Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid praises the prime minister for backtracking on the decision to enact de facto segregation of Palestinian laborers on Israeli buses, but says “you can’t imagine what damage has already been done out there.”
“All the media outlets in the world are reporting on Israel as if we are doing this separation,” he says.
Lapid urges the government to hire security guards to man the buses.
“A government that wastes billions on its corrupt coalition deal ought to fund 20 security guards on buses instead of causing this kind of damage to Israeli security and its foreign affairs.”
There is “nothing more important” than ensuring the safety of Israel’s citizens, he asserts. “We don’t want another Gil-ad, Naftali, and Eyal,” he says, referring to the kidnapping and killings of three Israeli teenagers last year.
Leader of the Yesh Atid party, MK Yair Lapid at the swearing-in ceremony for the 20th Knesset in Jerusalem, on March 31, 2015. (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)
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