Thursday, January 22, 2009

Israel: the West's Ace


Israel's Role as an Asset for the West -Jonathan Spyer

Israel physically resist[s] anti-Western forces and thus dent[s] their charisma.

This then creates a space whereby pro-Western Arab states can make the case that opposition to the West and to Israel is a road to nowhere.

This is precisely the way that radical Arab nationalism was broken in the 1960s, which made possible the eventual achievement of peace between Egypt and Israel. It is in this way that Israel plays a crucial role as an ally and asset for the West. The radical Islamist ideology promoted by Iran is likely ultimately to be broken in a similar way.
(Jerusalem Post)

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