Yair Lapid’s vapid comment shows us the rotten heart of the Israeli center It’s hard to explain the position Yair Lapid holds in Israeli public life, because there’s hardly any Western equivalent to think of. Lapid, the son of former justice minister Tommy Lapid – who was a prominent journalist and columnist for ages – is the anchor of the Channel 2 Friday night magazine show, one of the most watched in the country; He also writes a weekly column in the most popular weekly supplement, Yediot’s “7 Yamim”. On top of all this, he is expected to follow his…