Yesh Atid chairman Yair Lapid says Israel should not give in to “threats” over its request that the United States move its embassy to Jerusalem.
“I join the prime minister’s call to the president of the United States to move the US Embassy to Jerusalem,” he tells Yesh Atid MKs during a tour of the Six Day War memorial at Jerusalem’s Ammunition Hill.
“We cannot let the threat of riots influence us. Israel and the United States do not determine policy based on threats but on what is right and what is just. And there is nothing more just — historically and morally — than our connection to Jerusalem.”
“We are here to say that we are here to stay. Jerusalem will remain united forever,” he says, noting that the memorial site “symbolizes the great victory of the Six Day War.”
Referring to recent White House comments and Israeli media reports, Lapid says he welcomes efforts “to try to restart the diplomatic process” with the Palestinians.
“Like all the Israeli center — from Likud to Labor — Yesh Atid supports the principle of two states. It’s time to separate from the Palestinians, to divorce the Palestinians,” he says.
Yesh Atid leader MK Yair Lapid, center, flanked by MKs Aliza Lavie, second right, and Yoel Razvozov, right, at Jerusalem’s Ammunition Hill, May 15, 2017. (Courtesy)
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