Yair Lapid, a former journalist and television host, founded the centrist Yesh Atid party in 2012. He has served as finance minister, foreign minister and prime minister, and has led the opposition in the Knesset. Follow reporting on Lapid from Israel's news outlets here, from parliamentary battles to election strategy.
Shin Bet stressed the intelligence behind the inquiry was gathered independently and did not originate with a political source. The post Shin Bet briefs Netanyahu, Eisenkot and Lapid on suspected foreign election interference appeared…
Golan meets Eisenkot, Lapid and Mansour Abbas in coalition push; Ra'am leader says minority government unlikely; Liberman keeps distance from opposition partners; opposition chiefs vow fraud probe won't delay new Knesset
Democrats leader Yair Golan held his first meeting with Ra'am chairman Mansour Abbas since the election, capping a day of talks with Lapid and Eisenkot on forming a left-bloc coalition