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=== Israel === [[File:Yesh Atid Election Night Party.jpg|thumb|[[Yair Lapid]] addressing supporters on election night in 2013]] In an article for ''[[Israel Hayom]]'' in 2012, conservative [[Knesset]] member [[Tzipi Hotovely]] named Israeli politician [[Yair Lapid]] and his [[Yesh Atid]] (There Is a Future) party as examples of "the radical center" in Israel, which she warned her readers against.<ref name=Hotovely>[[Tzipi Hotovely|Hotovely, Tzipi]] (3 May 2012). "[http://www.israelhayom.com/opinions/beware-the-radical-center Beware 'the Radical Center']" ''[[Israel Hayom]]''. Retrieved 22 April 2018.</ref> In 2013, [[Yossi Klein Halevi]] β author of books addressing Israelis and Palestinians alike<ref>[[Yossi Klein Halevi|Halevi, Yossi Klein]] (2001). ''At the Entrance to the Garden of Eden: A Jew's Search for God with Christians and Muslims in the Holy Land''. William Morrow. {{ISBN|978-0-688-16908-4}}.</ref><ref>Halevi, Yossi Klein (2018). ''[[Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor]]''. Harper. {{ISBN|978-0-06-284491-0}}.</ref> β explained why he voted for Lapid, saying, in part: <blockquote>He emerged as the voice of middle class disaffection, yet included in his [[Party-list proportional representation|[party] list]] two Ethiopians, representatives of one of the country's poorest constituencies. ... Yair has sought dialogue. ... Some see Yair's Israeli eclecticism as an expression of ideological immaturity, of indecisiveness. In fact it reflects his ability β alone among today's leaders β to define the Israeli center. ... These voters agree with the left about the dangers of occupation and with the right about the dangers of a delusional peace.<ref>Halevi, Yossi Kleini (23 January 2013). "[http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-news-and-politics/122304/why-i-voted-for-yair-lapid Why I Voted for Yair Lapid]". ''[[Tablet (magazine)|Tablet]]''. Retrieved 23 April 2018.</ref></blockquote> In 2017, Lapid and his party were surging in the polls.<ref>Author unacknowledged (29 December 2017). "[https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/lapid-would-win-big-while-gabbay-would-crash-poll-suggests-1.5629967 Lapid Would Win Big While Gabbay Would Crash, Poll Suggests]". ''[[Haaretz]]''. Retrieved 24 April 2018.</ref> In May 2020, following three elections, Lapid was named leader of the opposition in Israel.<ref>Gross, Paul (May 2020). "[https://fathomjournal.org/yair-lapids-is-now-the-leader-of-israels-democracy-camp/?highlight=Paul%20Gross Yair Lapid Is Now the Leader of Israel's 'Democracy Camp']". ''[[Fathom Journal]]''. Retrieved 10 June 2020.</ref><ref>Heller, Aron (21 May 2020). "[https://www.timesofisrael.com/new-opposition-leader-lapid-says-netanyahu-embarrassing-israel New Opposition Leader Lapid Says Netanyahu 'Embarrassing' Israel]". ''[[The Times of Israel]]''. Retrieved 10 June 2020.</ref> A month prior, Lapid had written an essay in which he described his version of centrism as "the politics of the broad consensus that empowers us all. Together, we are creating something new".<ref>Lapid, Yair (22 April 2020). "[https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/only-the-center-can-hold-democracy-and-the-battle-of-ideas Only the Center Can Hold: Democracy and the Battle of Ideas]". ''[[The Times of Israel]]''. Retrieved 10 June 2020.</ref>
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