“We came to the Knesset and the government to cooperate, to work with others, to connect between people to get things done, not to get involved in fights. Except that everything we did, every change, every correction, we had to fight against corruption that is difficult to imagine, against all those who don’t care about the country but only about their interests,” says Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid when he presents his list to the Knesset.
“Today there is a 300% increase in young ultra-Orthodox people looking for work and a 40% increase in enlistment into the IDF, and we ensured that core curriculum subjects are taught in schools, the Nahari Law was cancelled and we standardized the winter clock change and cut the budgets for yeshivot. That’s what happens when a group of committed people comes along and says, ‘It’s a fight for our country,'” Lapid adds.
“We learned that if we really want to change something then there is no alternative but to put the knife between our teeth and fight for it. So that’s what we did. That’s what we’re doing. It’s a fight for our country,” says the Yesh Atid leader.
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