In politics, there is only one crime that is unforgivable - showing weakness. Yair Lapid More Quotes by Yair Lapid More Quotes From Yair Lapid The Internet, Facebook, synagogue pamphlets, and the plethora of TV channels and cellular networks in our lives increasingly blur the boundary between the public and private sphere. Yair Lapid facebookourblurinternet 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 aboutyoube-carefulstage My children receive education that greatly emphasizes the fact they are part of a human group that has tradition, collective memory, and a state. I am a great believer in the need for Israel to be a Jewish state. I certainly believe my children will pass that on to their children. Yair Lapid i-ammemoryeducationchildren If you want to change a country, you're going to be bumped every now and then. Yair Lapid youchangewantcountry Politicians around the world are very different, but they all have one thing in common: The first thing they respond to is public opinion. Yair Lapid politiciansopiniondifferentworld Holocaust survivors came to Israel in order to establish a new human society where nobody would be able to hurt them just because they're Jewish. This is both a furious and vulnerable message. Yair Lapid nobodynewsocietyhurt I'm not particularly fond of Shoah jokes, yet there is one I cannot forget: Why was Auschwitz an optimistic place? Because all the pessimists were already in New York by then. Yair Lapid newplacejokesforget Arab society features apartheid of women, apartheid of homosexuals, and apartheid of Christians, Jews, and democracy. Yair Lapid apartheidwomendemocracysociety Why doesn't anyone remember that the Palestinians already had four real opportunities to establish their state, yet each time they preferred to revert to terrorism? Yair Lapid terrorismrealtimeremember Does the global Left - as well as the Israeli Left - truly not care about the horrific Taliban regime, the terrible oppression of women in Gulf states, and the mass hanging festivals in Iran? Yair Lapid oppressionfestivalswomencare Yeshivas barely teach any Bible, only Talmud. Yair Lapid anyonlyteachbible I studied math, and I was terrible at it. Yair Lapid studiedterriblemath Twenty percent of students in Israel's schools are haredim; another 20% are retired; another 20% are Arab. I have no problem with any of them. Yair Lapid no-problemisraelproblemstudents You want private education for your students? No problem whatsoever; pay for it. Yair Lapid youryouproblemeducation 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 want to change it. Yair Lapid placethinkpoliticschange As opposed to journalists, politicians cannot make do with questions. They must also offer answers. Yair Lapid politicianscannotquestionsanswers I think that haredi children should study the core subjects and that their parents must work, and I believe that there are many haredim who think like me and would be glad to discover that someone is fighting the radical functionaries and rabbis who embitter their lives. Yair Lapid parentsmeworkchildren For years, Judaism has been a sort of product put on the religious shelf, and on holidays, we would take it off the shelf and let seculars play with it for a bit. Now, Judaism is going back to being something that more closely touches everyone. Yair Lapid holidayseveryonebackplay
