no matter what israel has offered or wants to offer by delusional lapid, herzog, and livni, jews who have learning zilch from the holocaust, the only thing you will get from haniyeh and abbas is a bullet in your skull. No peace is ever possible in the middle east. Richter who should know better from his idf service, lives in peres dreamland or has taken israel's moron livni to his heart. Kobi, stick to stents.

People need to stop being delusional and rid the government of these extreme right-wingers. I hope Israelis choose the second option! Salutes.

Total rubbish. I wonder why China, India and Japan are all excited about Israel. Israel must not care about the EU (where anti-semitism is on the rise and Jews are on the way out) and the current tenant of the White House. Israel can survive without these self-proclaimed friends who want to help.

Give up Jerusalem as a whole the Arabs will still want Tel Aviv. Remember from the River to the sea is what they chant.

This is what I too thought as I read the article. The Palestinians want everything and that's why I don't understand the thinking of the article. They haven't stopped wanting the right of return, possession of the cities, everything. And the EU seems only too happy to advance the Palestinian agenda. The fact that so many countries are against us is problematic but it doesn't mean they are right.

Richter is deluding himself if he thinks that he lost in European courts because of resentment against Israel. Those courts have ruled against Samsung, Google and the UK government, etc. etc. Or does Richter think that they are anti-Korean and anti-Britush too, because of Korean and British settlements?

Noticed How Naphtali Bennett is morphing into Benito Mussolini. Finally someone who is prepared to tell the truth and expose Bennett's extremism. Under Netanyahu's watch we have become a Pariah State.

are very saavy shoppers.

once again I'm baffled by the Israeli left Can anyone believe this a logical explanation for Europe's antisemitism/hatred of Israel? Work on developing intracranial stents.

The author forgot one missile was enough to close Ben Gurion airport and it showed Israel very quickly the risk of a complete halt to economic activity if we loose the high ground surrounding Jerusalem. Obama only ordered flights resumed so stupid leftists would not see the truth and continue to argue that territorial "concessions" would "save" Israel.

If Richter thinks that the world will respect Israel after it gives in and gives up he will be very surprised. Just look what happened after Israel left Gaza.

Israel is seen as weak because of our lack of aggression in acting appropriately to terror. Having a strong country allows you to invent your stints and get your foreign capital to develop them. If we were to bend over and not defend ourselves, our country wouldn't thrive. So rather then complaining about our country having to righteously defend itself and wrongfully blaming it because you are greedily dissatisfied with making millions instead of billions, rather thank it for your achievements because you would have none of it had you been born a few kilometres east.

liberal who likes israel to be like" all other nations". well, israel is not. it has the sword of islam on its neck and because of such defeated attitude dispalyed by richter &co., it will continue to be. israel must be nationalist, aggresive and stubborn to survive. richter's op=ed could serve well at the opening ceremony of a jstreet event...

richter cares only about money.

the writer of this article thinks that this is 1742. he must get with reality in 2014 & move beyond the 10th grade....

Don't think that the world hates us because we are a nation of settlers and expansionists; they hate us because there is a subliminal feeling of anti-Semitism in their hearts. It does not make sense that all of the BDS movements hate Israel simply because we don't treat the Pals nice, look how they treat us: can we walk in their streets? can we work in their businesses? will they accept us in their state? NO! So if they are accusing us of being un-democratic, it is because they are blinded by their own anti-Jewish feelings that won't go away by us trying to be nice guys.

author is an imbecile with a Leftist agenda. With that attitude the world WILL go on as Dar al Islam for sure. I don't think I'd like a stent this type of cretins produce....

Great article from someone who actually lives in Israel and contributes a lot to it. No surprise the Facebook comments are hateful as usual, but most of them don't live in Israel and aren't even Jews. They don't speak for ordinary Israelis, but the author definitely do. Without economic partners, Israel will become a third world country. And remember that countries like China, Brazil etc arw much MORE pro - Palestinian than Europe. Only those living outside Israel or in total denial can see any advantage in holding on to a few settlements at the expense of Israel itself.

"World can live without Israeli innovation and replace them with similar items made in other countries. Mr. Richter everything (and everyone) can be replaced and so will Israel....with "Palestine" and that's precisely the plan when people like you refuse to wake up to reality! The advocates of "Palestine" obsessively choose to ignore the flag replacing Israel with "Palestine", the incitements openly calling for Palestine replacing Israel, the Palestinian curriculum teaching replacement theory in all it's facets, the constant warnings of the Israeli fate when not giving to "Palestinian demands for what 'legally belongs to them, today's common language is that ISRAEL is the illegal entity ""from Metula till the Negev""" and must be replaced with Palestine! The "settlements & occupation" are not the reason for Europe's impatience because there are many real occupations & disputed area's in the world which doesn't seem bother anyone. The ONLY reason for Europe's impatience is that Israel is "occupied by a majority of Jews. Make no mistake Mr. Richter grovelling to Europeans is no reason for a free pass, only a delay. Jews are hated for being Jews. Rich & successful Jews are hated even more and that's why Israel must be boycotted! That's the only reason!

terrorists will destroy the Jewish state...and THIS is clear to everyone with an IQ above that of a small child.

I hear Jews chanting the same, or at least behaving like that. Obviously, both sides will need to compromise if they want to avoid pariah status on the global stage.

He is worried about money. Live simpler if necessary in Israel rather than sell out. You are a traitor.

Let us have brave enlightened leaders. They have to act honestly and force the Arab side to end the rule of the lying corrupt leaders. After that cleansing, let us a modest start as soon as the Iran/Qatar supporters are dead.

Difference from genius to stupidity it is that genius has limits, and you Mr.Richter don't have limits

Remember the U.S.S.R.? It was once the second strongest state on earth. Some reckon the strongest. Yet the world is living without it. #3. I second your nomination of this defeatist, idiotic suicide left article as one of the dumbest Ynet has ever published.

Liberal Leftie's mind. Ynet net now joins defeatist self hatred posts with Haaretz which obliges and serves all who feel Bashing Jews in general and Israel an excuse by reading these two websites these days. " Why JEWS BASH ISRAEL AS WELL WHY CANT WE ?" IS THE ATTITUDE Ynet You will lose readership in time as people start to feel you partnered with Haaretz hate attitude

Mr.Richter, you are as ignorant as a potato. Guess what- work can survive without any Jews-Or Mooslims-or Christians-or any country- fill in the blanks. What is your dumb point? We are HERE and we are HERE TO STAY, despite apologists like you. We are in OUR homeland. IN YOUR FACE. Don't like it? MOVE TO TEHRAN! you share a similar ideology with Ahmadinejad.