Israel’s National Challenges, at Home and Abroad with Yair Lapid

After a meteoric political rise and six months in one of the toughest jobs in Israeli public life, Yair Lapid is making his inaugural visit to Washington at a moment when the relationship faces a range of critical tests, from nuclear diplomacy with Iran to peace diplomacy with the Palestinians. In his first address to a Washington policy audience, the finance minister and rising political star will offer his views on Israel’s domestic and foreign challenges during a Washington Institute Policy Forum luncheon. Yair Lapid is minister of finance and head of the Yesh Atid party in the Israeli government. Previously, he led a long career in journalism, writing weekly columns for Maariv and Yediot Aharonot newspapers and hosting various news programs and popular talk shows on Israeli television.