Doha, Qatar – Qatar’s ruler says Israel is more isolated by the Arab Spring and will face increasing pressures over issues such as its presumed nuclear arsenal.
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Sheik Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani urged Israel’s leaders to view the Middle East uprisings as an opportunity for serious peace talks with Palestinians.
The fall of Egypt’s Hosni Mubarak last year wiped away Israel’s main Arab ally, and Qatar’s emir predicts the region’s new governments will press Israel harder over its policies, including a widely suspected nuclear arms program.
Israel has never confirmed or denied whether it has atomic weapons.
Qatar’s emir spoke Sunday at the opening of the Doha Forum, an international political affairs conference.
He has more to worry about. His autocratic regime could be next.
Whilst your brethren across Egypt, Libya, Yemen not to mention Syria are in dire straits or worse, getting killed and maimed, you with your blinders on seem to proudly declare that this doesn’t bode to well for Israel. Well let me tell you something, Israel continues to thrive on all fronts despite your Arab Spring which at last check is imploding from within.
My suggestion to you sheikh, shake off your sleepiness and smell the coffee.
Oh, and get rid of those blinders in the process, they distort the view.
He’s right – Israel is increasingly isolated from the countries surrounding her. These countries have always displayed a combination of menace and wretchedness: toward Israel, toward each other, and toward their own citizens. It’s good to be isolated from those things, especially now that the wretched part of it is on the ascent.
Isolation is what made Israel into a regional power and a world leader in multiple technologies while the Arab world is in a fight between Stone Agers and Medievalists.