Yesh Atid Explained

Yesh Atid
Leader:Yair Lapid
Headquarters:Tel Aviv
National:Blue & White (2019–20)
International:Liberal International
Country:Israel
Native Name Lang:he
Position:Centre
Colours: Blue
Orange
Seats1 Title:Knesset
Symbol:

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Slogan:We are here to change.

Yesh Atid (Hebrew: יֵשׁ עָתִיד,) is a centrist, 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.[2] [3] 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.[4] [5] Yesh Atid and Telem left the alliance on 29 March 2020 and formed an independent faction in the Knesset.[6] 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.

Origins

In early 2010, speculation arose in the Israeli media concerning the possibility that Israeli journalist and television figure Yair Lapid, who at the time worked as a news anchor at Channel 2, would end his career in journalism and begin a career in Israeli politics. Initially, Lapid dismissed these reports.[7] [8] The Knesset initiated legislation to lessen the influx of Israeli journalists running for a position by prohibiting them as candidates in the first year after they ended their journalism careers.[9] Despite widespread interest in Lapid, he declined to be interviewed.

He gained support through social networks, primarily his Facebook page. Among his official announcements, Lapid said he would not join Kadima or the Israeli Labor Party. In addition, Lapid announced that he would work to change the system of government, have all Israelis conscripted to serve time in the army, and would work to change the Israeli matriculation program.[10] In early January 2012, Lapid officially announced that he would quit journalism in order to enter politics, and that he would lead a new party.[11]

In April 2012, the proposed new party was reported to be named "Atid". Lapid said that the party would not have any members who were legislators or Members of Knesset (MKs). On 29 April, Lapid registered his party as "Yesh Atid", after the name "Atid" was rejected. On 1 May, the first party conference was held, in which Lapid revealed the "Lapid Program" ("תוכנית לפיד"): military service for all Israelis.[12] According to the party's rules, Lapid would determine the candidates who would run for a seat in the Knesset—for he would be the one to make the final decisions on political issues—and was guaranteed the position of chairman of the party during the terms of the 19th and 20th Knessets. The party was capped at raising 13.5 million shekels for the 2013 Israeli legislative election.[13]

Lapid has said his party is different from his late father's Shinui, in part because of its diversity and its inclusion of religious figures.[2] [14] [15] Despite this, analysts have found them somewhat similar.[16] [17] [18]

Yesh Atid presented centrist populism to its middle and upper-middle class constituency,[19] [20] with anti-incumbent messages and calls for cleaner politics, similar to so-called "new/centrist populist parties" that have arisen in Europe.[21] Yesh Atid voters tend to have higher levels of income and education compared to the general population, and hold moderate views on economic and security issues.[22] [23]

19th Knesset

In the election held on 22 January 2013, Yesh Atid won the second-largest share of representation in the Knesset, with 19 seats.[24] The party was particularly strong in wealthy districts and cities like Tel Aviv, Givatayim, Ramat Gan and Herzliya.[25] Yesh Atid's success was viewed as the largest surprise of the election, as pre-election polling gave the party only 8-11 seats. He joined Netanyahu's governing coalition. Although he focused mostly on domestic and economic concerns of social justice, he had criticized Netanyahu's foreign policy and said he would not sit in a government that was not serious about pursuing peace.[26] [27]

Lapid endorsed Netanyahu for prime minister after the election, and on 15 March 2013, the party signed a coalition agreement with the ruling Likud party.

Almost one year after the election, a survey was published showing a continuing trend of decreasing popularity of the party, which would only achieve 10 seats in the Knesset, as opposed to the 19 party members who were elected, if elections were held at that time, and with 75% of those polled claiming to be disappointed by Lapid's performance.[28] The finance ministry post came with budgetary restrictions (cutting spending, raising taxes, and confronting the money demands of the defense ministry) that affected Lapid's popularity.[29]

20th Knesset

Run-up to the 2015 election

Before the 2015 election, Lapid separately courted both Tzipi Livni (Hatnuah) and Moshe Kahlon (Kulanu) in an effort to form electoral alliances with their respective parties. Both efforts were unsuccessful: Livni formed an alliance with Labor, and Kahlon preferred to run alone.[30] [31] On 8 February 2015, Yesh Atid MK Shai Piron said the party would prefer a coalition led by Isaac Herzog and Livni than one by Netanyahu.

