Israeli politician, founder and leader of the centrist Yesh Atid party. Served as Prime Minister of Israel in 2022 in a rotation government and previously as Alternate Prime Minister and Foreign Minister. Before politics he was a prominent television journalist, author, and columnist.
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Yair Lapid
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Position on the spectrum
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On the issues 4
Public positions Yair Lapid has taken on contested policy questions. Each links to the full issue page where this voice sits among others.
- LGBTQ civil-rights protections"Supports civil unions and legal protections for LGBTQ Israelis"
- NATO and U.S. alliances"Emphasizes Israel's strategic alliance with the United States and broader Western democracies"
- Religious liberty"Champions a more secular public sphere and ending blanket military exemptions for ultra-Orthodox men"
- U.S. policy on Israel and Palestine"Supports a negotiated two-state outcome and opposes unilateral West Bank annexation"
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Bio, position statements, and per-vote analysis are editorial work — see ROADMAP M4/M5 for the corpus expansion plan.
editorial · last refreshed 5/26/2026.Bio, position statements, and per-vote analysis are editorial work — see ROADMAP M4/M5 for the corpus expansion plan.