Mister Lapid I would like to share my friday night meal at baruch marzel here in chevron, sitting next to me were 2 guys who live in Tel Aviv. We shmoozed about the world, they had spent 2 monthes in ny and how people were polite.. and you know your back in israel when you get into the israeli passport line and everyone shoves you aside. I can assure you that the line skippers, shovers and punch throwers are not religious... We also discussed how arsim go out friday night to incite the chareidim by blasting music and speeding down the street.. I have been all over the world and I can assure you that this behaviour will have your car stoned in almost any place. I forgot to mention that these 2 guys had spent their army service (Lavie) in chevron area.. The "attacking idf soldiers" would be on part of your leftist buddy's who beat soldiers and attack them.. and dont even serve in the army anyways.. In fact Mr Lapid.. the "IDF" looks more like a dati leumi beit keneset than anything else.. I know the reality hurts you... everyone of my friends has 1 or 2 bars on their shoulder and they are all religious right.. You talk about the Left having their dreams murderd, as if I should shed tears about your fantasy's ? What about those that lived in Gush Katif that were thrown from their homes ? what happend to their dreams ? you care not I am sure.. What about those Israeli's who were murderd due to the "leftist dreams" I am sure you dont care about them either. Yes the right paid the price for your stupid dreams, they paid the price in dead soldiers for the bungled war fought by tip toing softheads.. they paid the price because you leftists are too cowardly tho pay anything. Blame the chareidim, blame the settlers, blame the secular soccer fans.. because like the arabs you will never accept any blame.

Dear elitist journalists: you are only echo-chambering amongst yourselves, getting paid by the elite you serve. The common people don't go for this nonsense of yours.

lastly...as i knew i would not win the trial .i said with the hand of Amr not with my hand .it is not religouse or secular but it is logic /// so try to give your problem to the others if it is a failed one /and then the others do the solution the other is not honest but not myselfe

stupidist article i have every read

You can all decry him, deny him, but he's got a sense of acuity (oh look it up!) that ought to frighten you and make you stop and think again and again and again-before there's nothing left to tear at.

And Grossman snubbed the Prime Minister - he knows a thing or too as well. Lapid isn't alone

Shalom Yair , Thanks for the update ; i appreciate your apprehension and advice and will follow up as you suggested your idea makes practical sense infinite blessings , Sahra Merrill Kott

very poorly written and clearly not intellectual, logical, nor clever. agree with the waste of space, and waste of lapids time - probably took him 2 days to pull it together!

I mentioned this before, I'm not such a leftist that my right hand can't see what my left brain part is thinking.... I set myself left of the middle/center (an institution or standpoint not very popular since Moda'i went to the Likud many years ago). For one part, I am quite content when I see Jews being rough, pushy and "Masters". It is at least a good insurance against the dangers when a new Holocaust would start. No way that we would go to the slaughterhouse without fighting to the last person. That is what the last Holocaust has tought us and we learned our lesson well. Too well, actually..... So I also do agree with Yair Lapid. We need to get back to self respect and dignity. It is easy to copy the behavior of our enemies but there is a time and a place for everything. In the army as soldiers we can let the beast out. But not in civil life.

There are a lot of points which are not clearly expressed in this article. Does the author mean that we tried to reach out to our neighbors but we got only hatred and violence in return? Does the author mean that once again we have to fight for survival? Does the author mean that once again we are ready to fight for survival? Does the author mean that once again we are struggling to get rid of a bankrupted but resilient "elite"? Does the author mean that the people is always right despite and against all the leftist luminaries?

family business you can join? Whatever makes you think that you're a journalist of any degree. PLEASE! I hear Tommy calling you - *bo habayta!*

From someone whose father headed the Israeli White People's party that is pretty strong stuff. What is Shinui coming back with Le Pen as it's head, that would be marginally worse.

Yair, you must be the most insecure man (boy) in Israel. You have no talent and little intelligence. It's amazing how far you can go in this country with the right nepotism! Do the country a favor: change your shirt to another color every so often, move to a pork loving country, and live off of some fancy pension that you haven't earned. Most importantly, please for human decency stop writing so that you can stop making the rest of the normal Jews feel sick!

argh... the assumed intellectual and moral superiority of the bolsheviks and their ilk lives on...

Clearly you seem to have a issue with the right.. as if we on the right hold exclusive rights to hate and violence. You compare soccer fans to 1938 germany... what a gross distortion and disgrace to the jews (my family included) that sufferd. As if.... the left has no violent soccer fans ? as if the left has no "brown shirt" hooligans ? Trust me yasamnikim are pretty brutal.. I am not going to compare em to nazi's g-d forbid because a jew is a jew (well most are) Maybe these fans resemble 1938 germany, you and lapid and the rest remind me of 1947 israel.. where out of pure hate they sunk a ship with much needed arms killing 16.. I fear another Kahane assasination.. another noam federman 3 year administrative detention.. there are currently 20+ jewish men banned from their homes in judea and samaria.. You sound like a facist... "we need facism to defeat communism" I suggest you review history.

By adding insulting hateful personal comments about the author, you are just confirming his point that there is an alarming rise of intolerance, anger and close-mindedness in our society. It's time to learn, you want to disagree and be taken seriously - keep your arguments above the street market level. The repeating theme in these comments is "we disagree, so you are stupid and we don't want to listen to you". How does that contradict to what he is saying?

hOW SORRY i AM, BUT LAPID IS RIGHT. WAKE UP

A sports arena is no place to determine the "temperature" of the nation--nor is the airport. Citing these examples only fuels the primitive panic that you describe so well;it does not in any way reflect the depth of concern which characterises the serious concerns of Israelis--left and tight of center.

I wait with bated breath to read the english translations of your articles which I read in Hebrew in the friday paper and always want to send to friends and family abroad. It has been ages since an article was translated. I especially want the article from Friday the 28th and Friday the 21st. Please try to see to translastions quicker

The hatred goes back all the way to Abraham, Sarah and Haggar. They hate because Ishmael was banished while Isaac was chosen. If you think that too esoteric, men hate women because Eve offered Adam the apple. Solution - Adam has to take responsibility for eating the apple - Eve did not force it down his throat. Men have to take responsibility for their mistakes and not blame women. Ishael has to take responsibility for his banishment. He was sent away because he was trying to eliminate Isaac. He was influenced to by his mom because she wanted to be the mother of a great nation. The Muslims are not able to step into this level of responsibility because the victim card is working in their favor so they have no insentive to change course. All the Israelis can do to win is become enlightened. Enlightenment means you know the truth about who you are. You know that the problem is ego, an idea of separation, and the solution is an idea of oneness. It means a shift in consciousness, which opens the door to a shift in consciousness on the side of the Muslims. Until then the battle will continue to rage. If the Adam and Eve story is healed, the Isaac and Ismael story will heal simuntaneously. The apple is the making of ego to replace God as source. Ego is an imposter and also the full power of God turned againt ourselves so a formidable foe. We can only be victorious by turning to God completely, totally. With God all things are possible. Shalom PS - I was raised a Christian and married a Jew and by God's grace have attained enlightenment so am in a postion to help. Chomping at the bit... Want peace with all my heart. Want it with a passion. Cannot stand the pain and suffering in this world. See the problem is ego and our expedient solution is ego's nothingness. We overcome it by LOOKING at it rather than chasing symptoms. Muslim hatred is a symptom of alliance with ego... Your brother's alliance with ego, but also your alliance with ego. Ego pits brother against brother. Its only purpose is its survive, and at everyone's expense. It is time to see who our real enemy is. www.notguiltybyyaani.com