This is an Israeli liberal

He is an (informed) expert on Marx and Hegel but writes on the Middle East because every Zionist thinks that he/she is a Middle East specialist by virtue of his Zionist fanaticism.  "Peace is not only a political, military and security arrangement; it is also a moral value. The fact that for 30 years not a single Israeli or Egyptian soldier was killed in hostile activities on our common border, while in the previous 30 years, tens of thousands were killed and wounded on both sides, is not only a strategic achievement, but a moral achievement of the highest order, credit for which goes to political leaders on both sides. Just as it is permissible to praise former Prime Minister Menachem Begin for achieving peace with Egypt, without agreeing with many of his views, it is equally permissible to praise former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak for his determination, sometimes under great pressure, to preserve the peace initiated by his predecessor Anwar Sadat."