Summary
The head of the new centrist party Yesh Atid, described in Moments of Resistance Chapter 8 as an “Israeli Idol” at the head of a list of newborn stars in the January 2013 elections (Moments of Resistance, PDF p.273).
Details
- Yesh Atid under Lapid appealed to the secular Ashkenazi middle classes alongside Labor, Meretz and the Movement; those parties failed to unite and form a block of their own (PDF p.273).
- Yesh Atid gained 19 seats in the January 2013 elections (PDF p.273).