Redrawing the map: Israel seeks to remake the Middle East to its own design
Following its new attacks on Syria, Israel’s leaders and much of its media tout the creation of a new Middle East. Claiming much of the credit for the lightning advance of the Syrian group, Hayat Tahir al-Sham, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said to journalists on Monday: “The collapse of the Syrian regime is a direct result of the severe blows with which we have struck Hamas, Hezbollah and Iran.” The attacks on Syria, Mairav Zonszein, a senior analyst with the Crisis Group said, were “a mixture of both opportunism and strategy”. On Wednesday, an opinion in The Jerusalem Post boldly stated: “In the last year, Israel has done more for stability in the Middle East than decades of ineffective UN agencies and Western diplomats.” Various states have criticised Israel’s attacks on the newly liberated Syria, including Egypt, France, Iran, Iraq, Qatar, Russia and Saudi Arabia. “The UN’s protests mean absolutely nothing,” Golberg said, suggesting that Israel’s repeated clashes with various international organisations were part of an overarching mood within the country. That we’re going to do exactly what we want.” On Wednesday, The Times of Israel columnist Jeffrey Levine characterized the past 13 months as a move towards “a New Middle East of Peace and Prosperity”.
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