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" How can Israel say that everyone is equal before the law - that you're equal before the law - when the law defines Judaism as the cultural, national and legislative basis for the state? "
Yair Lapid
Everyone
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You
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" I don't feel we need a declaration from the Palestinians that they recognize Israel as a Jewish state. "
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" The settlers, as we know, are the only people in Israel who take the Left seriously. When you read the settlers' publications, you think that the leftists are everywhere: The leftists infiltrate the government, the leftists run the Defense Ministry, the leftists dominate the legal establishment, and the leftists control the media, of course. "
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" The liberals will surely argue that every person has the right to fall in love with no regard to religion, creed or gender, but I am not that liberal. "
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" The State of Israel was not established by anxiety but, rather, through pride. "
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" At times, we need to stop and rethink everything. Our entire history is made up of people who were sure they knew the truth yet forgot that the truth has an annoying tendency to change on occasion without us noticing it. "
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" You want private education for your students? No problem whatsoever; pay for it. "
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" Facts cannot be replaced by opinion. "
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" The Israeli public's willingness to enlist, the warm embrace for the soldiers and the residents of the south, and the desire to contribute and to give at any given moment really warm the heart, and it gives all of us strength. "
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" The State of Israel was not established so that the anti-Semites will disappear but, rather, so we can tell them to get lost. "
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" The Palestinians must be brought to an understanding that Jerusalem will always remain under Israeli sovereignty and that there is no point for them in opening negotiations about Jerusalem. "
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" Intellectuals know how to answer the question, 'What God do I believe in?' not only through the question of 'What God do I abhor?' Intellectuals can also answer the question of 'What flag do I wave?' without having to answer the question of 'What flag do I burn.' "
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" Corruption is when a politician uses public funds to deliver pistachio ice cream to his home and transfer garden furniture to his Caesarea villa, then requesting that the expenses be covered for the water in his pool and fights to get a private jet. "
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" When the Americans see someone like Steve Jobs or Mark Zuckerberg, who made billions thanks to their talent and determination, the first thing they say to themselves is, 'I want to be like him.' This, in many ways, is the engine that drives Western society: The desire to make it like the winners. "
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" In politics, there is only one crime that is unforgivable - showing weakness. "
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" Politicians around the world are very different, but they all have one thing in common: The first thing they respond to is public opinion. "
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" I want to do everything in my power to ensure the equality between all movements of Judaism in the state of Israel: Orthodox, Conservative, or Reform. In conversions, in budgets, in the eyes of the law. No one can claim ownership over the Jewish God. "
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" Israelis want peace and security, and Palestinians want peace and justice - these are two very different things, and this is the real gap we have to close. "
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" As opposed to journalists, politicians cannot make do with questions. They must also offer answers. "
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" I urge the senior members of the political system to form as broad a government as possible that would unite the moderate forces from the Left and Right so that we will be able to bring about real change in the State of Israel. "
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" If you want to do stuff, you have to be able to handle controversy. "
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" Every Jew is my brother, and I will not succumb to hate speech. "
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