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Jun 6, 2018, 12:51 PM

Israel will not leave the Golan Heights

An Israeli flag is seen placed on Mount Bental in the Golan Heights on May 10, 2018.( AFP PHOTO / JALAA MAREY)

If Syria ruled the Golan, we'd expect murdered Jews; under Israel, we have security, jobs and full rights for all

Jan 29, 2018, 11:43 AM

The truth about Poland and the Holocaust

An inscription reading 'They were Flammable' and a Nazi swastika are seen in Jedwabne, Poland, September 1, 2011, on the monument dedicated to Jews from the town of Jedwabne burned to death by their Polish neighbors in 1941. (AP/Michal Kosc/File)

Polish leaders put their friendship with Israel at risk when they try to negotiate the memory of the Holocaust

Aug 15, 2017, 2:31 PM

The day you woke up and came home

New immigrants from USA and Canada arrive on a special 'Aliyah Flight 2014' on behalf of the Jewish Agency and the Nefesh B'Nefesh organization, at Ben-Gurion airport in central Israel, August 12, 2014. (Gideon Markowicz/FLASH90)

A welcome message to new immigrants: Your arrival means Israel isn’t just a place, it’s a choice

Jul 5, 2017, 2:11 PM

Mr. Netanyahu, don’t go to Hungary!

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban reacts during a joint press conference with the Austrian Chancellor in Budapest, on July 26, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / PETER KOHALMI)

Israel's leader shouldn't visit a country whose prime minister praised a man who helped the Nazis murder Jews

Oct 18, 2016, 4:03 PM

How UNESCO erases history

The UN's decision fundamentally incites violence, a reminder why Jews need a strong and free country

Jun 20, 2016, 3:11 PM

The United Nations has lost it

US taxpayers should no longer help fund an organization that puts their money toward the destruction of Israel

Mar 21, 2016, 2:30 PM

A UN Council for Terrorist Rights

Israeli security personnel at the scene where two Palestinians carried out a stabbing attack near the Old City’s Jaffa Gate in Jerusalem, December 23, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

More than half of Human Rights Council resolutions condemn Israel -- it's time for the US to hold back funding

Nov 17, 2015, 1:07 PM

When Muslims murder Christians, blame the Jews

A response to Sweden's foreign minister: Europe's left can't call the culprit by its name, Islamic extremism

Oct 25, 2015, 12:45 PM

The political center’s role: Security and morality

The current wave of terror calls for a response that protects Israeli security as well as its moral fiber

Jul 31, 2015, 1:02 PM

The enemy comes from within, from those who are traitors to the very idea on which the State of Israel was founded

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About Me

Yair Lapid is a member of Knesset and the chairman of the Yesh Atid party.