Prime Minister Yair Lapid will enter Balfour this week, and I, like a large public, am full of hope.
The good spirit that surprised us all at the joint announcement of Bennett and Lapid on the end of the government days, the spirit of paragon and friendship, determination and preference for the common good over self-interest, is the spirit that restores trust in statehood, respect for state symbols and representatives, and the readiness of each To give as much as we can.
We met when he was writing his book "My Heroes" about biblical figures.
He understands the Jewish-Israeli story from the beginning.
At his parents' home, he learned the value of the national home, and he will fight for our right to live in Israel with security as members of the household.
He knows how to tell the Jewish-Hebrew story so that old people with young people see themselves in it.
Lapid knows where we came from and knows how to formulate where we are going.
Yair Lapid has a special talent for human beings.
He knows how to see, understand and form partnerships with men and women who are similar to him and different from him.
He is curious and he is quick to understand.
It is a necessary talent for those who will lead a government built on a coalition.
The wisdom of the Israeli system of government requires moderation.
The method aims to create a center that contains complexity and prevent a unilateral government.
Lapid is a central figure, and therefore uses the method of forming a joint government and does not fight it or is clever enough to create a government that "wins" the other half of the people.
"I'm about 70 years old"
Yair Lapid's graying hair testifies to the maturity to which he reached good and evil in struggles - victories and failures.
He renewed in Israeli politics the mistake of admitting, the generosity.
Is that which included the ability to correct while in motion.
Yesh Atid's hive is made of women and young men with independent talent and opinion.
Loyalty and determination do not stem from fear, but from affection and appreciation.
Torch is a moral person.
All citizens of Israel will feel the fairness of his position along with the clarity of the identity of the state as the national home of the Jewish people in the Land of Israel.
Incorporating democratic values in a nation state is a challenge, but not impossible.
Lapid is a family man.
It is charged on Saturday evenings as the tribe gathers for Shabbat dinner - as a boxer returning to the corner of the arena to rest, wipe off sweat and refresh before returning for another round.
Lapid knows first-hand what happens to a family raising a special child.
He recognizes human vulnerability, and precisely out of an understanding of gentleness and the need for compassion knows how to use force when necessary.
It seems to me that Balfour will once again be a place of hope.
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