Sunday, November 23, 2008

Israeli Defense Report: "Return Golan to Syria; Prepare for Iran attack; Prevent new Palestinian elections"

Barak Ravid in Haaretz, here
"It also recommends close cooperation with the U.S. to prevent a deal between Washington and Tehran that would undermine Israel's interests." (We love this one!)
The paper warns that after PA President Mahmoud Abbas' term ends on January 9, 2009, he might "disappear" from the political arena. That could cause the PA to disintegrate, which would increase the risk of the two-state solution being taken off the table.Due to this possibility, coupled with the fear that Hamas might win a new election, the paper recommends "preventing elections in the PA, even at the cost of a confrontation with the
U.S. and the international community."
Israel should support moderate factions in Lebanon in next year's scheduled parliamentary elections...
The paper proposes various steps to strengthen Israel's ties with moderate Sunni Arab countries, and especially Saudi Arabia. "Israel must examine ways to expand its dialogue with Saudi Arabia on various shared interests,"

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

These Israelis are living in a world of fantasy. "Destroy Iran, prevent elections in the West Bank and Gaza, support 'moderates' (usually war criminals!)etc. They have not assimilated the consequences of their defeat in Lebanon (twice, once in 2000 and the second one in 2006). Israel is becoming irrelevant. Emigration from Israel is larger than immigration into Israel. At this rate, the last Israeli will be asked to put off the light!