Beyahad: Lapid–Bennett merger discussions

Reports of merger talks between Yair Lapid (Yesh Atid) and Naftali Bennett under a joint banner Beyahad (Hebrew: ביחד, "together"), aimed at consolidating the centrist anti-Netanyahu opposition ahead of the next election. Talks are ongoing and the merger has not been formalized; Bennett has not declared whether he will return to politics formally.

Referenced entities

Parties

Yesh Atid

Permalink: https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pulse/220959a8-c525-473f-a797-b8c60183da19

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Per-record citation

APA 7Reference list · academic default

Gara, T. (2026). Beyahad: Lapid–Bennett merger discussions [Event record]. Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset. Retrieved June 21, 2026, from https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pulse/220959a8-c525-473f-a797-b8c60183da19

Chicago author-dateCommon in political-science journals

Gara, Tarek. 2026. "Beyahad: Lapid–Bennett merger discussions." Event record, Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset. Accessed June 21, 2026. https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pulse/220959a8-c525-473f-a797-b8c60183da19.

BibTeXFor LaTeX / Zotero / reference managers

@misc{tayyar-event-220959a8-c525-473f-a797-b8c60183da19,
  title     = {{Beyahad: Lapid–Bennett merger discussions}},
  author    = {Gara, Tarek},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset},
  type      = {Event record},
  url       = {https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pulse/220959a8-c525-473f-a797-b8c60183da19},
  urldate   = {2026-06-21},
  note      = {First-pass entry; second-pass external review planned before publication.}
}

Dataset / working-paper citation

If you're citing Tayyar as a project rather than this individual record.

APA 7Preprint

Gara, T. (2026). Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset [Preprint]. Retrieved June 21, 2026, from https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/paper

BibTeXPreprint

@unpublished{tayyar-preprint,
  title  = {{Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset}},
  author = {Gara, Tarek},
  year   = {2026},
  type   = {Preprint},
  url    = {https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/paper},
  urldate = {2026-06-21},
  note   = {Living document, regenerated from the live dataset on page load.}
}

First-pass entry; second-pass external review planned before publication.