Lapid's criticism while campaigning was mostly of Netanyahu and his Likud party.[29] [32] His campaign continued to emphasize the economy over national security,[33] although he has somewhat departed from his previous almost-exclusive focus on domestic policy and become more vocal, and left-leaning, on the peace process.[34] The party focused on middle-class needs and in this respect was very similar to Kahlon's new Kulanu party.[35] However, Lapid's main electoral base is the European-oriented upper-middle class,[36] [37] whereas Kahlon targeted the lower-middle class.[38] [39] While both Yesh Atid and Kulanu are positioned as centrist parties,[40] Yesh Atid is almost universally considered to be aligned with the left-leaning political bloc,[41] [42] [43] [44] and Kulanu, sometimes considered right-leaning,[45] [46] is a "swing" party not aligned with any bloc.[47]

Aftermath

Yesh Atid won 11 seats in the 20th Knesset, making it the fourth-largest faction. However, it increased in popularity throughout 2017 and the first months of 2018, rivalling Likud as the biggest party in opinion polls. After the Haredim received favorable draft concessions in a negotiated deal among the government coalition, Yair Lapid denounced the arrangements as an "insult to the IDF" and a "fraud".[48]

2021–present

In the 2021 Israeli legislative election, Yesh Atid ran alone and became the second largest party in the Knesset with 17 seats and getting votes in many cities in Israel including Tel Aviv, Herzliya, Ramat HaSharon, Kiryat Ata and Ramat Gan.[49] On 9 May 2021, it was reported that Lapid and Yamina leader Naftali Bennett had made major headway in the coalition talks.[50] [51] The anti-Netanyahu coalition has been described as the "Change bloc."[52] Coalition whip Boaz Toporovsky described Yesh Atid as taking a more "statesmanlike" tone, and having learned from its experience.[53]

After cultivating ties with liberal parties worldwide, Yesh Atid was admitted to the Liberal International,[54] [55] in October 2021 as an observer member.[56] [57]

The 2022 Israeli legislative election resulted in Yesh Atid winning 24 seats, its best result yet, with the party gaining the most votes in most areas in Tel Aviv and in the other cities in Israel.[58] However, it failed to form government and returned to the opposition.

In October 2023, it was announced that Yesh Atid would hold its first leadership primary elections, which were contested by incumbent leader Yair Lapid and MK Ram Ben-Barak.[59] The elections were held on 28 March 2024; Lapid won with 52.5% of the vote,[60] narrowly beating Ben-Barak by 308 votes to 279, a margin of just 29 votes.[61]

Current MKs

!Year!Members!Total
2022Yair Lapid, Orna Barbivai, Meir Cohen, Karine Elharrar, Meirav Cohen, Yoel Razvozov, Elazar Stern, Mickey Levy, Meirav Ben-Ari, Ram Ben-Barak, Yoav Segalovich, Boaz Toporovsky, Michal Shir, Idan Roll, Yorai Lahav-Hertzanu, Vladimir Beliak, Ron Katz, Matti Sarfati Harkavi, Tania Mazarsky, Yasmin Fridman, Debbie Biton, Moshe Tur-Paz, Simon Davidson, Naor Shiri24

Political position

In general, Yesh Atid is mainly regarded as a centrist party; however, it has also been evaluated as "centre-right"[62] or "centre-left".[63] [64] [65] [66] [67] [68] This party has both free market[69] [70] and socially liberal[71] tendencies which indicate an inclination towards libertarianism. It also seeks to represent what it considers the centre of Israeli society: the secular middle class.[72] It focuses primarily on civic, socio-economic, and governance issues,[73] including government reform and ending military draft exemptions for the ultra-Orthodox.[74] [75] Yesh Atid has endorsed reentering peace negotiations with the Palestinians and halting further construction in Israeli settlements.

Platform

In the application submitted to the party registrar, Lapid listed the party's eight goals. According to this statement, these include:[76] [77]

  1. Changing the priorities in Israel, with an emphasis on civil lifeeducation, housing, health, transport, and policing, as well as improving the condition of the middle class.
  2. Changing the system of government.
  3. Equality in education and the draftall Israeli school students must be taught essential classes, all Israelis will be drafted into the Army, and all Israeli citizens will be encouraged to seek work, including the ultra-Orthodox sector and the Arab sector.
  4. Fighting political corruption, including corruption in government in the form of institutions like "Minister without portfolio", opting for a government of 18 ministers at most, fortifying the rule of law, and protecting the status of the High Court of Justice.
  5. Growth and economic efficiencycreating growth engines as a way of fighting poverty, combatting red tape, removing barriers, improving the transportation system, reducing the cost of living and housing costs, and improving social mobility through assistance to small businesses.
  6. Legislation of Education Law in cooperation with teachers' unions, eliminating most of the matriculation exams, raising the differential education index, and increasing school autonomy.
  7. Enacting a constitution to regulate tense relations between population groups in Israel.
  8. Striving for peace according to an outline of "two states for two peoples", while maintaining the large Israeli settlement blocs and ensuring the safety of Israel.

