PY: I think there would be much less acrimony over the subject if people felt that R’ Amsalem was voicing his sincerely held opinions in hope of truly improving society l’shem Shamaim. If this would have been his true intentions there are better ways of accomplishing these goals then giving inflammatory interviews to the non/anti religious press. The impression created is that he is stabbing the community he is supposedly part of in the back to promote his own personal interests and to get attention.
I hope this is not true and he is simply being indiscrete rather then malicious. However I certainly understand why it rankles many people in the extreme, though I think calling him “Amalek” is out of line.