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Prime Minister Yair Lapid delivers a message a day after the close of Operation Breaking Dawn, from the Israel Defense Forces' Tel Aviv headquarters, August 8, 2022. (Amos Ben Gershom / GPO)

Lapid offers a new path to residents of Gaza: livelihood, dignity and peace

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

As fighting ends, PM says Abraham Accords can be an alternative model for Gaza: ‘There is another way’; Gantz says Israel will keep using preemptive strikes to maintain security

AnalysisLapid is the Gaza operation’s political winner, but can this be converted to votes?

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

InterviewLabor’s Moatti: We must separate from Palestinians, oust outlying West Bank settlers

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

Prime Minister Yair Lapid (right) holds an assessment with military and security officials at the IDF's headquarters in Tel Aviv, August 6, 2022. (Kobi Elkatzur/ GPO)

Public thinks Lapid handled Gaza battle well, but no electoral boost — polls

3 TV surveys find pro-Netanyahu bloc still stuck at 59 seats, as Shaked’s Zionist Spirit fails to enter Knesset in 2 of them; PM’s Yesh Atid gains no ground following IDF operation

Prime Minister Yair Lapid heads a cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on July 31, 2022. (Gil Cohen-Magen/Pool Photo via AP)

AnalysisWith elections looming, Lapid’s Gaza gamble seems to have paid off

By Agencies and TOI staff

Ram Ben-Barak leads a Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, July 5, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Yesh Atid MK apologizes for saying Netanyahu has ‘mental problems’

Dudu Laniado, a disqualified candidate in the Likud party primaries. (Channel 12 screenshot; used in accordance with clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Overturning decision, Likud court okays primaries candidate convicted of assault

LiveUpdated 2hr ago

Lapid speaks with Egypt’s Sissi, thanks him for negotiating Gaza ceasefire

PM also discusses regional issues and his hopes to improve Palestinian economy with the Egyptian leader in extended conversation, his office says

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