Israeli - Politician | November 5, 1963 -
One of the greatest fears of the Arab world is a direct conflict between Israel and the Islamic State.
Yair Lapid
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Instead of personal security, citizens are afraid to walk down the street in Jerusalem.
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Netanyahu needs to stand before the Israeli public and say, 'I failed.'
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The Israeli public's willingness to enlist, the warm embrace for the soldiers and the residents of the south, and the desire to contribute and to give at any given moment really warm the heart, and it gives all of us strength.
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If you want to do stuff, you have to be able to handle controversy.
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Politics - when it's not cynical, it can be a creation.
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Israel was founded as a refuge for the Jewish people, but today it isn't a safe place. It is safer to be Jew in New York.
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I want to live in a country that is not just a place but also an idea, and Jerusalem is the heart of the idea. There may be practical considerations, but a country cannot exist without an ethos, and Jerusalem is an ethos.
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I like Tel Aviv; I live in Tel Aviv, but our right of return is Jerusalem. We did not return after 2,000 years for Tel Aviv but for Jerusalem.
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I don't feel we need a declaration from the Palestinians that they recognize Israel as a Jewish state.
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Judaism shouldn't be the jailhouse of ideas but a liberator of ideas; not a disintegrator of people but what brings people together.
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People in Israel are sick and tired of the old politics.
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