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'The end for him': Lapid on why Netanyahu won't do everything to bring hostages back • May 6, 2025, 7:50 AM ET (Jerusalem Post)
'Riddled with inaccuracies, bias, and half-truths': Bar, others react to PM's Shin Bet affidavit • Apr. 27, 2025, 6:32 AM ET (Jerusalem Post)
Opposition leader Lapid absent from Holocaust Remembrance Day state ceremonies • Apr. 24, 2025, 9:49 AM ET (Jerusalem Post)
Lapid: Pope advocated for respect for all faiths, including Jews • Apr. 22, 2025, 9:58 PM ET (Jerusalem Post)

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Born November 5, 1963 (age 61) • Tel Aviv–Yafo • Israel
Title / Office prime minister (2022-2022), Israel
Notable Family Members father Yosef Lapid

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