Yair Zivan
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Author and Editor of “The Centre Must Hold”. Advisor to Former PM Yair Lapid, centrist, LCFC fan. UK - US -
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An incredibly powerful moment at the end of the memorial ceremony at Yad Vashem as
@POTUS
Biden gets down on one knee to speak to two Holocaust survivors.
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This is the modern equivalent of Holocaust denial. You’re seeing it in real time.
No amount of footage, forensic evidence, recordings, testimony or independent verification will convince the antisemites.
Decent people have a responsibility to see it, call it out and reject it.
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I would love to hear someone at the United Nations try to explain this. Seriously, what plausible reason could there be for this?
Israelis, across the political spectrum, have little to no faith in the UN, this is just one more reason why.
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Prime Minister Yair Lapid’s speech at
#UNGA
was full of a deep love for our beautiful country.
Thank you to
@StandWithUs
for this moving video.
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Smashing the windows of a Kosher restaurant in Amsterdam, firebombing a synagogue in Sweden, chants about killing Jews in London and Berlin. Europe, does any of this seem acceptable to you?
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Prime Minister Yair Lapid wishes our Jewish family across the world a Shana Tova 🍏🍯
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The past 18 months it has been the greatest privilege of my life to serve a Prime Minister I respect, a government I believe in and a country I love.
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“Terrorists have no immunity. They have no right to retaliate. They do not operate within the law. They live and operate outside the rules and we are justified in making them pay the price.”
@yairlapid
writes in
@TimesofIsrael
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Immediately after the vote in the Knesset, incoming Prime Minister Yair Lapid went to
@yadvashem
and there he said:
“I promised my late father that I will always keep Israel strong and capable of defending itself and protecting its children.”
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Peace is not a compromise. It is the most courageous decision we can make.
Peace is not weakness. It embodies within it the entire might of human spirit.
War is surrender to all that is bad within us. Peace is the victory of all that is good.
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The NY Times adds an Editors' Note at the bottom of column by convicted murderer Marwan Barghouti clarifying that he's a convicted murderer.
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Yair Lapid met with
@DouglasKMurray
today to discuss the war against Hamas and developments across the Middle East.
He also took the opportunity to thank him for being a voice of absolute moral clarity since the horrific events of October 7th.
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My strident opposition to Netanyahu and his coalition is clear but almost everything in this tweet is wrong:
1) Hezbollah has been firing at Israel since the start of the war, their attack was unprovoked and relentless, leaving tens of thousands of Israelis displaced.
Now, Israel is trying to start a war with Lebanon because they're running out of things to bomb in Rafah. Netanyahu is brazenly continuing the forever war that he has gleefuly brought Israel into. And Israeli citizens are rewarding him with higher poll numbers. Depressing.
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Thank you to Prime Minister
@kmitsotakis
of Greece for sharing “The Centre Must Hold” as one of his recommended summer reading books alongside other incredible books.
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Front page of the Iranian regime newspaper, Tehran Times, is a direct threat to indiscriminately attack Israeli civilians.
Now just imagine what would happen if this fundamentalist regime was allowed to develop a nuclear weapon.
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This is a ridiculous decision. It doesn’t represent Israel, it doesn’t represent our values.
The government should reverse this decision ASAP and Netanyahu should fire the Minister of Communications for the damage he has caused.
BREAKING: Israeli officials seize AP equipment and take down live shot of northern Gaza, citing new media law.
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From experience:
The IDF is checking the reports of the explosion at the hospital - carefully and professionally.
Hamas is quickly putting out unverified claims.
I don’t know what happened there yet but I do know that responsible media outlets shouldn’t jump to conclusions.
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I assume this goes without saying (but this is Twitter so apparently not) - the overwhelming majority of Israelis support the agreements being signed today, irrespective of their views about Netanyahu. These agreements are good for Israel and good for the region.
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Just landed in Berlin with Prime Minister
@YairLapid
, together with 5 Holocaust survivors, their children & grandchildren.
The survivors just walked off the plane, hand-in-hand with the Prime Minister of the Jewish state.
What an incredibly powerful moment.
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Yair Lapid reminds
@SkyNews
this evening that Israel’s war is with Hamas, a brutal terrorist organization that abuses schools and hospitals for terrorism.
