Extremism and Dilemma of Zionist Regime | ||
Extremism and Dilemma of Zionist Regime
The main problem of the Muslim world as well as that of the Middle East is the problem of Zionism and its stand off with Hamas. Given the wave of Islamic Awakening in the region, Hamas and Israel now find themselves in a greatly altered geopolitical climate. On every one of its borders, Israel faces a growing set of vulnerabilities that would have been hard to envision at the time of Operation Cast Lead. The most important shift has taken place in Egypt, where the Muslim Brotherhood carefully used the momentum provided by the Islamic Awakening to shed its opposition status and take political control of the state. But at the same time due to some mistakes it lost power in a military takeover. The most important point is that the Pro-Mubarak regime is no more in power and the situation has dramatically changed in Egypt. Whosoever comes to power in Egypt cannot resume Mubarak’s policies towards the Zionist regime. At the same time, the rise of the Muslim Brotherhood spread from Egypt to Jordan, presenting Israel with a new set of challenges on its borders. Egypt’s dire economic situation, the political unrest in its capital and cities, and the Muslim Brotherhood’s uneasy relationship with the military and security apparatus led to a rapid deterioration in security in Sinai. In Syria, Israel has fanned the flames of terrorist attacks against central government. The balkanization of the Levant is giving rise to an array of extremist forces supported by the United States and Zionist regime, but at the same time giving rise to an unpredictable situation. To Israel’s east, across the Jordan River valley, pressure is also growing on the Hashemite kingdom. An emboldened Muslim Brotherhood has been joined by disillusioned tribes from the East Bank in openly calling for the downfall of the king. High energy costs are severely blunting the kingdom’s ability to contain these protests through subsidies, and the growing crisis in Gaza threatens to spread instability in the West Bank and invigorate Palestinians across the river in Jordan. Beyond its immediate periphery, Israel is struggling to find parties interested in its cause. The Europeans remain hostile to anything they deem to be excessive Israeli retaliation against the Palestinians. Furthermore, they are far too consumed by the fragmentation of the European Union to get involved with what is happening in the southern Levant. The United States remains diplomatically involved in trying to reach a cease-fire, but as it has made clear, Washington does not intend to get dragged into every conflagration in the Middle East. Instead, the United States is far more interested in having regional players like Egypt and Turkey manage the burden. The United States can pressure Egypt by threatening to withhold financial and military aid. In the case of Turkey, there appears to be little that Ankara can do to mediate the conflict. Turkish-Israeli relations have been severely strained since the 2010 Mavi Marmara incident. Moreover, although the Turkish government is trying to edge its way into the cease-fire negotiations to demonstrate its leadership prowess to the region, Ankara is as wary of appearing too close to a radical Islamist group as it is of appearing in the Islamic world as too conciliatory to Israel. Saudi Arabia was already uncomfortable with backing more radical Palestinian strands, but iyadh now faces a more critical threat – the regional rise of the Muslim Brotherhood. Islamist political activism poses a direct threat to the foundation of the monarchy, which has steadfastly kept the religious establishment out of the political domain. Saudi Arabia has little interest in the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood encouraging Hamas’ political rise, and Riyadh will thus become even more alienated from the Palestinian theater. Meanwhile Persian Gulf state Qatar, which has much less to lose, is proffering large amounts of financial aid in a bid to increase its influence in the Palestinian territories. Hamas is now carrying the mantle of resistance from Hezbollah in hopes of achieving a symbolic victory that does not end up devastating the group in Gaza. Israel’s only hope to deny Hamas that victory is to eliminate Hamas’ arsenal of its rockets, all the while knowing that more parts and weaponry can be smuggled into Gaza in the future. The Hamas rocket dilemma is just one example of the types of problems Israel will face in the coming years. Overall, the Zionist regime is facing a dilemma in the region. On the one hand it supports extremist and terrorist forces against legitimate governments and on the other it will face an unpredictable situation to unroll due to its own policies. The main loser will be of course the Zionist regime and the main winner the Muslim masses. | ||
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