But maybe people will listen because it is him saying it? (Psst, it isn’t the treaty Israel’s fretting over) What Israel Is Afraid of After the Egyptian Uprising, by Peter Beinart:
(my bold)
“But Egypt doesn’t have to abrogate the peace treaty to cause the Israeli government problems. Ever since 2006, when Hamas won the freest election in Palestinian history, Egypt, Israel and the United States have colluded to enforce a blockade meant to undermine the group’s control of the Gaza Strip. A more accountable Egyptian government might no longer do that ……….. mostly because a policy of impoverishing the people of Gaza has little appeal among Egyptian voters. It’s easy to imagine a newly democratic government of Egypt adopting a policy akin to the one adopted by the newly democratic government of Turkey. The Turkish government hasn’t severed ties with Israel, but it does harshly criticize Israel’s policies, especially in Gaza……….mostly because that is what the Turkish people want.”
Plus, the little issue of Israel not keeping its end of the bargain spelled out in the accords? No Beinart doesn’t go there….yet.
There’s also this:
More than ever in the months and years to come, Israelis and American Jews must distinguish hatred of Israel’s policies from hatred of Israel’s very existence.
Wouldn’t that be a game changer?