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Departing now with Foreign Minister
@yairlapid
for an historic visit to the United Arab Emirates.
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Today the unique US-Israel relationship took another big step forward.
A privilege to work with Prime Minister
@yairlapid
today and every day.
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Another incredibly powerful night of protests across Israel. Over a quarter of a million Israelis took to the streets once again.
This week I was in Herzliya with
@yairlapid
and 12,000 people who love their country and are determined to protect it.
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The personal attacks on
@IlanGoldenberg
are disgraceful.
I've known Ilan for years and have spent hours and hours with him. We've debated, sometimes we agree and sometimes we don’t but he falls well within the camp of people that care deeply about Israel and our security.
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Final preparations for today’s UK-Israel strategic dialogue in London with
@yairlapid
as we take the relationship between the two countries to the next level.
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What I think
@PeterBeinart
is asking is when does a nation lose its right to self determination because you don’t like it’s policies.
If national self determination isn’t an inherent right anymore, he should lay out objective criteria for every nation and not just the Jews.
I want to echo a point
@YousefMunayyer
makes. If you don't agree that the traditional two state solution has become impossible, fine. But tell us where the line is for you. Otherwise two states is Godot or Moshiach--an excuse for never facing reality as it actually exists
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Arab Israeli support for a two state solution is over 80%, if any "discourse erases them " it is someone in America arguing for a one state solution.
I've lost count of the # of people telling me what "Israelis" believe when they actually mean "Israeli Jews." As in, "Virtually all Israelis support a Jewish state." Palestinian citizens are 20% of the population and yet American discourse erases them routinely.
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Miri Regev says no Prime Minister in Israel’s history has suffered from incitement like Netanyahu.
She must have just forgotten that a Prime Minister was assassinated as a result of incitement.
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The attempts by Netanyahu and his opponents to silence critics and blame the opposition or the families are the actions of cowards.
Our enemy is evil.
Our government has failed.
Both those can things be true at the same time. And they are.
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Speaker of the Knesset Amir Ohana - if we don’t like the Supreme Court decisions, we’ll set up our own court to replace it and we’ll decide who sits on it.
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I’m excited to announce the upcoming publication of my new book on why centrism is the answer to the extremism and polarization tearing society apart.
It’s available for pre-order on Amazon:
UK
@eandtbooks
US
@ArminLear
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Tribute by Foreign Minister
@yairlapid
to departing
@Jerusalem_Post
Chief Political Correspondent
@Gil_Hoffman
on his last day.
Gil has been a stalwart of the Knesset press corps and of English speaking journalism in Israel for nearly a quarter of a century.
Good luck Gil.
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Netanyahu went on TV and lectured the Israeli public tonight on how a responsible opposition should behave.
Netanyahu was leader of the opposition when Prime Minister Rabin was murdered after months of incitement.
Hypocrisy on another level.
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@PeterBeinart
Maybe try dealing with the criticism from Israelis attacking your essay? Those of us who live here and have to live with the consequences. Especially those of us who run to bomb shelters and have to send our children to the army but keep fighting for peace anyway.
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My piece in
@TheAtlantic
on why centrism offers a change of direction from the trends in global politics and why it’s the best way forward.
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Diaspora Affairs Minister giving diaspora Jews the middle finger.
What a perfect image to sum up the state of the current government.
ממשלת ישראל מינה את האדם הזה להיות השר שאחראי מטעם המדינה על הקשר עם יהדות התפוצות.
הוא עלה על מטוס לניו יורק, למצעד שאמור לייצג את ישראל והוציא אצבע משולשת ליהדות התפוצות.
ממשלת החורבן מלא מלא
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He’s had eleven months to build a strategy and bring them home. To win the war. To restore security.
Eleven months to take responsibility and let us start healing. To allow Israeli society to rebuild around a shared vision. None of that happened.
And now this tragedy.
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Heading home after a very succesful day with Foreign Minister
@yairlapid
in Cairo.
Met with the President, Foreign Minister and Intelligence Minister as we continue to strengthen the ties between our countries for the benefit of both peoples and the region as a whole.
