{"id":19676,"date":"2023-08-01T15:41:53","date_gmt":"2023-08-01T19:41:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/?post_type=press-releases&#038;p=19676"},"modified":"2023-08-01T15:41:54","modified_gmt":"2023-08-01T19:41:54","slug":"sen-ossoff-speaks-with-former-prime-minister-israeli-opposition-leader-yair-lapid","status":"publish","type":"press-releases","link":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/sen-ossoff-speaks-with-former-prime-minister-israeli-opposition-leader-yair-lapid\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Ossoff Speaks with Former Prime Minister &amp; Israeli Opposition Leader Yair Lapid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Atlanta, Ga<\/strong>. \u2014 On Sunday, U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff held a call with Yair Lapid, former Prime Minister of Israel and current Leader of the Opposition in the Israeli Knesset.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sen. Ossoff and Mr. Lapid held an in-depth and wide-ranging discussion of U.S.-Israel relations, as well as regional diplomatic and security developments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sen. Ossoff continues to engage deeply on the U.S.-Israel relationship, forging strong working relationships with key leaders in the Middle East.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last year, Israeli newspaper Haaretz&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/us-news\/2022-07-05\/ty-article\/.highlight\/democrats-rising-jewish-star-has-some-advice-for-biden-ahead-of-israel-trip\/00000181-cf30-d982-abb3-efb702620000\">wrote<\/a>&nbsp;of Sen. Ossoff\u2019s sustained regional engagement: \u201cNot only has the Georgia senator crafted lasting relationships with Israeli, Palestinian and political, diplomatic and military officials in the region, he has done something arguably even more notable: spearheaded significant bipartisan efforts aimed at pushing conflict resolution and a political settlement forward.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since taking office, Sen. Ossoff has engaged intensively with regional leaders to advance U.S. interests and national security, including meetings with&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IsraeliPM\/status\/1433815471867015172?s=20\">former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett<\/a>;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/photos-sen-ossoff-meets-with-key-leaders-in-middle-east-greece\/\">Israeli President Isaac Herzog<\/a>; His Majesty, King Abdullah of Jordan;&nbsp;Lebanon Armed Forces Commander General Joseph Aoun; and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/readout-sen-ossoff-call-with-palestinian-authority-prime-minister-mohammad-shtayyeh\/\">Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last August, Sens. Ossoff and Lindsey Graham (R-SC)&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/sens-ossoff-graham-successfully-protect-key-u-s-diplomatic-military-post-in-middle-east\/\">successfully pushed<\/a>&nbsp;the Biden Administration to protect a key U.S. military and diplomatic post in the Middle East, ensuring the Department of Defense maintained the United States Security Coordinator (USSC) position at the three-star rank.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Atlanta, Ga. \u2014 On Sunday, U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff held a call with Yair Lapid, former Prime Minister of Israel and current Leader of the Opposition in the Israeli Knesset. Sen. Ossoff and Mr. Lapid held an in-depth and wide-ranging discussion of U.S.-Israel relations, as well as regional diplomatic and security developments. Sen. Ossoff continues [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19676","press-releases","type-press-releases","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/19676","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press-releases"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/19676\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19678,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/19676\/revisions\/19678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}