Yair Lapid and Israel

Israel: Israels finance minister made a passionate plea for peace Monday, saying his country must do everything in its power to reach an accord with the Palestinians since the current situation posed a threat to the future of the state of Israel, according to The Chronicle Herald. Every moment in which we do not separate from the Palestinians is a downright threat to the existence of Israel as a Jewish state, he said. This is not a marriage that we seek with the Palestinians. This is a divorce and Yair Lapid, who heads the second largest party in parliament Yesh Atid, told a group of visiting Jewish-American leaders that if current peace talks collapse it will be nothing less than devastating to the welfare of Israeli citizens. But beyond risks to the economy, he said failure to establish a Palestinian state would leave Israel facing a demographic threat that could undermine its Jewish and democratic nature. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.