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" The Golan Heights is an area in the north of the State of Israel that has no part in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. "
Yair Lapid
Conflict
Part
North
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" Holocaust survivors came to Israel in order to establish a new human society where nobody would be able to hurt them just because they're Jewish. This is both a furious and vulnerable message. "
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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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" Jewish existence in the Land of Israel depends only on the Jews, and on what the Jews think of themselves. "
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Only
" Decisions are never easy. If they were easy, they wouldn't be called decisions. "
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" Israel can't be the only country in the Western world not to have freedom of religion. "
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" Netanyahu needs to stand before the Israeli public and say, 'I failed.' "
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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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" The settlers do not have a problem with the leftists but, rather, with Israelis who like settlers: Israelis who are unconcerned by the fact that national-religious youngsters are overtaking our elite units. Such Israelis actually appreciate the settlers for that. "
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Problem
Elite
" You want private education for your students? No problem whatsoever; pay for it. "
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" I feel we're at risk that a whole generation of young Israelis, who went to the army, work hard, pay taxes, one day will look around and say, 'Hey, this country is going nowhere.' "
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Work
Work Hard
Day
" Does the global Left - as well as the Israeli Left - truly not care about the horrific Taliban regime, the terrible oppression of women in Gulf states, and the mass hanging festivals in Iran? "
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Women
Oppression
" I do not deal with threats and ultimatums. "
Yair Lapid
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Threats
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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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Equality
Law
God
" One of the hardest things is to create hope. "
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Hope
Things
" Freedom of expression is tested during times of anger and conflict and enables all opinions and outraged expressions of dissent that we may not want to hear. But even for this there have to be limits. "
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Anger
Want
Conflict
" Israel's middle class is paying for those below it, and that's fine, but also for those who are above it, and that's very wrong. "
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Class
Fine
" If, for 2,000 years, you dress up differently, believe in a different God, celebrate different holidays, and on top of it insist on telling everyone that you're completely different than them, ultimately they'll believe you. "
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Celebrate
Dress
" People in Israel are sick and tired of the old politics. "
Yair Lapid
Sick
Tired
Politics
" If you want to do stuff, you have to be able to handle controversy. "
Yair Lapid
Want
Stuff
Handle
" The State of Israel was not established by anxiety but, rather, through pride. "
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Rather
Israel
" When you say to Israelis, 'European boycott,' they think it means that this year they won't get Camembert cheese on time... That is not the case. "
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" There is a clear interest within ISIS to drag Israel into a war with them. If they do so, they will be able to paint Israel as having an alliance with the states fighting against them. "
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" I don't reject caution, but you also have to be careful about caution because there's a stage when it turns into paralysis. "
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" I studied math, and I was terrible at it. "
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" The Holocaust changed our perception of morality not only because we discovered that morality is the only thing that can stand up to the ultimate evil, but also because it shifted the focus from society to the individual. "
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" For years, Judaism has been a sort of product put on the religious shelf, and on holidays, we would take it off the shelf and let seculars play with it for a bit. Now, Judaism is going back to being something that more closely touches everyone. "
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" Yesh Atid is a Jewish, religious-secular party. Our DNA is center - both Left and Right. The difference between center-left and center-right is more emotional and hereditary than having to do with what people think about the Palestinians. "
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" I am a Zionist. "
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Zionist
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" People like to invent enemies. It spares us the need to address complex worldviews. "
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Need
Complex