I decided to go into politics because my children are growing up, and I became worried about the ways things are being handled in this country. I felt there's a lost generation of people who feel misrepresented, and that they're doing their best for the country but the country is not doing its best for them. We are all looking at our children and wondering whether or not they will see their future in Israel. They looked at the country before the last elections and saw it becoming more and more Orthodox. There was a strong sense of unfairness.
I used to have so many opinions before I learned the facts. - Yair Lapid
I used to have so many opinions before I learned the facts.
- Yair Lapid
Being a Jew and an Israeli are inseparable things. - Yair Lapid
Being a Jew and an Israeli are inseparable things.
Any man who is not a communist at the age of 20 is a fool. - Yair Lapid
Any man who is not a communist at the age of 20 is a fool.
Me and apparently a lot of other people felt that the people who should benefit most from the country are the people who contribute the most, which i… - Yair Lapid
Me and apparently a lot of other people felt that the people who should benefit most from the country are the people who contribute the most, which i…
When you look at the history of wars, they ultimately revolve around one claim: "My god is better than yours." - Yair Lapid
When you look at the history of wars, they ultimately revolve around one claim: "My god is better than yours."
The majority of Israelis want change, the Netanyahu era is coming to an end. That's not because security issues don't matter but because social and e… - Yair Lapid
The majority of Israelis want change, the Netanyahu era is coming to an end. That's not because security issues don't matter but because social and e…
The greatest tragedy of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is that everyone knows how it will end. We will divide up the region. - Yair Lapid
The greatest tragedy of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is that everyone knows how it will end. We will divide up the region.
There is a wind of change, and if there is a wind of change on domestic issues, there is going to be a wind of change on Palestinian issues as well, … - Yair Lapid
There is a wind of change, and if there is a wind of change on domestic issues, there is going to be a wind of change on Palestinian issues as well, …
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
I felt that we had become a society ruled by sectors, by interest groups: Whoever's connected to the Israeli government gets more.
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