Jumana Al Tamimi, Gulf Times: As Arabs in disarray, Israel thrives
Israel seeks stronger ties internationally as Arab countries and the Palestinians themselves tied up with internal squabbles
Dubai: Contrary to the view of some that Israel is suffering from a semi-isolation internationally because of its government’s far right wing policies, several political analysts believe Israel is currently living one of its better times, not because of its policies, but because of the weakness of its surroundings.
For the first time since it joined the UN in 1949, Israel last June won an election to chair the United Nations legal committee, one of the six permanent committees of the UN. Today, Israel is “lobbying intensively and systematically”, to win the support to have a seat at the UN Security Council, analysts said.
It is facing some challenges, but it also has some facilitating factors, such as the internal wars in some of the Arab countries that were totally against any kind of normalisation of ties with Israel before solving the Palestinian question. On the other hand, internal Palestinian rift has created “a political paralysis” and benefited Israel, said analysts.
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WNU Editor: The entire Middle East is currently focused on their own conflicts and divisions .... Israel is not on the radar screens right now. How long will this last .... no one really knows .... but I can easily visualize five more years of Middle Eastern conflict .... especially as Iran moves to assert its influence in the region.
