I agree with the writer that Israel has a very unique opportunity today.

Of course many people could offer valid argument for and against whether Israel is truly democratic, or whether Israel's treatment of the Palestinians is justified or not, but I think today there is hardly any leading western nation that could step into a light showcasing true democracy, true freedom even for its own citizens, or benevolent behavior towards its neighbors and others.

It is not only the Middle East that is in turmoil today but the whole global world.

Many people overlook the fact that the "nation" living in Israel is not a homogeneous nation but a very complex mixture of multiple nationalities, even cultures connected by historic tradition or common customs, or not even by such ties.

Despite this very inherently different mixture Israel maintains a democratic structure that is at least as functional as any other current western democracy.

And Israel is achieving this in the middle of an exploding volcano, which even up to this point constantly threatened its existence but now the situation has become so unstable and unpredictable that nobody can even guess what is going to happen in the next hour.

Thus Israel has a lot to offer to the rest of the world.

If they could come out of their shell and start teaching to the rest of the world how to unite and survive based on that national unity above their vast, inherent differences, even internal hatred, that could offer a possible solution for not on the Middle East sinking into bloodshed right now, but even for the rest of the world sinking in the unsolvable global crisis, which also has only one possible solution: a mutually responsible and mutually complementing global communication and cooperation between all the nations.

Today there are no individual, or national, bilateral or even regional solutions, there exist only a global mutual solution to all of our problems.