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A) No-one marches us anywhere anymore. B) Obama isn't Hitler. C) Stop using the Holocaust for a cheap headline
Huckabee: "Obama "will take the Israelis and march them to the door of the oven."
http://t.co/fKPdyQq4UZ
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Passing the time between Knesset votes journalists are playing “What is Yair Lapid reading?”
So to answer the question he’s reading “The Great Debate” by
@NationalAffairs
editor Yuval Levin and he highly recommends it.
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Back after an inspiring and historic visit to Morocco with
@yairlapid
@IsraelMFA
Thank you to
@Marocdiplo_EN
for the hospitality and friendship. We look forward to building on this exciting new relationship in the months and years ahead.
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Quietly and behind the scenes, despite underfunding and a lack of support, there are amazing
@IsraelMFA
diplomats across the world doing everything they can to help Israelis who can’t get home.
They are far from home and working 24/7. They deserve our gratitude and respect 🇮🇱
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Politics is cynical and rough.
But being able to serve your country is the greatest privilege in the world.
And that’s what we’ll keep doing now, from the opposition.
Until we come back.
Soon.
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On the way to the Negev Summit with Foreign Minister
@yairlapid
- a historic gathering of friends in Israel.
#NegevSummit
#פסגת_הנגב
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Sometimes even the obvious needs to be said - Israel never targets journalists.
Foreign Minister
@yairlapid
in the
@WSJopinion
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An inability to bring back hostages for eleven months and then for them to be murdered is his failure.
If you can’t do a deal, if you think it’s impossible then find an alternative. If you can’t find an alternative, step aside.
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Coming back from an important meeting in Jordan between Prime Minister Lapid and King Abdullah II.
The relations between Israel and Jordan are a key pillar of a strong, prosperous and forward looking Middle East.
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This has been one of the darkest days since October.
We know we have enemies who hate us, who want to murder us, who are pure evil. We’ve always had enemies like that, maybe we always will.
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That’s his prerogative as Prime Minister and that’s what he did. He was warned of the consequences and he made his decision anyway.
That’s why the Prime Minister is responsible. It’s on him. The failure is his.
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This narrative about Hamas as some kind of humane hostage taker of babies and the elderly is truly bizarre.
My prediction - the more testimony that comes to light from released captives the more these sorts of tweets will become a source of huge embarrassment.
They were held in reasonable conditions, reportedly, though those held above ground lived with the fear of being killed in Israel's bombardment.
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Leader of the opposition and former prime minister Yair Lapid met President Macron in Paris today to discuss international efforts to bring the hostages home and to remove the threat of Hezbollah from Israel’s northern border.
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Congratulations to new Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
@wesstreeting
who called The Center Must Hold “a rallying cry against the siren calls of populism”.
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Beirut is one of the cities that Israelis often talk about as a place we’d love to go to when there is peace in the Middle East.
The compassion from the majority of Israelis after the explosion yesterday is genuine.
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But that doesn’t absolve the Prime Minister of responsibility for his failures.
The fact that we are facing an evil enemy doesn’t excuse his failure and the failure of his government.
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This is a chance to say thank you to
@yairlapid
for the opportunity to work for someone who is a model of leadership & integrity. Always calm under pressure, we were lucky to have him lead at critical junctions these past months, including moments people will never hear about.
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To suggest, as one prominent journalist did this weekend, that his appointment is symbolic of a threat to the Jewish people, is absurd. If you turn him into an enemy, you're writing off huge swathes of America.
Friends can disagree on policy without alarmism and hyperbole.
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Nadav is exactly right.
As we stay awake waiting for drones and missiles that Iran has fired at Israel, the world should focus on Iran’s threat to the region and beyond.
For more than 30 years, the Islamic Republic of Iran has built a regional empire dedicated to killing Israelis, exporting the revolution, and destroying or subduing Israel and any other country that does not agree to be part of its influence.
If not for Iran, October 7 would
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From today’s brilliant conversation between
@yairlapid
and
@AJCCEO
Ted Deutch at
#AJCGloFo
“You come here because you love the state of Israel and the people of Israel, not necessarily the government of Israel.”
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Seventy years ago, the Nazis sat in that building and planned the genocide of the Jewish people.
