admin | November 7th, 2011 – 7:00 pm
http://invisiblearabs.com/?p=3836
Dall’Italia, camera con vista sul Medio Oriente e sul Nord Africa.
Partiamo dall’immagine. I graffiti fanno parte della rivoluzione in Egitto. Questo è stato fatto su un muro di Luxor, e chiede la liberazione di Alaa Abdel Fattah, uno delle voci più interessanti di Piazza Tahrir. Sua madre, la professoressa Leyla Soueif, docente di matematica all’università del Cairo e storica attivista egiziana, ha deciso peraltro di iniziare lo sciopero della fame, sino a che suo figlio non sarà liberato.
Nel frattempo, i tamburi di guerra si fanno sempre più rumorosi, in Israele. L’aviazione di Tel Aviv attaccherà o non attaccherà? Barak e Netanyahu riusciranno a convincere gli altri ministri del gabinetto ristretto della sicurezza che l’attacco si può fare? In fondo, anche Shimon Peres, premio Nobel per la Pace, dice che l’Iran è il più grande pericolo per Israele…. E allora? E allora consiglio questo commento comparso sul sito online di Yediot Ahronot.
When Britain was left alone in its war against Nazi Germany, Churchill invested immense efforts and was willing to pay a high price to secure the American military aid England so direly needed. Israeli leaders understood this as well. In 1956, Ben-Gurion made every effort to secure Britain’s and France’s support before embarking on war with Egypt. On the eve of the Six-Day War, PM Eshkol stood firmly in the face of pressure exerted by IDF generals and Israel’s public opinion, which demanded war now, because he realized Israel must not embark on such war without global support.
Netanyahu, on the other hand, blatantly disregards international help. Even the leaders of the United States and Germany, the friendliest countries to Israel, lost their trust in him. For Netanyahu, building a few more housing units in a settlement that will not remain in Israel’s hands in any case is more important than securing the support of friendly powers for a risky military move whose chances of failing without such support are very high. The motives for his policy are unclear.
Even if he fears Lieberman and even if he believes in Israel’s right to build in the territories, this construction is a relatively minor asset compared to securing support for the moment of truth in a military confrontation with Iran.
Any chess fan knows that one must sacrifice a pawn in order to save the king. Netanyahu proves that he is playing with Israel’s future and is failing to understand the basic rules of the game. And if this is the kind of judgment he shows when weighing a fateful military move, which Israel’s top defense officials don’t support, there is no escaping the conclusion that Netanyahu too lacks judgment and is reckless.
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