Yair Lapid

Being a Jew and an Israeli are inseparable things.

— Yair Lapid

I do not deal with threats and ultimatums.

— Yair Lapid

One of the hardest things is to create hope.

— Yair Lapid

Social revolutions are never simple.

— Yair Lapid

Gregory Lee Johnson was an idiot.

— Yair Lapid

Israeli citizens deserve full-time ministers.

— Yair Lapid

Any man who is not a communist at the age of 20 is a fool.

— Yair Lapid

I am a man of tomorrow, but I also live my past.

— Yair Lapid

When someone doesn't react to changes, the changes turn against him.

— Yair Lapid

When you look at the history of wars, they ultimately revolve around one claim: "My god is better than yours."

— Yair Lapid

I don't think Israel's becoming more religious, I think its politics is becoming more religious. There's a difference.

— Yair Lapid

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

The Human Rights Organisation deceives the world by calling itself a human rights council.

— Yair Lapid

People like to invent enemies. It spares us the need to address complex worldviews.

— Yair Lapid

Israel can't be the only country in the Western world not to have freedom of religion.

— Yair Lapid

There's always a reason not to do anything... to flee the need to make decisions.

— Yair Lapid

There is a clear interest within ISIS to drag Israel into a war with them. If they do so, they will be…

— Yair Lapid

The settlers do not have a problem with the leftists but, rather, with Israelis who like settlers: Israelis who are unconcerned by…

— Yair Lapid

The rabbis and their wives may say whatever they wish in private conversations. I may not like their views, but a person…

— Yair Lapid

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

If, for 2,000 years, you dress up differently, believe in a different God, celebrate different holidays, and on top of it insist…

— Yair Lapid

There is a wind of change, and if there is a wind of change on domestic issues, there is going to be…

— Yair Lapid

I want to do everything in my power to ensure the equality between all movements of Judaism in the state of Israel:…

— Yair Lapid

I urge the senior members of the political system to form as broad a government as possible that would unite the moderate…

— Yair Lapid

My children receive education that greatly emphasizes the fact they are part of a human group that has tradition, collective memory, and…

— Yair Lapid

I think that haredi children should study the core subjects and that their parents must work, and I believe that there are…

— Yair Lapid

Israel is a long way from facing a threat to its very existence. We are too strong, both economically and militarily, for…

— Yair Lapid

The settlers, as we know, are the only people in Israel who take the Left seriously. When you read the settlers' publications,…

— Yair Lapid

When the Americans see someone like Steve Jobs or Mark Zuckerberg, who made billions thanks to their talent and determination, the first…

— Yair Lapid

The State of Israel was not established by anxiety but, rather, through pride.

— Yair Lapid

You want private education for your students? No problem whatsoever; pay for it.

— Yair Lapid

The State of Israel was not established so that the anti-Semites will disappear but, rather, so we can tell them to get…

— Yair Lapid

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

Decisions are never easy. If they were easy, they wouldn't be called decisions.

— Yair Lapid

As opposed to journalists, politicians cannot make do with questions. They must also offer answers.

— Yair Lapid

Jerusalem will remain under Israeli sovereignty and will not be divided.

— Yair Lapid

Instead of personal security, citizens are afraid to walk down the street in Jerusalem.

— Yair Lapid

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

The Tower of David is important for Israel's heritage and existence because it is more than a tower, it is a symbol.…

— Yair Lapid

I'm going into politics because I think that the kind of discourse taking place in Israel is leading this country to oblivion,…

— Yair Lapid