Judaism shouldn't be the jailhouse of ideas but a liberator of ideas; not a disintegrator of people but what brings people together. — Yair Lapid Copy Share Image
Hebrew is the language I use to thank the Creator and, also, to swear on the road. — Yair Lapid Copy Share Image
Arab society features apartheid of women, apartheid of homosexuals, and apartheid of Christians, Jews, and democracy. — Yair Lapid Copy Share Image
Jewish existence in the Land of Israel depends only on the Jews, and on what the Jews think of themselves. — 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
Judaism is a whole line of values that have existed for thousands of years, but the democratic idea is a new idea,… — Yair Lapid Copy Share Image
For years, Judaism has been a sort of product put on the religious shelf, and on holidays, we would take it off… — Yair Lapid Copy Share Image
Yesh Atid is a Jewish, religious-secular party. Our DNA is center - both Left and Right. The difference between center-left and center-right… — Yair Lapid Copy Share Image
Israel is a tremendous success story. When I arrived, there were 600,000 Jews living here. Today there are close to 6 million.… — 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… — Yair Lapid Copy Share Image
I want to do everything in my power to ensure the equality between all movements of Judaism in the state of Israel:… — 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
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
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Israel can't be the only country in the Western world not to have freedom of religion. — Yair Lapid Copy Share Image
You want private education for your students? No problem whatsoever; pay for it. — Yair Lapid Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
