In this Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012 photograph, Yair Lapid, a popular former TV anchorman and  head of the new centrist party Yesh Atid delivers a speech in the Ariel college of Judea and Samaria in the West Bank Jewish settlement of Ariel. Four prominent Israeli TV anchors and news pundits are leaving their jobs and running for parliament in Israels upcoming elections, reflecting the rising star power of media personalities for an electorate that has long had a penchant for former army generals. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
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