When you say to Israelis, 'European boycott,' they think it means that this year they won't get Camembert cheese on time... That… — Yair Lapid Copy Share Image
I like Tel Aviv; I live in Tel Aviv, but our right of return is Jerusalem. We did not return after 2,000… — Yair Lapid Copy Share Image
I'm not particularly fond of Shoah jokes, yet there is one I cannot forget: Why was Auschwitz an optimistic place? Because all… — Yair Lapid Copy Share Image
Israelis want peace and security, and Palestinians want peace and justice - these are two very different things, and this is the… — Yair Lapid Copy Share Image
How can Israel say that everyone is equal before the law - that you're equal before the law - when the law… — Yair Lapid Copy Share Image
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… — Yair Lapid Copy Share Image
I urge the senior members of the political system to form as broad a government as possible that would unite the moderate… — Yair Lapid Copy Share Image
There is a clear interest within ISIS to drag Israel into a war with them. If they do so, they will be… — Yair Lapid Copy Share Image
The settlers do not have a problem with the leftists but, rather, with Israelis who like settlers: Israelis who are unconcerned by… — Yair Lapid Copy Share Image
My children receive education that greatly emphasizes the fact they are part of a human group that has tradition, collective memory, and… — Yair Lapid Copy Share Image
When I introduced my economic plan for the first time, people had mixed views because it's the largest cut in the history… — Yair Lapid Copy Share Image
I think that haredi children should study the core subjects and that their parents must work, and I believe that there are… — Yair Lapid Copy Share Image
The Palestinians must be brought to an understanding that Jerusalem will always remain under Israeli sovereignty and that there is no point… — Yair Lapid Copy Share Image
Israel was founded as a refuge for the Jewish people, but today it isn't a safe place. It is safer to be… — Yair Lapid Copy Share Image
I felt that we had become a society ruled by sectors, by interest groups: Whoever's connected to the Israeli government gets more. — Yair Lapid Copy Share Image
Orthodox Jews often ask you: "Are you an Israeli first, or a Jew?" I see no difference between the two. After all,… — Yair Lapid Copy Share Image
Quite a few people feel uncomfortable when faced with the claim that the Jews are the world's smartest people. In our politically correct era,… — Yair Lapid Copy Share
I'm going into politics because I think that the kind of discourse taking place in Israel is leading this country to oblivion, and I… — Yair Lapid Copy Share
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… — Yair Lapid Copy Share
The Tower of David is important for Israel's heritage and existence because it is more than a tower, it is a symbol. It is… — Yair Lapid Copy Share
Israel can't be the only country in the Western world not to have freedom of religion. — Yair Lapid Copy Share
You want private education for your students? No problem whatsoever; pay for it. — Yair Lapid Copy Share
The democratic system is premised on trust in the masses' wisdom. We believe that the collective is wiser than its parts and that, at… — Yair Lapid Copy Share
I don't reject caution, but you also have to be careful about caution because there's a stage when it turns into paralysis. — Yair Lapid Copy Share
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 Copy Share
I think that haredi children should study the core subjects and that their parents must work, and I believe that there are many haredim… — Yair Lapid Copy Share
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 Copy Share
When you look at the history of wars, they ultimately revolve around one claim: "My god is better than yours." — Yair Lapid Copy Share
