Lapid’s discrete campaign for premiership gains momentum - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Mazal Mualem

Mazal Mualem

Mar 16, 2021

A man walks past election billboards of the Israeli Likud party (R to L) showing the face of Prime Minister and Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu with the tagline "leader", and another showing Netanyahu with political opponent Yair Lapid with text in Hebrew reading "the next prime minister: Lapid or Netanyahu", in the southern Israeli city of Beersheba on March 15, 2021, ahead of the election due later in the month. (Photo by HAZEM BADER / AFP) (Photo by HAZEM BADER/AFP via Getty Images) — Election billboards for Israel's Likud party (R to L) show the face of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with the tagline "leader" and Netanyahu with political opponent Yair Lapid with text in Hebrew reading "the next prime minister: Lapid or Netanyahu," in the southern Israeli city of Beersheba on March 15, 2021, ahead of the election due later in the month. — HAZEM BADER/AFP via Getty Images

Naftali Bennett, leader of the Israeli right-wing Yamina ('New Right') party, addresses supporters at his party's campaign headquarters in the Mediterranean coastal city of Tel Aviv early on March 24, 2021, after the end of voting in the fourth national election in two years.

Israel’s Bennett faces dilemma of his life

Mazal Mualem

In Tel Aviv, reporting on politics

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (C) attends the weekly cabinet meeting at his office in Jerusalem January 29, 2017. REUTERS/Abir Sultan/Pool - RTSXV3R

Israeli right prepares for post-Netanyahu era

Mazal Mualem

In Tel Aviv, reporting on politics

Israeli politician Yair Lapid (L), leader of the Yesh Atid party, speaks to Naftali Bennett, head of the Israeli hard-line national religious party the Jewish Home, during a reception marking the opening of the 19th Knesset, Jerusalem, Feb. 5, 2013.

Bloc for toppling Netanyahu now crumbling

Mazal Mualem

In Tel Aviv, reporting on politics

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After Netanyahu's failure, Lapid tapped to form Israeli government

Mazal Mualem

In Tel Aviv, reporting on politics