Today, five Holocaust survivors are sat inside with their grandchildren telling their stories to the Prime Minister of Israel and the Chancellor of Germany.
This is their victory.
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This is important.
@KenRoth
is trying to delegitimize the Israeli judicial system despite it being fiercely independent and one of the best in the world.
We should oppose it as strongly from people like him, as we do when it comes from the Prime Minister and his surroundings.
Former Israeli prime minister cancels planned trip to Switzerland over threat that he would be arrested for war crimes committed in Gaza in 2008-09. Increasingly impunity at home is leading to justice attempts abroad.
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Osama Bin Laden was an anti-western, anti-American, antisemitic terrorist. He was directly responsible for the murder of the thousands of men, women and children. He was the epitome of evil.
Confusing and concerning that this needs to be said in 2023.
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25 interviews.
15 languages.
Foreign Minister Yair Lapid getting Israel’s message out to the world.
On what Israel has to offer our friends and partners, how to prevent a nuclear Iran, a strategy for Gaza, regional cooperation and much more.
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These quotes from
@IDF
Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi’s Yom Hazikaron speech is what real leadership sounds like.
As the commander of the IDF during war, I bear the responsibility for the failure of the IDF to defend our civilians on October 7th. I carry its weight on my shoulders daily, and in my heart, I fully understand its significance.
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Prime Minister Yair Lapid just signed the historic maritime agreement with Lebanon.
This deal strengthens Israel’s security and economy and increases regional stability.
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There have been incredible moments and achievements we’ll look back on with satisfaction and pride. The Negev Summit, forming I2U2, the speech at the UN General Assembly, historic visits across the region & beyond, the deal with Lebanon, closer ties with Jordan & Egypt and more.
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Critical profile of Hamas leader Sinwar by
@NeriZilber
, read to understand who we’re fighting:
“He’s a sociopath. He would think nothing of sacrificing tens of thousands of lives, and more, to achieve his goals”
“he’s motivated by hatred, carnage, and the destruction of Israel”
Yahya Sinwar’s elimination is the primary objective of the escalating Israeli campaign to ‘destroy’ Hamas in Gaza
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Ismail Haniyeh was a moderate voice must be one of the worst takes during this war.
He was an extremist, murderous terrorist kingpin. He wore a suit and sometimes said things that were meant to sound better to western ears.
He was not, by any reasonable definition, a moderate.
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An important day of diplomacy for Foreign Minister
@yairlapid
with both the Indian and Swedish Foreign Ministers visiting Israel.
Bilateral meetings, new treaties, progress on key negotiations, public diplomacy and more.
The
@IsraelMFA
is keeping very busy!
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Taking off for an historic visit with
@yairlapid
to open the embassy of
@IsraelinBahrain
and meet with counterparts in Bahrain.
ממריא לביקור ראשון רשמי של שר ישראלי בממלכת בחריין 🇮🇱🇧🇭
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Over 10,000 in Beer Sheva
Over 50,000 in Haifa.
The protests in Israel continue to grow week after week.
We are fighting for our democracy and for the values of the Declaration of Independence. And we won’t ever give up.
ביחד עם יותר מ-10,000 מפגינים אדירים בבאר שבע, נלחמים על המדינה 🇮🇱
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As the commander of the IDF during war, I bear the responsibility for the failure of the IDF to defend our civilians on October 7th. I carry its weight on my shoulders daily, and in my heart, I fully understand its significance.
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Historic summit in Jerusalem with
@POTUS
@MohamedBinZayed
@narendramodi
@yairlapid
to discuss tackling global challenges together.
“In this partnership, each country & each partner brings their own strengths so that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.” - Yair Lapid
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Another huge moment in the Middle East as Saudi Arabia opens its air space for flights to and from Israel.
The decision comes after intensive Israel-US-Saudi diplomacy and is a major step forward in Israel’s integration into the region.
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The Prime Ministers of Spain and Belgium owe Israel an apology.
Their press conference yesterday, while we waited for the first of our hostages, was deeply cynical and insensitive.
Now Hamas has thanked them, the apology should come with an unequivocal condemnation of Hamas.
#ÚLTIMAHORA | Hamás agradece la "postura clara y audaz" de Sánchez y De Croo sobre la guerra en Gaza.
