Of the current leaders I know, if I was Jewish Lapid seems the most reasonable to me. He sincerely seems to prefer good relations rather than hatred of Arabs. . He argues to focus on science in the Israeli education system. He wants to defend a demographically Jewish states but isn’t afraid to discuss, in a principled fashion, the minority issues that every nation must face. He’s not a communist or far right. He supports a mixed economy so Jews that aren’t wealthy also have access to health care. education and other essential services. He doesn’t allow himself to be bullied around by the leftist “human rights’ groups or far right elements in Israeli society. He’s not a war hawk like Netanyahu but no doubt would defend Israel if pushed in a corner. He projects calm rather than hysteria.
Lapid reminds me a lot of Mitsotakis. A portion of Greeks on the right hate Mitsotakis because they feel he isn’t nationalistic enough. And Greek leftist all hate him because they ridiculously claim he is “far right” or “fascist’. Although I don’t’ agree with everything he says and does, thus far he’s done a good job of defending Greek interests and without going down the path of hating the other, Relative to conditions after the disaster we made our government finances in every metric Greece is better today.