Lapid’s Mask Falls: “Equality” for Everyone — Except Arabs, Terror Supporters, and Anyone Who Isn’t Charedi

Yair Lapig openly admits his plan to strip voting rights applies only to Torah-observant Jews. This is not democracy. This is targeted discrimination.

Opposition leader Yair Lapid has finally said the quiet part out loud — and it is worse than anyone imagined.

On Sunday evening, Lapid clarified that his party’s proposal to revoke voting rights from those who “evade” military service would apply exclusively to Charedim — not to Israeli Arabs, and not to any other group that does not serve in the IDF.

Speaking on Kan News, Lapid declared:

“I don’t know who invented this phrase that voting rights are a sacred right… In a democratic country there are rights and obligations, and one depends on the other.”

Strong words.
But then comes the punchline — and the hypocrisy.

Lapid insists this would apply only to Charedi Jews, while Arab citizens — who overwhelmingly do not serve — would be exempt.

This is not about “sharing the burden.”
This is about singling out Torah Jews for punishment.

This is not about “equality.”
This is about vengeance, hatred, and political opportunism.

This is Lapid’s Israel:

• Arabs may keep full voting rights even if they never serve.
• Secular draft-dodgers keep theirs.
• Anyone else who avoids the army keeps theirs.
• Only Charedim lose their rights.

If this isn’t the dictionary definition of discrimination — what is?

Shas Fires Back: “Lapid’s hatred is exposed for all to see.”

Shas issued a blistering response:

“Lapid, who rushed to clarify that he did not intend to strip voting rights from Arabs — only from Charedim — has exposed his true colors and his deep hatred for Jews who are Shomrei Torah u’mitzvos.”

“According to Lapid, Jews who love the land, learn Torah, and daven daily for the safety of IDF soldiers are worth less than Arabs, some of whom openly support Palestinian terror. This is disgraceful.”

Lapid’s “civics lesson” reveals a simple truth:

He doesn’t care about equality.
He cares about targeting the one population he and his voters feel safe to demonize.

Agudas Yisrael MK Meir Porush: “Even antisemites overseas wouldn’t dare say this.”

MK Meir Porush added:

“Diaspora Affairs and Antisemitism Minister Shikli — you don’t need to search abroad for antisemites. Yair Lapid is right here in the Israeli parliament, voicing ideas that even antisemites overseas wouldn’t dare say out loud.”

He asked the obvious question, dripping with bitter sarcasm:

“What’s next — Lapid and Lieberman banning Charedim from traveling on Israeli roads because the asphalt was paid for with state funds?”

Sadly, given their track record, the question hardly feels exaggerated.

The Hypocrisy Exposed: Equality for All — Except Charedim

If Israel is truly a “state of laws,” then apply those laws equally:

• Arab citizens don’t serve in the IDF.
  Do they lose voting rights?
  No.
• Secular draft evaders also exist by the tens of thousands.
  Do they lose voting rights?
  No.
• National-service exemptions, medical exemptions, student exemptions — all untouched.
  Do any of them lose voting rights?
  No.

The only group Lapid wants to strip of civil rights is the one group he and his base feel comfortable attacking:
Charedi Jews who live according to Torah, love the land, and pray daily for its safety.

If “obligation equals rights” — then apply it universally.
If not — then stop pretending this is about equality.
It is about one thing:
Hatred dressed up as democracy.

Let’s Call This What It Is: Anti-Charedi Intimidation, Not Democratic Reform

This proposal is not democratic.
It is not fair.
It is not moral.
And it is certainly not about “sharing the burden.”

It is a political weapon designed to:

• inflame hatred,
• divide Israelis,
• attack Torah, and
• pander to the anti-religious elite.

Lapid knows he could never get away with stripping Arabs of voting rights — so he goes after the Charedim instead.

It is cowardice disguised as courage.
It is bigotry disguised as patriotism.
And it must be rejected with absolute clarity.

Because if democracy means anything (not that we believe in democracy, but they do), it means equal rights for all citizens — not just the ones Yair Lapid likes. Like Father Like Son!