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" The Left doesn't understand the importance of God in the Israeli public discourse, and Yesh Atid does. "
Yair Lapid
Left
Understand
Public
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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.' "
Yair Lapid
Work
Work Hard
Day
" 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. "
Yair Lapid
Party
Right
Think
" The Internet, Facebook, synagogue pamphlets, and the plethora of TV channels and cellular networks in our lives increasingly blur the boundary between the public and private sphere. "
Yair Lapid
Internet
Public
TV
" 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. "
Yair Lapid
Back
Product
Holidays
" Gregory Lee Johnson was an idiot. "
Yair Lapid
Lee
Johnson
Idiot
" 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. "
Yair Lapid
Believe
Celebrate
Dress
" 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. "
Yair Lapid
Government
Possible
Political
" Even in an enlightened democracy, the media have to check themselves to make sure they are not contributing to an unnecessary mass hysteria. "
Yair Lapid
Media
Check
Hysteria
" 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. "
Yair Lapid
Real
Justice
Security
" Israeli teachers are not required to hold an academic degree, and their salaries are the lowest in the Western world. "
Yair Lapid
Degree
Hold
Teachers
" I studied math, and I was terrible at it. "
Yair Lapid
Math
Studied
Terrible
" 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. "
Yair Lapid
Need
Truth
Us
" Twenty percent of students in Israel's schools are haredim; another 20% are retired; another 20% are Arab. I have no problem with any of them. "
Yair Lapid
Arab
Students
Problem
" An old friend of mine, an economist by trade, once explained to me that the statistical definition of 'dilemma' is 49.9% in favor and 50.1% against. If the gap is greater, there is no dilemma, because the answer is clear. "
Yair Lapid
Old
Against
Answer
" Arab society features apartheid of women, apartheid of homosexuals, and apartheid of Christians, Jews, and democracy. "
Yair Lapid
Society
Women
Democracy
" I'm not telling you what to do on the Sabbath, and you won't tell me. "
Yair Lapid
Sabbath
Me
You
" You want private education for your students? No problem whatsoever; pay for it. "
Yair Lapid
You
Problem
Students
" Jewish existence in the Land of Israel depends only on the Jews, and on what the Jews think of themselves. "
Yair Lapid
Existence
Think
Only
" 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
Before
You
" I do not deal with threats and ultimatums. "
Yair Lapid
Deal
Threats
Ultimatums
" I used to have so many opinions before I learned the facts. "
Yair Lapid
Used
Opinions
Learned
" The State of Israel was not established by anxiety but, rather, through pride. "
Yair Lapid
Through
Rather
Israel
" Decisions are never easy. If they were easy, they wouldn't be called decisions. "
Yair Lapid
Decisions
Were
Never
" Netanyahu needs to stand before the Israeli public and say, 'I failed.' "
Yair Lapid
Needs
Before
Stand
" The rabbis and their wives may say whatever they wish in private conversations. I may not like their views, but a person is allowed to say anything in his or her own home. "
Yair Lapid
Person
Home
Say
" 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. "
Yair Lapid
Equality
Law
God
" Israeli citizens deserve full-time ministers. "
Yair Lapid
Ministers
Full-Time
Citizens
" 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. "
Yair Lapid
Fighting
War
Drag
" Israel's master strategy needs to be moving toward a regional arrangement that will enable a full normalization of relations with the Arab states and the establishment of a demilitarized Palestinian state alongside the State of Israel. "
Yair Lapid
Moving
Master
Israel
" Instead of personal security, citizens are afraid to walk down the street in Jerusalem. "
Yair Lapid
Security
Street
Personal