The Netanyahu era is coming to an end. That's not because security issues don't matter but because social and economic issues are dominating the agenda, netanyahu has missed his moment. You can't blame him - it's never easy to know when the moment of your era passes. But for him it has passed.

Yair Lapid

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In politics, there is only one crime that is unforgivable - showi... by Yair Lapid

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

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I don't reject caution, but you also have to be careful about caution because there's a stage when it turns into paralysis.

about you be-careful stage

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.

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If you want to change a country, you're going to be bumped every... by Yair Lapid

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

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

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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.

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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.

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

apartheid women democracy society

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?

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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?

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Yeshivas barely teach any Bible, only Talmud. by Yair Lapid

Yeshivas barely teach any Bible, only Talmud.

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I studied math, and I was terrible at it. by Yair Lapid

I studied math, and I was terrible at it.

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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.

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You want private education for your students? No problem whatsoev... by Yair Lapid

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

your you problem education

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.

place think politics change

As opposed to journalists, politicians cannot make do with questi... by Yair Lapid

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

politicians cannot questions answers

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.

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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.

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