Yair Lapid, number two on the Yesh Atid list, responded to remarks by Elikim Stark, a United Torah Judaism candidate for the 26th Knesset, who said the situation of the ultra-Orthodox is "close to what it was in the Holocaust." Lapid wrote: "My father asked me to convey: I was in the Holocaust, I don't recall the IDF being there. There is one thing that ensures there will never be another Holocaust - a strong and proud Jewish army. The same army you encourage dodging."