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But most of all it’s the people I’ve met and the behind the scenes moments that will stay with me. Sitting with the PM and our team just before important meetings, going over speeches one last time & making changes in the car, flying home together after a big international trip.
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Over a quarter of a million Israelis across the country are protesting tonight to protect our democracy 🇮🇱
כבר עכשיו - למעלה מרבע מיליון ישראלים בכל הארץ נלחמים על נשמתה של המדינה 🇮🇱
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2) Netanyahu has many faults and failures to answer for but Hamas started this war on October 7th. There was nothing “gleeful” about that day.
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And the people. Our incredibly close team which is a second family. The amazing team at the MFA and the PMO. The incredible leaders of Israel’s national security system at the NSC, MFA, IDF, Shin Bet and Mossad who work 24/7 to make the country safer & stronger & better.
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There is a positive way out of the current crisis in Israel.
A constitution for Israel based on the Declaration of Independence and a series of Basic Laws to codify the rights of every citizen and find a balance between the branches of government 🇮🇱
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End of a very busy few days with
@yairlapid
in Washington DC. Met with dozens of Members of Congress from both parties, made progress on some important issues for Israel and still had time for a quick game of chess.
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I’ve never understood this argument.
It’s not subjective.
Terrorism is a defined term.
A terrorist is someone who commits acts of terrorism.
What happened in Israel was terrorism.
The people who perpetrated it are terrorists.
British politicians know perfectly well why the BBC avoids the word ‘terrorist’, and over the years plenty of them have privately agreed with it. Calling someone a terrorist means you’re taking sides and ceasing to treat the situation with due impartiality. The BBC’s job is to
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The Middle East is our home.
We are here to stay. Forever. And we call upon every Muslim country — from Saudi Arabia to Indonesia — to recognize that, and to come talk to us. Our hand is outstretched for peace.
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If the Iranian regime gets a nuclear weapon, they will use it.
The only way to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon, is to put a credible military threat on the table.
And then – and only then – to negotiate a longer and stronger deal.
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Last night
@yairlapid
showed the kind of unifying leadership Israel desperately needs in these challenging times.
His special address inspired people across country and gave them a sense of hope.
A translation has been published by
@TimesofIsrael
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Amichai Eliyahu’s comments are morally abhorrent, insulting to the families of the hostages and hugely damaging to the legitimacy we need to achieve our military objectives.
The only right course of action is for Netanyahu to fire him this morning.
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A moving opportunity to pay our respects at the Mausoleum of Mohammed V as we start Foreign Minister
@yairlapid
official visit to Morocco 🇮🇱🤝🇲🇦
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Proud to work
@IsraelMFA
every day but especially today.
This morning I instructed that the Pride flag be raised for the first time ever at the Foreign Ministry to mark Pride Month. The MFA & its employees bring a message of tolerance, unity & freedom.
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Tel Aviv beach at sunset.
Is there anywhere better than this in the world?
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Yes, it’s the fifth time.
But voting is a right and a privilege.
And today, maybe more than ever, every vote will matter.
Go vote 🇮🇱
#Israelex22
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I want to tell you about Shlomo Ron.
I don’t know him or his family.
I never met him.
But I’ve read his story over and over again today.
His smiling face won’t leave me.
His heroism astounds me.
The world should know his name.
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“There is a desire to move back to what the center offers and that's an embrace of words that have slipped out of fashion in politics - compromise, moderation, pragmatism, nuance, complexity. Those aren't things that should scare us in politics, they're things we should embrace."
It was great talking to
@MarquardtA
on
@CNN
about The Center Must Hold and why centrism is the answer to the extremism and polarization which is threatening our societies.
If you want to hear more about centrism, the book is available on Amazon
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Great meeting today between
@yairlapid
and
@ABZayed
in Italy.
Fascinating discussion about the region and strategic relations between the countries.
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3) If Israel went to elections today, Netanyahu’s coalition would lose by a wide margin, his personal approval ratings are low and the vast majority of the public thinks he should resign.
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“I suppose someone will say that it is anti Semitic” to blame the Jews for an antisemite murdering Jews.
Yes, everyone will. Because it is antisemitic and because you, Jenny Tonge, are an antisemite.
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