There are people who understand the problem between Israel and Poland and there are also those who are familiar with the subject.
But last night the impression was that they were hard to find.
Even people who are well versed in Israel's foreign relations, in matters of international law and anti-Semitism, have evaded lightly on the grounds that they do not know the subject.
Still, the crisis now facing Poland is more than serious.
He questions all of Israel's relations with Poland.
If Israel-Poland relations are important, then Foreign Minister Lapid's announcement last night creates a rift.
He went all the way.
If relations with Poland are not important to Israel, then Lapid's move is less significant.
In international diplomatic language, Lapid's formulations mean the severance of relations, in fact.
"Poland has approved an antisemitic and immoral law," the foreign minister said.
He wants the Polish ambassador not to come back and explain "to the Poles what the Holocaust means to the citizens of Israel ... We will not tolerate contempt for the memory of the victims and the memory of the Holocaust ... We have talks with the Americans about ways to react later."
There are some questions: Would the Poles have gone so far in their legislation, facing a government headed by Benjamin Netanyahu?
It is possible that the same problem that Israel now has with enemies on the border, exists with countries that were friendly but have points of friction between them and Israel as between Poland and Israel.
In the Lapid-Bennett era, when Israel demonstratively entered a position of American subordination and patronage, some countries now see an opportunity to make moves that, even if not anti-Israel, are still hurting it.
And here, Israel, which is jealous of the Holocaust, feels the need to involve American parents in the issue.
Israel should not have reached this point of crisis with Poland.
But the impression is that Foreign Minister Lapid pushed for this crisis.
Independent Israel, jealous of its sovereignty, was looking for an ally.
Nationalist Poland, Hungary's Urban, Czech Republic and Austria gave it support and maneuverability against white, Western, anti-Israel Europe.
Israel under the rule of the subordinate, dependent American coalition wants to shake off independent relations in order to signal the alignment with the democratic government in the United States. And Poland provides a golden opportunity.
There should be an ongoing effort to get out of the crisis.
Israel and Poland have strong security-economic interests.
Poland has a broad tourism interest vis-à-vis Israel, but this does not seem to be the direction.
There is an irrational dimension to this confrontation with Poland, so it is difficult to predict where it will go.
It is clear that if a more Western and seemingly liberal government emerges in Poland, it will be easier later to resume relations.
Lapid, who adopted a very vague and relativistic formula for anti-Semitism, suddenly discovers that in Poland anti-Semitism is not relative.