“I’m going to say this as politely as I can,” Mr. Lapid said. They are the most pro-Israel people I know.” Mr. Lapid said one of his priorities if he wins would be to rebuild support for Israel among progressives. “I understand the fact that some kind of gap was opened between Israel and the diaspora,” Mr. Lapid said of this problem. And what we need to go back to is this vocabulary of one people.”It is when Mr. Lapid talks about Jewish values and Jewish history that he is the most compelling. His name was Thomas Lantos,” Mr. Lapid said.

Source: New York Times March 19, 2019 16:54 UTC