Israel – Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu may have bested Yair Lapid in January’s election, but it was Lapid who made TIME magazine’s 100 most influential people list released on Thursday, while Netanyahu was left off.
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The list, published annually since 1999, places candidates into five categories: Leaders & Revolutionaries, Builders & Titans, Artists & Entertainers, Scientists & Thinkers, and Heroes & Icons, picking 20 from each list.
Lapid was listed as the sole Israeli figure among nominees in the “Leaders” category. Missing from the list this year was Netanyahu, who appeared on last year’s list as well as in 2011 as 80th most influential person among TIME’s readers.
“If the world at large views Israel through its conflict with the Palestinians, Lapid personifies the nation’s determinedly inward focus,” Karl Vick, Jerusalem bureau chief for TIME, penned for Lapid’s TIME profile.
Vick wrote of the finance minister’s “campaign on economic justice” stating that he has been dealing with Israeli domestic concerns. Lapid’s profile shed light on his confidence that he would triumph in the next election against Netanyahu, were he to run again. “He already has the swagger,” Vick wrote.
TIME magazine has been explicit in insisting that the Top 100 list should not necessarily be considered positively; the ranking measures the candidates for their influence on the world for better or for worse.
MK Dov Lipman from Lapid’s Yesh Atid party responded to his inclusion on the list excitedly, saying, “I knew that it was only a matter of time before the international community recognized Yair’s vision and leadership.”
The US-born Lipman added that “the new politics which he has brought to Israel is already changing Israel for the better and this will, no doubt have a major impact on the world. On a professional level I am proud to be a member of Yair’s political party and on a human level I am honored to be his friend.”
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who cares about TIME they had barry obama for 2 years as the man of the year… thier list is worth nothing
He is a powerfull leader of Am Yisroel. King Achov was not a Shomer Torah at all, and HKB”H said that Hashem wants to go for a walk (L’Tayyel) as a threesome, HKBH, Dovid Hamelech and Achov Hamelech.
Hashem did not say this about any other Gedolim that we know about.
People forget that the finance ministry is the quicksand of Israeli politics.
Achav had the distinction of UNITING Am Yisrael. Maybe it’s time to study Tanach;)
I wont argue with you becuase i wouldn’t want to have a hand in you being a Megalah Ponim B’Torah Shelo K’halacha.But understand well if Achov was offered L’Tayyel then chas v’shalom to compare him to any Israeli leader.
End of discussion.
This article is more bad news for Haredim.
The days of Haredi blackmail, draft-dodging, and tax-evading in Eretz Yisroel are over.
Perhaps they should consider massive “Aliyah” to Lakewood?