Yair Lapid

What changed

In Statement A (February 2025), Lapid retweeted criticism of MKs who voted against approving a hostage deal 'until the last hostage,' implying support for a deal even if partial or phased. In Statement B (July 2025), Lapid is quoted demanding a 'final hostage deal' — explicitly rejecting a partial deal or phased approach ('not a partial deal and not phases'). These positions appear in tension: Statement A criticizes those who blocked a deal (seemingly any deal), while Statement B sets conditions that rule out incremental or partial deals. However, the two statements concern different points in time and potentially different deal proposals, and Lapid's position in Statement B may reflect a changed negotiating context rather than a direct flip on the same specific deal.