hates Israel for what they have done and continue to do to Palestinians. Instead of advising Egyptians look into your own dark souls and inhumanity.

Logical solutions. The whole state of "Israel" is based on biblical myth and you dare to talk about logical? Pls, don't try to debate this fact, as according to the bible, the civilization is only 5000 years old.

If Egyptian intellectual blames Israel for Egypt's ills this person is hardly an intellectual and talking to such person is only waste of time. On the other hand true intellectual does not need to answer all this nonsense:

"Does Israel prevent young Egyptians from finding honest work offering decent pay? Did we prompt your officials to plunder the public coffers? Did we forge your election results? Did we prevent you from building a public healthcare system? And what about an education system? Modern agriculture? Developed industry?"

True intellectual would feel insulted.

Ihab, the only thing that keeps the Middle East in a reasonably peaceful condition is the existence of Israel. Your governments (so far) have managed to easily divert the attention of ordinary people from the real problems to "evil occupation". If Israel somehow disappears (don't hold your breath, because it won't happen), your artificial countries, which are the remnants of the Ottoman empire, will create havoc, trying to destroy each other. Just look at your own country, divided along sectarian lines, and imagine the same ferocious conflict BETWEEN the Arab nations. You still have centuries to go to reach the level of democratic, social and technological development of Israel. Good luck.

This comment brings self-hating non-sense to a new low. I would like to meet the Israeli who set a goal of preventing arab prosperity and then ask him, on behalf of jews everywhere, what tricks he has up his sleeve to ensure his own prosperity. That Israel stunted Egyptian growth by giving it American money is absurd on multiple levels. Even if Israel could control that evil money, let the Egyptians turn it down if it is so damaging. Moron. Let Hashem send you the speedy recovery you deserve.

Boy - the english of the syrian eagle is real good and the hebrew is very poor. Sounds like someone is trying to protray someone he is not. Here's some news, eagle. take a shovel and did in Israel. You will find coins that are a thousand years old, in Hebrew. This is jewish land and has so been since pre-temple time. You are not a good arab imitator and your anti-semitism makes you a terrible christain.

He's a good writer but where is the courage when there is nobody firing back. Lapid is such a pussy when he interviews tough guests like Yoav Galant. His questions are embarrasingly weak and he never goes for the kill. The reason Galant appeared on Lapid's show and not London & Kirshenbaum is he knew he could show up drunk and expect weak questions.

Intellectual is an abused term. It is a nice label for the elites who want to justify that they are members of the elite class. Not necessarily smarter, wiser or better than anyone else so a self-applied label is helpful. I feel sorry for Egyptians in that they have put their hope that there will be a real change in their society and all they have succeeded in doing was to switch the picture of Mubarak on the banners with some other functionary. They deserve much better than another military junta..

Egyptian Jews; the first victims of Egyptian dictators.

I started reading this journal's articles after the Tunisian revolution, just because I was curious to know the israelis impressions of it. Yair Lapid surprised me with his opinion! good to know there are jew in israel who really want to hold a dialogue with arabs!

Av-Ram then Av-Raham that is myth. Mohammed is a myth, Jesus is a myth. Zeus is a myth, as is Krishna and Buddha. Intellectuals who are so daft to blindly followprimitive constructions are worthless.

A post of your where you speak only of the faults of Arab countries, without criticizing and smearing Israel? Seemed like you were sick or something. But thank goodness you made sure to set things back to normal with your last sentence.

What wasn't to blame for Israel's problems? Arabs, UN, EU, Amnesty Int , China, Islam, Socialism, Russians, Obama, Turks, Iran, Saddam...the world in general.

Most Israelis are passionate about peace and eager for dialogue and good neighbors, despite the many challenges to get there. Israelis are also comfortable with argument, and welcome different opinions, even critical ones. It's a shame more people do not know this, but I'm glad that you have discovered it. Tell your friends! Come visit Israel at meet with people and with the government!

the balance is broken in an incoherent world justice falls dead patience is running out destroying the soul the answer is hidden away little time remains for this poor planet it supports and resists both improvision present with very few ideas will taking trash out what you see isn´t really reality our eyes deceive us pure greed and lies we given that not we think pure ambition and lies give us so that we do not act who can see will know to demostrate how to do it patience just destroy the calm the answer is hidden away little time is this poor planet that supports and resists both what you see is not really reality eyes deceive us pure greed and lies give us so that we can not think pure greed and lies give us so that we do not act who can see you know show how to do it

Hello Ezra, my good friend! Firstly, I am Syrian by 100% (father and mother are Syrians). Secondly, you do not want to accept that there Syrians who know English very well. The reason is that you want your enemies to be backwarded and under-developed. Any progress of your enemies (including enhanced language skills) will worry you and you will regard this as a threat to your security. I know I would find coins in Hebrew. But guess what... You will find them everywhere... There were jews a long time ago. You are right. There were jews who were peacefully living with non-jews. However, you must admit that many of those jews later converted to christianity or Islam (or first to christianity and then to Islam). However, israyel is nothing else than jewish infiltrators. These jews were always living in Europe and then came to occupy the land of the Palestinians. Finally, let me emphasize that I am not anti-semit (I can not be anti-semit because I am Arab). I am just Anti-zionists and pro-justice, pro-freedom, pro-democracy and pro-progress! But it is good that you are in the US, Ezra. That is a very good decision for you and your family and your future children. You provided them with security. I hope that the other israyielis will follow you soon! Have a nice day!

so with yair lapid, he is no different than his father tommy lapid, a well known bully, browbeater, intimidating, badgerer, arrogant, bulldozer, tyrannizing, overbearing, domineering, deceiptful, disparaging, dismissive, criticizing, underestimating, discrediting, ridiculing, scornful, disdainful, derisive, denigrating, belittling, deprecating, derogative.

Dude, Have you heard or read the crap that comes out of your foreign minister, senior rabbis, and the all powerful shaas party. Fix your own racist backwards house before lecturing others. Oh wait, there is guys swinging a chicken over his head calling out to you!

Jewish people only went to Europe when Israel was occupied by Romans and then Moslem occupiers. No amount of lies can change the truth about history.. if you are an intellectual, Mr. Lapid should really read your answer. Then he can understand that there is absultely no intellectuals among Arabs but liers who only say what they want in order to justify occupying Jewish people's land.

I think you have forgotten the seven decades of terror visited upon the Jews of Israel and in the Diaspora. You imply that Israel is responsible for the plight of the ersatz "Palestinians." Nothing could be further from the truth. They should have accepted partition in 1947, or the twice since then that a two-state solution was proffered. The one in 2000 would have given them 90% of the West Bank and East Jerusalem as a capital. The offer was rejected and they decided to start the second intifada instead. The ersatz "Palestinians" are not interested in peaceful co-existence with Israel; they want to supplant Israel. And that will never happen.