The greatest tragedy of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is that everyone knows how it will end. We will divide up the region.
Yair LapidI don't think Israel's becoming more religious, I think its politics is becoming more religious. There's a difference.
Yair LapidOrthodox Jews often ask you: "Are you an Israeli first, or a Jew?" I see no difference between the two. After all, I'm also simultaneously the son of my parents, the husband of my wife and the father of my children.
Yair LapidIsrael is a tremendous success story. When I arrived, there were 600,000 Jews living here. Today there are close to 6 million. We have one of the world's top high-tech industries and a high standard of living. There is only one thing we haven't achieved: Making the country safer for Jews.
Yair Lapid