Lapid says he’d join coalition with Haredim

20 January 2015, 2:13 pm

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Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid confirms that he has made peace with Shas leader Aryeh Deri and would not rule out sitting in a coalition with ultra-Orthodox parties.

Speaking in the Ynet video studio, Lapid answered a question regarding comments by Deri and said: “We have made peace on a personal level; our disagreement was initially personal. I am not enthusiastic about the notion that convicted felons will be part of the Israeli government but I do not reject anyone.”

Deri served two years for graft.

Earlier this morning, Deri told Ynet, “We [I and Lapid] made peace, there are no personal problems, he came to me at the Knesset several months ago, he asked… I don’t think we have a personal problem, our problem is about values and vision.”