Quotes from Yair Lapid

Israeli citizens deserve full-time ministers.

I am a Zionist.

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

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.

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.

Jerusalem will remain under Israeli sovereignty and will not be divided.

The Holocaust changed our perception of morality not only because we discovered that morality is the only thing that can stand up to the ultimate evil, but also because it shifted the focus from society to the individual.

I do not deal with threats and ultimatums.

When you look at the history of wars, they ultimately revolve around one claim: "My god is better than yours."

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

Quite a few people feel uncomfortable when faced with the claim that the Jews are the world's smartest people. In our politically correct era, one is not expected to argue that one group within humanity has an advantage over all the others.

Any man who is not a communist at the age of 20 is a fool.

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

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 for the United Nations dependent on ending blatant discrimination against Israel at the U.N. Human Rights Council.

An old friend of mine, an economist by trade, once explained to me that the statistical definition of 'dilemma' is 49.9% in favor and 50.1% against. If the gap is greater, there is no dilemma, because the answer is clear.

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

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.

Even in an enlightened democracy, the media have to check themselves to make sure they are not contributing to an unnecessary mass hysteria.

Journalists always explain that people are mad at them because they tell the truth, which is often unpleasant or uncomfortable to hear. However, they fail in situations where there is more than one truth.

I urge the senior members of the political system to form as broad a government as possible that would unite the moderate forces from the Left and Right so that we will be able to bring about real change in the State of Israel.

Israel's master strategy needs to be moving toward a regional arrangement that will enable a full normalization of relations with the Arab states and the establishment of a demilitarized Palestinian state alongside the State of Israel.

I used to have so many opinions before I learned the facts.

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

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