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    Will Yair Lapid Be Israel's Next Prime Minister?

    Yair Lapid, Benjamin Netanyahu’s chief rival, spoke to Newsweek about peace with the Palestinians and the future of Israel.
    by Jack Moore Mar 23, 2018 4 minutes
    Yair Lapid, Israel's finance minister, during an interview at his office in Tel Aviv on September 9, 2014.
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    Three years ago, Yair Lapid was a centrist Israeli politician working as Benjamin Netanyahu’s finance minister. Today, he is a key witness in the corruption probe dogging the prime minister.

    He’s also Netanyahu’s chief rival in the 2019 elections. If they were held tomorrow, pollsters say, Lapid’s centrist party, Yesh Atid—which translates from Hebrew as “There is a future”—could win several more seats than Netanyahu’s right-wing Likud Party, though Lapid would have to form a coalition from within a weak and crowded opposition.

    Then again, Netanyahu is under significant pressure. On February 13, the Israeli police recommended the country’s attorney general indict him on charges of bribery, fraud

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