Yair Lapid, the journalist turned politician, has taken over as Israel s caretaker prime minister with the country preparing to go for polls for the fifth time in four years in November. nbsp;The 58 year old leader widely credited for building the coalition that ended Benjamin Netanyahu s record 12 consecutive years in power is now gearing up for the November polls to stop him from returning to form a government yet again.But even as the country witnesses political turbulence, Lapid who is said to be a man of many talents has caught attention beyond boundaries for now. He has been known for being a household name in Israel for he hosted one of the biggest mainstream talk shows in the 1990s.The Being Israeli columnist commentator is also said to have built a solid profile in public service in a decade, having been the head of this party Yesh Atid . He had composed songs, acted in films before moving into television, according to a BBC report.He has also worked for a while for Israeli U.S.
mogul Arnon Milchan during an acting stint in Hollywood and is also said to be an amateur boxer.The multifaceted leader has also been a screenwriter. He wrote a popular Israeli TV series, War Room , in 2005, which was based on a secret unit of elite spies and military officers. They handled national crises as professionals, rather than politicians this was the premise of the show.Yosef Tommy Lapid, his father, was a Holocaust survivor. He had later turned into a secular politician.Netanyahu, Israel s longest surviving PM, is Lapid s biggest rival in the November polls. Analysts are keen to see if Lapid would be able to do again what he did in 2021.Naftali Bennett, Lapid s predecessor, has said he won t contest the polls again after the eight party coalition he led faced ideological divisions. The Israel parliament dissolved Thursday following a unanimous vote after which Lapid, who has been the foreign minister and continues to hold to that portfolio, took over as the caretaker prime minister.