Yesh Atid

Yesh Atid
יש עתיד‎
LeaderYair Lapid
Founded29 April 2012 (2012-04-29)
HeadquartersTel Aviv
Ideology
Political positionCentre[A]
National affiliationBlue & White
(2019–2020)
International affiliationLiberal International
Colours  Blue
  Orange
Sloganבאנו לשנות
('We are here to change')
Knesset
24 / 120
Election symbol
פה‎
ف‌ه‎
[7]
Website
yeshatid.org.il
^ A: The party has also been evaluated as centre-left[14] and centre-right.[15]

Yesh Atid (Hebrew: יֵשׁ עָתִיד, lit. 'There Is a Future') is a centrist,[16][17][18] liberal Zionist political party in Israel. It was founded in 2012 by former TV journalist Yair Lapid, the son of the former Shinui party politician and Israeli Justice Minister Tommy Lapid.

In 2013 the first election it contested in, Yesh Atid placed second, winning 19 seats in the 120-seat Knesset.[19][20] It then entered into a coalition led by the Likud party. In the 2015 election the party refused to back the Likud; after suffering a significant setback and losing seats it joined the opposition.

On 21 February 2019, Yesh Atid united with the Israel Resilience Party to form a centrist alliance named Blue and White for the upcoming election.[21][22] Yesh Atid and Telem left the alliance on 29 March 2020 and formed an independent faction in the Knesset.[23] Yesh Atid ran in the 2021 election alone and won 17 seats, the second-largest party in the Knesset, making up the largest party in Israel's governing coalition at the time, with party leader Yair Lapid serving as Prime Minister in 2022.

In the 2022 elections Yesh Atid won 24 seats, more than in any previous election, but was unable to form a government. Likud, led by Benjamin Netanyahu, formed a government, with Yesh Atid returning to opposition.

  1. ^ Carlo Strenger (7 March 2014). "Israel today: a society without a center". Haaretz. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Theater Review: Israeli Stage's "The Hearing" — Academic Freedom, Under Pressure". The Arts Fuse. 27 November 2017. the centrist liberal-Zionist Yesh Atid Party
  3. ^ [1][2]
  4. ^ "Yair Lapid to Al Majalla: A Palestinian state will be delayed significantly, but the idea not dead". Al Majalla. 19 December 2023. On whether the two-state solution has become a byword for diplomatic failure, the seasoned politician, who served as prime minister in 2022 and finance minister in 2014, has disagreed, arguing that the Palestinians should have a state, govern themselves, and live with dignity.
  5. ^ "Knesset Elections 2021: A Guide to Israel's Political Parties". Israel Policy Forum. 10 March 2021. Yair Lapid has endorsed "separation" from the Palestinians and described the two-state solution as "the only game in town" when it comes to resolving the conflict.
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  7. ^ "יש עתיד בראשות יאיר לפיד". Central Election Committee for the Knesset (in Hebrew). Retrieved 14 June 2021.
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  17. ^ Sunil K. Choudhary (2018). The Changing Face of Parties and Party Systems: A Study of Israel and India. Springer. p. 193. ISBN 978-981-10-5175-3.
  18. ^ "Israel's fragile coalition faces early survival test". Deutsche Welle. 3 June 2021. Retrieved 18 January 2021. In the last hour before a midnight deadline expired, Yair Lapid, leader of the centrist Yesh Atid party and mandated to form a new coalition, informed Israel's President Reuven Rivlin that he had succeeded in forming a government.
  19. ^ Kershner, Isabel (23 January 2013). "Charismatic Leader Helps Israel Turn Toward the Center". The New York Times. pp. A10. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
  20. ^ "Key parties in Israeli elections". Associated Press. 22 January 2013. Archived from the original on 7 November 2014. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
  21. ^ "After marathon talks Gantz, Lapid agree party merger in challenge to Netanyahu". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
  22. ^ Staff writer. "United Gantz-Lapid party to be called 'Blue and White'; no women in top 6". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
  23. ^ Raoul Wootliff (29 March 2020). "Knesset panel okays breakup of Blue and White; Gantz keeps name". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 29 March 2020.