Lapid unveils Yesh Atid lineup for B’Yachad electoral slate
Opposition Leader Yair Lapid on Saturday revealed the members of his Yesh Atid party who will be included on B’Yachad’s electoral slate in the October 27 election.
In the No. 2 spot behind Lapid is MK Merav Ben-Ari, followed by Maj. Gen. (res.) Noam Tibon, MK Meirav Cohen and MK Ram Ben Barak, with women holding four of the top 10 spots allocated to Yesh Atid and seven of the top 15.
“If we want to rehabilitate the country, there is no better way to do so than to give power to these people,” Lapid said of his slate in a post to party activists.
As part of Lapid’s agreement with former prime minister Naftali Bennett, who leads B’Yachad, Yesh Atid will receive four of the top 10 spots on the joint list of candidates and around half of the first 15 spots overall.
The remaining members of the list announced are Naor Shiri, Vladimir Beliak, Yorai Lahav-Hertzanu, Yasmin Sacks-Fridman, Neta Attias, Moshe Turpaz, Simon Davidson, Shelly Tal Meron, Roni Fantanesh Malkai and Mati Sarfatti Harcavi.
Bennett and Lapid announced their joint run in April, bringing Bennett’s newly formed party and Yesh Atid together on a joint electoral slate. At the launch, Bennett declared that “the era of division is over,” while Lapid called on Israel’s political center to rally behind Bennett in an effort to form the next government.
Bennett and Lapid previously partnered in the eight-party coalition........
