Yair Lapid, chairman of the Yesh Atid (“There is a Future”) party, met with students at Ono Academic College. During the meeting he addressed the disqualification of Hanin Zoabi by the Central Election Commission, saying, “Zoabi and Michael Ben Ari are identical twins. All of these extremists similar.” Despite this he affirmed that she is protected by freedom of speech. During the second part of the meeting, students asked Lapid pointed questions.
 

  • For the full Hebrew article on Yair Lapid's opposition to the disqualification of Hanin Zoabi on the Ynet site, click here.
  • You are invited to watch the full interview (Hebrew). Interviewer: Attila Somfalvi, a senior commentator at Ynet and student in the Ono Faculty of Law.

 

 

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