is lapid this the future torch?

i want lapid to become our next prime minister.. he is novel and fresh and intelligent and relevant.. this is what we need..

dear 16 year old me..

champions at dialogue..

the israeli team one this year for the english as a second language category.. very proud..

proud resident..

i am a third generation telavivian and proud of my amazing little town..

tentative hope..

with the region crumbling and things falling apart left right and centre.. with the americans and iranians playing chicken over the us presence in the gulf and with every country in the region experiencing local political mini explosions sometimes its hard to keep the faith..

you wake up in a worry.. how will our future look.. what will our families have to deal with.. why is it so hard for people to get a long.. etc etc..

and then you get a piece like this and you try to convert it into hope..

israeli (arab) soldier girl..

obviously the arab media finds this one monaliza (as she appears to be called) interesting.. i wonder if i can find an israeli piece on this.. in the interview in hebrew you can hear her rhetorically asking "i live here.. arent i supposed to contribute?"

1sand..

i just found an interesting piece about another arab female israeli combat soldier called elinor joseph here.. and heres an english version of that story..

milk is bad.. (part hebrew part english)