is called Yesh Atid (יש עתיד, There is a future). The focal points of the party program include Education, housing and health reforms. In addition, general conscription without exceptions is provided for Charedian ( ultra-Orthodox ) Jews.

Yesch Atid won 19 seats in the Knesset election on January 22, 2013 and thus achieved second place. In March 2013, Lapid became Minister of Finance. Despite his promise to work towards a more socially just society, the budget he presented for 2013/2014 included cuts in various areas as well as tax increases that particularly affected the middle class and people with lower incomes. On December 2, 2014, he was removed from office by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after a government crisis.

In the  Knesset election on March 17, 2015  , Lapid's party Yesch Atid lost around 5.5 percentage points and thus only had 11 seats; he himself retained his mandate. Subsequently, referring to the opposition role, his party rose again in the electoral favor and has since been considered the challenger of the Likud bloc in the competition for the most seats in the next election. In this respect, Lapid himself was sometimes given the opportunity to become  prime minister  .

After the parliamentary election in Israel in 2021 , the fourth in two years, there was again no majority for one of the political camps. However, the Yesh Atid emerged as the second strongest party from the election. In June 2021, Lapid told the outgoing President of Israel Reuven Rivlin that he wanted to form a government out of eight parties in which Likud, which emerged as the strongest party in the election, would not be represented. Lapid reached an agreement with Naftali Bennett of the national conservative party HaJamin HeChadasch that Bennett should first serve as prime minister until August 2023 and then cede the post to Lapid. The new cabinet was approved by Parliament on June 13th with 60:59 votes.

On June 13, 2021 Bennett was sworn in as Israel's new Prime Minister and replaced Netanyahu as Israeli Prime Minister after 12 years. Lapid is alternating prime minister and foreign minister in the Bennett-Lapid cabinet .

literature

Web links

Commons : Yair Lapid  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Anshel Pfeffer: Yair Lapid's quest to be the epitome of the new Israeli ( English ) haaretz.com. January 9, 2012. Retrieved January 11, 2012.
  2. ↑ a b Raz Shechnik: Yair Lapid to enter politics ( English ) ynetnews.com. January 8, 2012. Retrieved January 11, 2012.
  3. ↑ Terror of all right and religious people . Peter Münch in: Süddeutsche Zeitung of January 10, 2012, page 1. Retrieved from sueddeutsche.de on January 11, 2012
  4. ^ A b Gil Hoffman: Yair Lapid quits journalism, plunges into politics ( English ) The Jerusalem Post.com. January 8, 2012. Archived from the original on January 11, 2012. Retrieved on January 11, 2012.
  5. ↑ Gil Hoffman: Yair Lapid would destroy Kadima, poll finds ( English ) The Jerusalem Post.com. January 9, 2012. Archived from the original on January 9, 2012. Retrieved on January 11, 2012.
  6. ↑ Inbal Omer: Poll shows Yair Lapid hitting Kadima ( English ) globes.co.il. January 9, 2012. Retrieved January 11, 2012.
  7. ↑ [1] "Lapid lays out party platform"; Ynet, accessed on May 3, 2012
  8. ↑ Michal Popovski: Israel's political shooting star is completely disenchanted . welt.de. February 1, 2014. Retrieved February 1, 2014.
  9. ↑ Member profile of Yair Lapid. Knesset, accessed August 17, 2017 .
  10. ^ Yaakov Katz: Yair Lapid's plan to defeat Netanyahu and become leader of Israel . In: The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com . ( jpost.com [accessed August 18, 2017]).
  11. ↑ tagesschau.de: Israel: Opposition leader Lapid reports formation of a coalition. Retrieved June 3, 2021 .
  12. ^ Israel: Coalition led by Lapid. In: zdf.de . June 2, 2021, accessed June 7, 2021 .
  13. ^ Change of government in Israel: Benjamin Netanyahu replaced as Israeli Prime Minister. In: The time . June 13, 2021, accessed June 13, 2021 .
personal data
SURNAME Lapid, Jair
ALTERNATIVE NAMES יאיר לפיד; Lapid, Yair
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Israeli journalist and politician
DATE OF BIRTH 5th November 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH Tel Aviv