Other positions

See also: LGBT rights in Israel. Yesh Atid is also in favor of the following:

Yesh Atid supports increasing LGBT rights. The party supports the following policies:

Election results

ElectionLeaderVotes%Seats+/–Government
2013align=left rowspan=7Yair Lapid543,45814.33 (#2)
2015371,6028.81 (#4) 8
Apr 2019 4
Sep 2019 2
2020
2021614,11213.93 (#2) 4
2022847,43517.79 (#2) 7

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: יש עתיד בראשות יאיר לפיד. Central Election Committee for the Knesset. 2021-06-14. he.
  2. News: Charismatic Leader Helps Israel Turn Toward the Center . Kershner . Isabel . Isabel Kershner . 23 January 2013. . A10 . 23 January 2013.
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  4. Web site: After marathon talks Gantz, Lapid agree party merger in challenge to Netanyahu. The Times of Israel. en-US. 21 February 2019.
  5. Web site: United Gantz-Lapid party to be called 'Blue and White'; no women in top 6. Staff writer. Staff writer. The Times of Israel. en-US. 21 February 2019.
  6. News: Knesset panel okays breakup of Blue and White; Gantz keeps name. Raoul Wootliff . . 29 March 2020 . 29 March 2020.
  7. News: Judy Shalom . http://www.globes.co.il/news/article.aspx?did=1000656744 . . he:יאיר לפיד: "אני בדרך לפוליטיקה? זו שטות מוחלטת" . Yair Lapid: "I'm in politics? Complete nonsense" . he . 22 June 2011 . 19 September 2013.
  8. News: Pinchas Wolf . Emily Grunzweig . Walla! . http://news.walla.co.il/?w=/9/1874725 . he:האם מתגבשת רשימה של יאיר לפיד לכנסת? . Is a list of Yair Lapid to the Knesset forming? . he . 7 November 2011 . 19 September 2013.
  9. News: Ophir Bar-Zohar . http://www.haaretz.co.il/news/politics/1.1596934 . he:ניסיון להשיב את "חוק לפיד" להליך החקיקה . Attempt to restore the "Lapid Law" to proceed legislatively . Haaretz . he . 20 December 2011 . 19 September 2013.
  10. News: Attila Somfalvi . Lapid's education plan: No politics, fewer finals . . 26 August 2012.
  11. News: Roz Shachnik . Ynet . http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-4172789,00.html . he:יאיר לפיד בדרך לפוליטיקה: פורש מחדשות 2 . he . Yair Lapid in politics: news Channel 2 . 8 January 2012. 19 September 2013.
  12. News: Ophir Bar-Zohar . Yair Ettinger . http://www.haaretz.co.il/news/politi/1.1697918 . he:לפיד מציג את משנתו . Lapid presents his changes . Haaretz . he . 1 May 2012 . 19 September 2013.
  13. News: Yair Lapid looks to the future with new Atid party . Hoffman . Gil . 15 April 2012 . The Jerusalem Post . 16 April 2012.
  14. News: David Shamah . 22 February 2012 . Yair Lapid: I don't want to be prime minister, but I would take education if offered . The Times of Israel . 14 June 2015.
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  16. News: Haviv Rettig Gur . 22 January 2013 . Netanyahu's headaches may only just be beginning . The Times of Israel . 14 June 2015.
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  19. Book: The Oxford Handbook of Populism. Populism and Social Movements. 313. 2017. In Israel, Yair Lapid, a former news anchor, formed the Yesh Atid party in April, 2012, to repackage the populist cause of the J14 for the Israeli middle and upper-middle class, winning a considerable share of the vote in the next elections (Craig, 2015)..
  20. Web site: The Role of Media in Populist Movements.
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  23. News: Q&A: Israeli Opposition Leader Yair Lapid. Rosenberg . Yair. 27 May 2020.
  24. News: Hoffman . Gil . Left and Right in dead heat with most votes counted. The Jerusalem Post. 23 January 2013. 19 September 2013.
  25. News: The wealthy minions of Yair Lapid . Eytan Avriel . Haaretz . 27 January 2013 . 14 June 2015.
  26. News: Israeli seeks interim deal with Palestinians . Josef Federman . Associated Press . 19 May 2013 . 14 June 2015.
  27. News: Joel Greenberg . New Israeli political star champions middle-class . The Washington Post . 23 January 2013 . 14 June 2015.
  28. News: Lilach Weissman . 26 December 2013 . 75% dissatisfied with Lapid's performance . Globes . 26 December 2013.
  29. News: Rising star or flash in pan? Yair Lapid seeks 2nd chance to be fresh face of Israel's future . Aron Heller . Associated Press . U.S. News & World Report . 9 February 2015 . 14 June 2015.
  30. News: Lapid follows Herzog's lead and courts Livni . Moran Azulay . Ynetnews . 9 December 2014 . 14 June 2015.
  31. News: New Israel-U.S. spat is good news for Netanyahu . Yossi Verter . Haaretz . 24 January 2015 . 14 June 2015.
