Yair Lapid

Netanyahu needs to stand before the Israeli public and say, 'I failed.'

— Yair Lapid

Jewish existence in the Land of Israel depends only on the Jews, and on what the Jews think of themselves.

— 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

Children believe that if they just want something badly enough, it will happen.

— Yair Lapid

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

— Yair Lapid

If you want to do stuff, you have to be able to handle controversy.

— 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

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

I feel we're at risk that a whole generation of young Israelis, who went to the army, work hard, pay taxes, one…

— Yair Lapid

Politicians around the world are very different, but they all have one thing in common: The first thing they respond to is…

— Yair Lapid

I want to live in a country that is not just a place but also an idea, and Jerusalem is the heart…

— Yair Lapid

Twenty percent of students in Israel's schools are haredim; another 20% are retired; another 20% are Arab. I have no problem with…

— Yair Lapid

Holocaust survivors came to Israel in order to establish a new human society where nobody would be able to hurt them just…

— Yair Lapid

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

I have written to Israel's friends around the world, including the U.S. Congress and the E.U., and asked them to make funding…

— Yair Lapid

Me and apparently a lot of other people felt that the people who should benefit most from the country are the people…

— Yair Lapid

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

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

— 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

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

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

— Yair Lapid

I don't feel we need a declaration from the Palestinians that they recognize Israel as a Jewish state.

— 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

Hebrew is the language I use to thank the Creator and, also, to swear on the road.

— Yair Lapid

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

— Yair Lapid

The Israeli media are very important to me. I've been part of them and they a part of me all my adult…

— Yair Lapid

One of the things that hold together a human society is the existence of basic politeness among its members.

— Yair Lapid

In politics, there is only one crime that is unforgivable - showing weakness.

— Yair Lapid

The Left doesn't understand the importance of God in the Israeli public discourse, and Yesh Atid does.

— Yair Lapid

If you want to change a country, you're going to be bumped every now and then.

— Yair Lapid

Arab society features apartheid of women, apartheid of homosexuals, and apartheid of Christians, Jews, and democracy.

— Yair Lapid

Every Jew is my brother, and I will not succumb to hate speech.

— Yair Lapid

The Internet, Facebook, synagogue pamphlets, and the plethora of TV channels and cellular networks in our lives increasingly blur the boundary between…

— Yair Lapid

The greatest tragedy of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is that everyone knows how it will end. We will divide up the region.

— Yair Lapid

If you ask me 'What is the one great move you can make to improve the Israeli economy?' of course it will…

— Yair Lapid