Author: Pogos Anastasov
A forgotten conflict could lead to a new war
The convulsions in the Middle East and
the Syrian drama have pushed the Arab-Israeli conflict off the front
pages of the newspapers and news sites, as if it had ceased to exist.
Developments of the Palestinian tragedy appear in the press with all the
less frequency, the media pay less attention to events in Israel and
Palestine, and briefly report on what is happening out there in the
“riots.” But if you are trying to forget about some fundamental facts or
interpret them as something secondary, you run the risk of realizing
one day that the problem has become surprisingly uncontrollable.
The Arab-Israeli conflict, and, more
specifically, the fact that it has remained unresolved for almost 70
years, has played a significant role in the region going into a
nosedive. It is precisely the inveteracy and severity of the
Israeli-Palestin
become the breeding ground for radical political Islam, which has now
appeared in all its glory.
specifically, the fact that it has remained unresolved for almost 70
years, has played a significant role in the region going into a
nosedive. It is precisely the inveteracy and severity of the
Israeli-Palestin
become the breeding ground for radical political Islam, which has now
appeared in all its glory.
The thermonuclear explosion in the form
of the Arab Spring eclipsed this reality. Attempts to resolve the
conflict became increasingly formal. Even back in 2009-2010, this was on
Obama’s agenda on a permanent basis following his famous and,
incidentally, very well-constructed speech at Cairo University on June
4, 2009, however the start of the Arab Spring put paid to the matter.
New initiatives failed, and the old ones were consigned to history as
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the right-wing and
ultra-right-wing forces of Israel that rally around him, placed their
bets on the annexation of not only East Jerusalem, but also the entire
West Bank.
of the Arab Spring eclipsed this reality. Attempts to resolve the
conflict became increasingly formal. Even back in 2009-2010, this was on
Obama’s agenda on a permanent basis following his famous and,
incidentally, very well-constructed speech at Cairo University on June
4, 2009, however the start of the Arab Spring put paid to the matter.
New initiatives failed, and the old ones were consigned to history as
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the right-wing and
ultra-right-wing forces of Israel that rally around him, placed their
bets on the annexation of not only East Jerusalem, but also the entire
West Bank.
