(Ynet News) Eddie Yair Fraiman - Columnist Thomas Friedman recently attacked Israel's government, claiming the current Israeli cabinet is the most "out-of-touch" in the nation's history. But in actuality, the Israeli public - which elects its government democratically - supports the government at higher approval rates than we've seen in the past 20 years. Contrary to Friedman's view, the current cabinet is very much in tune with the real and legitimate concerns of the Israeli people. Israel obviously does not oppose liberal democracy in Egypt. It does, however - and with good cause - oppose an Islamist or radically anti-Western regime in Egypt. Israel also opposes any regime - secular or religious - which would tear up the 1979 Israel-Egypt peace treaty. Many in Egypt oppose peace with Israel. A radical regime may emerge that will choose to act on that opposition. The writer is an advisor to a cabinet minister in the Israeli government.
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