Former journalist Yair Lapid becomes Israel’s new prime minister
The new Prime Minister of Israel at midnight on July 1 officially passed to Yair Lapid from the Yesh Atid party. This was reported by the Israeli press on Friday. He replaced Naftali Bennett of the New Rights party in this post.
“We will do our best for a Jewish democratic state that is strong and prosperous, because this is our job and it matters most,” Lapid said at the handover ceremony. The Times of Israel.
Lapid will lead the government until the announcement of a new cabinet of ministers, which is planned to be formed following the results of early parliamentary elections on November 1. This election will be Israel’s fifth in three years. Bennett has previously stated that he does not intend to take part in them.
On the eve of the Knesset (Israeli Parliament) announced its dissolution. 92 out of 120 deputies voted for self-dissolution, the rest did not take part in the voting.
The intention to dissolve the Knesset former head of the Israeli government Naftali Bennett and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid announced last week.
The current coalition government secured the support of the Knesset on June 13, 2021. As part of the coalition agreement, Bennett was to hold the first two years as prime minister, and then, according to the rules of rotation, Yair Lapid would receive the post.
Yair Lapid is a former Israeli journalist, writer and playwright. After he went into politics and became the first chairman and founder of the Yesh Atid party. He has been the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Israel since June 13, 2021.
