Tel Aviv-yair lapidy Israel this week waited more than a decade to become prime minister, albeit in a caretaker capacity. Now the former talk-show host has four months to expand her support base and keep her job ahead of the next election in November.
Mr Lapid has long been an important backroom player. before Government led by Naftali Bennett collapsesMr Lapid helped form an eight-party coalition including centrist, right-wing, left-wing and an independent Arab party, largely bound by shared opposition to the country’s previous leader, Benjamin Netanyahu,