Yair Lapid
Her visit comes amid concerns about America’s attempt to re-enter the Iran nuclear deal, the Biden administration’s plans to reopen the U.S. consulate for Palestinians in Jerusalem and a recent abstention vote on an anti-Israel resolution put forth on UNRWA.
Protesters shout “Death to Jews” at a nationalist Polish Independence Day rally in Kalisz • Polish interior minister: Rally organizers will face “legal consequences.”
It comes after the liberal Israel lobby group has been shunned for years by former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Jerusalem “is the capital of the State of Israel, only,” says Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett • Foreign Minister Yair Lapid: If the U.S. wants to open a consulate in Ramallah, we’d have no problem with that.
The Israeli foreign minister spoke to the group about the importance of the U.S.-Israeli relationship, and the need to keep the safety and security of Israel a bipartisan issue
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken addressed Iran, setting low expectations on whether there will be concrete action re-entering the JCPOA, with many expecting a new round of negotiations • UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan plans to visit Israel.
“We all need to and can unite around the idea that we want to expand and deepen the circle of peace, and we all need and can unite around the basic principle that Israel has the right to defend itself,” said Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid.
Representing the Israeli left compared to Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, he can also be someone who Democrats are more likely to trust, especially with his long-held support of a two-state solution, which is also the official position of the U.S., according to Jonathan Schanzer of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.
The visit to Washington comes as the United States appears ready to restart indirect talks in Vienna regarding the 2015 Iran nuclear deal.
“I was shocked to hear … senior officials from the former government discussing other communities within the United States as the main relations of the Israeli government,” said Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, referring to former Israeli Ambassador to the United States Ron Dermer on evangelical Christians.
In Manama, Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid said: “Our opportunities are shared, our threats are shared, and they are not far from here.”
Foreign Minister Yair Lapid and his Bahraini counterpart, Abdullatif bin Rashid Al-Zayani, are slated to inaugurate the Israeli embassy in Manama and sign a number of bilateral agreements.
