Is Zvi Shahar Lapid's cousin or not? • The debate that is tearing the internet apart

February 3, 2020   

First, the news: Over the past 24 hours, Blue and White senior leader Yair Lapid and an engineer named Zvi Shahar have been engaged in a heated debate that is stirring up social media - are they cousins ​​or not? The story began when Zvi Shahar filmed a video in which he identified himself as Lapid's cousin, declaring that he was voting for Bibi - and that in fact Lapid's entire family would vote for Netanyahu. Lapid, in response, instead of doing what smart people do - that is, ignoring - explained on his Facebook page that this man is simply not related to him and has no cousins ​​at all. Here is his response: "The man who is not my cousin. "Look at the man in this video. His name is Zvika. He went up on a Facebook page of Bibiists. He received thousands of shares. It shows a man who claims to be my cousin, and yet he and his entire family only vote for Bibi. Then he continues to slander me with a smile full of pleasure. This man is a liar. He is not my cousin. I have never met him. I have no cousins ​​at all. I don't even have uncles. Both of my parents have no brothers or sisters. "Whoever spread this video helped him lie. This is an entire system that never stops spreading lies and slander. About three IDF chiefs of staff. About the rule of law. About unity with Israel. The worst thing is that because of so many lies, it's impossible to believe anything anymore. We stop believing even honest people. So Zvika, if you wanted people to talk about you, you succeeded. Maybe someone will even make you an item now on some show. The man who is not my cousin. How sad." Zvi Shahar did not remain unfazed. Today he explained on Lapid's page that he is the grandson of Lapid's great-grandmother's brother, and therefore they are definitely fourth cousins. "Hello Yair, it's a shame you don't check because I don't say things that are incorrect: "So you are the son of Shulamit Lapid, whose father is David Giladi, the son of Piga-Fanny Klein, who is the sister of Mordechai Schwartz, who is the father of Yehoshua Schwartz and I am the son of Zvika Schwartz (Shachar). From this it turns out that we are fourth cousins. All of this appears in the book 'Lekoti Shlomo' - a collection book written by Shlomo Zalman Klein, the husband of Piga-Fanny, Mordechai Schwartz's sister. "Years ago we would meet at family events and in addition, Polly-Batzi, David Giladi's brother, prepared me for my bar mitzvah. "And you can also ask Zephaniah and Mecham Trebitsch about me. "I'm sure your mother Shulamit can help you." Yair, if you were wondering, did not fall on the shoulders of the lost cousin - but responded: "We'll meet in court." The surfers, as expected of them, did not ignore the juicy debate, and responded with stinging attacks against the two.