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Lapid Backs Settlement Blocs, Opposes Dividing Jerusalem


(Jerusalem Post) Herb Keinon - Political newcomer Yair Lapid, whose Yesh Atid party became the second largest in Israel's Knesset, winning 19 seats in Tuesday's elections, backs the retention of Ariel - an Israeli city in the West Bank, supports Israel's retention of other major settlement blocs, and is opposed to the division of Jerusalem. He says the capital represents the country's ethos, the reason the Jewish people are in Israel. These positions place him very much in the heart of the Israeli consensus.
2013-01-24 00:00:00
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