There's nothing wrong with a person from country X saying he expects better behavior from fellow people coming from country X. That's all that happened here. There's no reason at all for people to get so touchy about it.
If you took what he said but replaced "as an Israeli myself" with "I'm not Israeli", it would be racist. That's what annoys me. It might be different if race/ethnicity/religion were involved in the article.
People: you're misinterpreting the nature of my post. Go back, and look at what the original commenter was saying, and think about the context, please.