  32. News: Ido Ben Porat . 9 February 2015 . Yesh Atid MK: We'll Prefer Herzog Over Netanyahu . Arutz Sheva . 14 June 2015.
  33. News: Jodi Rudoren . Israeli Center-Left Leader Seeks Path Forward . The New York Times . 28 March 2015 . A8 . 14 June 2015.
  34. News: Ben Sales . Yair Lapid, Israel's centrist candidate, hopes for staying power . Jewish Telegraphic Agency . 2 March 2015 . 14 June 2015.
  35. News: Election campaigns: Parties are not really fighting for voters . . Haaretz . 9 February 2015. 14 June 2015.
  36. News: AP Analysis: Israel likely headed toward conflict, isolation . Dan Perry . Associated Press . 18 March 2015 . 14 June 2015.
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  38. News: Mazal Mualem . 28 January 2015 . Israeli pollsters struggle to keep pace with social media . Al-Monitor . 14 June 2015.
  39. News: Joshua Mitnick . 9 January 2015 . The Christian Science Monitor . Israel elections 101: How fractures on political right could hurt Netanyahu . 14 June 2015.
  40. News: In Netanyahu's Next Knesset, a More Compatible Coalition . The New York Times . 19 March 2015 . 14 June 2015.
  41. News: AP Interview: Charismatic Lapid revives Israel vote campaign . Josef Federman . Associated Press . 5 March 2015.
  42. Web site: Natan Sachs . How Bibi pulled it off . Brookings Institution . 18 March 2015 . 14 June 2015.
  43. News: Bibi beats Bougie . The Economist . 17 March 2015 . 14 June 2015.
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  50. News: 9 May 2021 . Lapid, Bennett make major headway in coalition talks: reports . I24 News . 10 May 2021.
  51. News: Shlezinger . Yehuda . 10 May 2021 . Report: Lapid, Bennett make major headway in coalition talks . Israel Hayom . 10 May 2021.
  52. News: 10 May 2021 . Report: Lapid, Bennett may ink preliminary coalition agreements within a day . Times of Israel .
  53. Web site: Keller-Lynn . Carrie . Decade-old Yesh Atid has evolved into a ruling party, says coalition whip Toporovsky . 2023-07-19 . www.timesofisrael.com . en-US.
  54. Web site: 2021-05-16 . Bureau statement on Israel-Palestine violence . Liberal International . We strongly endorse the statement by LI partner, Yesh Atid....
  55. Web site: Israel: Elections in Israel: End time for "King Bibi" . www.freiheit.org.
  56. News: Hoffman . Gil . 3 October 2021 . Yesh Atid joins Liberal International . The Jerusalem Post . 3 October 2021.
  57. 1444712308903751685. liberalinternat. Mazel tov! מזל טוב Join the global #liberal family in warmly welcoming @YeshAtidParty & their leader @yairlapid on officially becoming a LI Observer Member. We look forward to working together in the months & years ahead!. Liberal International.
  58. Web site: מפת הבחירות לכנסת ה-25. elections.kaplanopensource.co.il.
  59. News: Tov . Michael Hauser . 2 October 2023 . Israeli opposition leader Lapid's Yesh Atid party to hold first-ever primary for party leader . 29 March 2024 . . en.
  60. News: Tov . Michael Hauser . 28 March 2024 . Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid wins first-ever Yesh Atid party primary . 29 March 2024 . . en.
  61. News: Sokol. Sam. 28 March 2024 . In surprise primary result, Lapid holds on to party leadership by a mere 29 votes. 28 March 2024 . The Times of Israel.
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  63. Book: Colin Shindler . The Hebrew Republic: Israel's Return to History . On the other hand, the broad centre Left of the Zionist Union, Yesh Atid and Meretz only account for another forty seats, while another thirteen represent the united Arab parties. . 2017 . 340 . Rowman & Littlefield. 9781442265974 .
  64. Book: Eithan Orkibi, Manfred Gerstenfeld . Israel at the Polls 2015: A Moment of Transformative Stability . The Centre-Left party Yesh Atid placed a former ISA head at number five, while the Centre-Right Kulanu party awarded number two spot to a Major General in reserves who left the army within the last decade. This was the first time that ... . 2014 . 86 . . 9781351794640 .
  65. News: Jonathan Lis . January 27, 2021 . Yair Lapid's Campaign to Focus on Netanyahu's COVID Failures Without Targeting His Haredi Partners. 25 December 2021.
  66. Book: Witt Raczka . Unholy Land: In Search of Hope in Israel/Palestine . ... Yesh Atid, ideologically close to the center-left, obtained an additional 12 percent of votes, while the rightist Likud just 18 percent. In the nearby community of Kfar Shmaryahu (across from Herzliya Pituach), one of the wealthiest in ... . 2015 . 381 . Rowman & Littlefield. 9780761866732 .
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