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We're not interesting anymore
Nadav Eyal
Published: 15.08.16, 23:43
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1. Absentmindedness today qualifies you to get published!!
Yardena   (08.16.16)
Nadav''s naivety and lack of historical perspective is predominant throughout his piece.
But then Ynet chooses Op-Eds from variety of ignorant and naive
folks just to fill in the empty space.
2. Attorney
Baruch Fellner ,   Washington, D.C.   (08.16.16)
This is the single stupidest 0seervation I've seen on Israel and the world. It is precisely the opposite--when Israel builds a modus vivendi with its neighbors outside the interests and pressures of its so-called friends--that the chance for a de facto peace increases.
3. boring is beautiful
Bluegrass Picker ,   Afula   (08.16.16)
no place more "boring" than FArgo, North Dakota; or Singapore; or provincial Finland. & yet, these are some of the nicest places in the world, to raise a family. Boring is beautiful!
4. Finding favor in the eyes of the world
Aryeh ,   Bne Brak   (08.16.16)
That's what concerns you; how the world views you? What you don't understand is that power and prestige are not achieved though self-abasement and disproportionate compromise.

Power and prestige are achieved through having a clear identity of what you embody as a Jew and actualizing it.

If you don't know what you and the Jewish nation embody it's time for you get a basic Jewish education and stop subjecting us to your apologetics.

Aryeh
5. Israelis travel out more and more. Me too, to Petra.
Michael ,   California, USA   (08.16.16)
The felafel has lost its allure. In the kibbutzim members walk with their heads down. Jerusalem is all clad in black. The Tel Aviv beaches are too hot. How many times would one visit Rosh Hanikra while the train to Beirut is shut down? Now, if there was peace we could dance in the streets.
6. BORING
CONFUCIUS ,   SAFED CHINA   (08.16.16)
Better to be boring and anonymous ,rather than exciting and famous . Nobody ever died of being boring.
7. oxymoron
(08.16.16)
peace comes from within, not from the historical innacurancies that are
misleading the masters of war.
8. What Netanyahu & Bennett don't understand.......
tiki ,   belgium   (08.16.16)
but the foreign news desk director of channel 10 does is........., that because there isn't a 'peace process' anymore, Israel has lost it's power on the international stage and has become a boring country.

I think the foreign news desk director of channel 10 didn't understand something.

Israel isn't the stand up artist of the world. It was only prepped up to be one by the International media and interested "friends" & foes. Now the show called "the peace process saga" has run it's course and it's time for something new.

Israel should get it's standing in the world by it's inventions & creativity, it's human resources & humanity, it's intelligence & intellect.....and not by a fake process with unwilling partners.

Maybe this development isn't good for journalists & NGO's but for Israel and it's people it's wonderful to be out of the constant negative limelight of the International community and it's media.

Let them shine their attention on all the other 'developments in the world. It's high time!

Israel wasn't established to be the food feeding the crocodiles!
9. you mean the media curse is lifted?
richard sherwin ,   herzliyah   (08.16.16)
so the chinese curse 'may you live in interesting times' has been transferred by ISIS, Russia, the US, to Syria? baruch ha'shem.... so it's Bibi and his alleged donothings who've given us a chance to live as normal as Gd ever allows us jews to? so the media cant find anyone in Syria or Turkey to take its advice on how to be more interesting? what a pity. so BIbi's disloyal opposition has finally given up on palestiniana. if olmert and barak couldnt persuade the palabs to accept a state, peace, international media attention, and that makes them boring too... who knows but even hamas will start treating its victim population it occupies so terroristically with decency. how boring to the Eurongos parasiting israel -- why doesnt channel 10 make them international news?
10. Tragedies always draws crowds of interested spectators
Chaim ,   Israel   (08.16.16)
Everyone has a right to their opinion. But Eyal's is about as demented as one can get. He advocates Israel commit to ceding much of our sole tiny Homeland, to our mortal "Palestinian" foes, to be "interesting".

Tragedies, such as car accidents and suicides, always draw crowds of interested spectators. But this is not the way sane people look for attention. National suicide is not the path for sane nations.

11. dumb article
jeff   (08.17.16)
israel does and should not take on world's problems.they have done enough to be the centre of attention. let some other country take the mantile.


and what is so special about israeli leaders? livnii- a dunce, lapid-an olmert parrott, herzog-definition of weakling just like bibi, kahlon who has zero leadership ability.


israel is a wonderful country with save a few, lousy leadership and that includes barak, peres and olmert.
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