In December 2012, Yair Lapid named Lipman number 17 on the electoral list for Knesset of his new Yesh Atid party.
The party won 19 seats in the January 2013 elections and Lipman was elected to Knesset, becoming its first American-born member in nearly 30 years.
He renounced US citizenship to take the position, as Israeli law does not allow dual citizens to serve in the Knesset.

During the 19th Knesset, Lipman served on the Finance Committee, the Immigration, Absorption and Diaspora Affairs Committee, the Knesset House Committee and the special committee for the legislation drafting the Haredim into military and national service.
 He chaired the Knesset task force to help Haredim enter the work force, the Knesset task force for dialogue between religious and secular, and held the party's portfolio for the environment, public health, and preventing the suffering of animals.
Lipman also headed the Knesset's delegation to the parliaments of South Africa and England.
He took part in diplomatic missions to South Africa (including attending Nelson Mandela's funeral), England, Germany, Hungary, and the United States.

Lipman was placed seventeenth on the Yesh Atid list for the 2015 elections, which saw him lose his seat as the party won only eleven seats.
After the elections he continued his public work as the Chairman of Anglo and Diaspora Affairs for Yesh Atid.
However, in May 2018, he left the party due to "personal reasons".

He hosts a weekly radio show on Voice of Israel called "One Nation with Dov Lipman," serves as a political correspondent for i24news, and writes columns for the Jerusalem Post and the Times of Israel.
In December 2012, Yair Lapid named Lipman number 17 on the electoral list for Knesset of his new Yesh Atid party. The party won 19 seats in the January 2013 elections and Lipman was elected to Knesset, becoming its first American-born member in nearly 30 years. He renounced US citizenship to take the position, as Israeli law does not allow dual citizens to serve in the Knesset.
During the 19th Knesset, Lipman served on the Finance Committee, the Immigration, Absorption and Diaspora Affairs Committee, the Knesset House Committee and the special committee for the legislation drafting the Haredim into military and national service.  He chaired the Knesset task force to help Haredim enter the work force, the Knesset task force for dialogue between religious and secular, and held the party's portfolio for the environment, public health, and preventing the suffering of animals. Lipman also headed the Knesset's delegation to the parliaments of South Africa and England. He took part in diplomatic missions to South Africa (including attending Nelson Mandela's funeral), England, Germany, Hungary, and the United States.
Lipman was placed seventeenth on the Yesh Atid list for the 2015 elections, which saw him lose his seat as the party won only eleven seats. After the elections he continued his public work as the Chairman of Anglo and Diaspora Affairs for Yesh Atid. However, in May 2018, he left the party due to "personal reasons".
He hosts a weekly radio show on Voice of Israel called "One Nation with Dov Lipman," serves as a political correspondent for i24news, and writes columns for the Jerusalem Post and the Times of Israel.
Dov Lipman