Political Quotes

Yair Lapid

The Public Record

Quotes by year · 2023–202648 total · peak 2026 (38)
2023: 1 quote2024: 1 quote2025: 8 quotes2026: 38 quotes
Oct 14, 2026

Netanyahu can no longer claim that he didn't know. All the materials were on his desk. The only question is why he preferred to listen to Qatar's agents in his office instead of the IDF and Shin Bet?

jpost.com
Sep 30, 2026

When the prime minister of a democratic state publicly states there is a threat that could disrupt the elections, all relevant parties must receive a full briefing on the nature of the problem and the measures being taken to ensure the…

jpost.com
Sep 30, 2026

There was no excuse to delay or move them.

jpost.com
Sep 30, 2026

The [IDF] Chief of Staff [Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir] has raised ten red flags regarding the shortage of combat troops and the erosion of readiness within the IDF.

jpost.com
Sep 30, 2026

Israel’s security and IDF bases are not mere backdrops for election campaign videos.

jpost.com
Sep 30, 2026

Security threats must be handled professionally and responsibly.

jpost.com
Sep 30, 2026

All the spin the mouthpieces are putting out now only proves what was already clear yesterday: They are once again trying to play cheap politics at the expense of Israel’s security. A reckless bunch.

jpost.com
Sep 30, 2026

I want to make this clear. Nothing even resembling the aircraft incident this morning appeared in the security briefing with the prime minister last night. Nothing similar, nothing reminiscent of it, not even a hint.

jpost.com
Sep 9, 2026

The British government's decision to impose boycotts and sanctions on Israel is a serious mistake. It is a wrong and dangerous policy, at the wrong time and for the wrong reasons.

jpost.com
Jul 29, 2026

I call on the government to immediately instruct all relevant authorities to concentrate and deploy every resource necessary to re-examine every possible investigative direction, and to update both the family and the public on the steps…

jpost.com
Jul 29, 2026

I passed the 20-point plan, I did it just to bend Netanyahu’s arm into it.

jpost.com
Jul 29, 2026

Elizabeth Warren, John Ossoff and Tim Kaine are not the enemy. The Democratic Party is not the enemy.

jpost.com
Jul 29, 2026

If a minister stands over a large group of handcuffed activists lying on the floor of a detention facility, waving a flag and mocking them, fire him.

jpost.com
Jul 29, 2026

If a minister in your government says a nuclear bomb should be dropped on Gaza, fire him.

jpost.com
Jul 29, 2026

The first step is obvious to restoring Israel’s reputation, Send into retirement Benjamin Netanyahu and his group of extremists who are tearing us apart at home and abroad.

jpost.com
Jul 29, 2026

In the face of challenges

jpost.com
Jul 29, 2026

Don't give up on Israel

jpost.com
Jul 23, 2026

I can't explain just how much this is a total failure of Netanyahu's. That's his job. His job is to prevent a Saudi nuclear program.

npr.org
Jul 1, 2026

These elections were contaminated, and Netanyahu’s private attorney cannot be appointed to the role.

jpost.com
Jul 1, 2026

I welcome the High Court’s decision to freeze the appointment of the state comptroller.

jpost.com
Jun 24, 2026

[Netanyahu is] giving our money to the haredim and helping the draft dodgers instead of exacting justice from them.

jpost.com
Jun 24, 2026

Israel needs a new agreement, a fair agreement between the government and its citizens - an agreement that says we are all building this country together.

jpost.com
Jun 17, 2026

It can be fixed, it must be fixed. Netanyahu can no longer fix it, we will do it.

dailycaller.com
Jun 17, 2026

One of the most shocking failures in Israel’s foreign and security policy … entirely registered in Netanyahu’s name

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