Yair Lapid Quotes

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Yair Lapid

Profession : Politician

Birth : November 5, 1963

People in Israel are sick and tired of the old politics.

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One of the hardest things is to create hope.

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

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I do not deal with threats and ultimatums.

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I'm willing to take a polygraph test to prove that I'm happy about Kahlon's return to politics. He's a good man, a man who cares. It's good to have people like that in politics, I have no problem with that.

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The Golan Heights is an area in the north of the State of Israel that has no part in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

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I want to do everything in my power to ensure the equality between all movements of Judaism in the state of Israel: Orthodox, Conservative, or Reform. In conversions, in budgets, in the eyes of the law. No one can claim ownership over the Jewish God.

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The Palestinians must be brought to an understanding that Jerusalem will always remain under Israeli sovereignty and that there is no point for them in opening negotiations about Jerusalem.

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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 more important than the Azrieli Towers.

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I feel we're at risk that a whole generation of young Israelis, who went to the army, work hard, pay taxes, one day will look around and say, 'Hey, this country is going nowhere.'

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Social revolutions are never simple.

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The win-win situation is the basis for America's entire business world. Instead of wasting our time attempting to defeat each other, let's find a way that will make both of us gain and go home satisfied. In Israel, it doesn't work because the only meaning of victory is seeing your rival's body lying trampled on the floor.

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Succeeding in life is a difficult business - you need to work 16 hours a day, face failures along the way, remember that nobody owes you a thing, and take risks.

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

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The views of religious-Zionist rabbis are of course worthy of being heard, yet they represent a very defined and very narrow camp within the Israeli spectrum. This is not the way to shape the perception of future division and brigade commanders.

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I am a Zionist.

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

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

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Corruption is when a politician uses public funds to deliver pistachio ice cream to his home and transfer garden furniture to his Caesarea villa, then requesting that the expenses be covered for the water in his pool and fights to get a private jet.

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I'm not telling you what to do on the Sabbath, and you won't tell me.

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