Lapid to Ultra-Orthodox: We don't hate you

The Ultra-Orthodox public knows that Israel's middle class is collapsing and can't underwrite them any longer, Yair Lapid said Tuesday at the first meeting of the Yesh Atid party at the Diaspora Museum in Tel Aviv.

"We don't oppose you – don't believe anyone who says we hate you," Lapid said. "We simply can't support you any more and can't serve the country by ourselves." (Attila Somfalvi)