Israel seems shocked by the turkish slap.
And suddenly, yesterday's convenient allies become members of some ominous Axis of Evil.
Is this the official position ? It probably is, considering the expression is beeing used so often since then.
But reading
Yoel Marcus on the subject is almost useless. He simply recites the old mantra about the mean, anti-semitic, holocaust denying palestinian terrorists who can't rule themselves.
Boring. At least for those who are not particularly interested, at this point, on the israelis perceptions about their own actions and the obvious outcome of those actions. Anyway, for those few israeli braves who have not yet completely lost their minds, one would suggest they should just concentrate on the settlement population growth in the last ten years in the occupied territories ( sorry, in
the territories ). The numbers involved are a clear, inequivocal sign. No need for additional mantras, spare the ink.
Although a more ideologically biased author, Caroline Glick shows a somewhat wider view on a JPost article,
How Turkey was lost .
Hmm... Is the turkish shift some kind of unexpected tsunami ? It shouldn't be. For those who have been following the soap opera of the EU flirt with the sick man of Europe, the path was very clear. After being insulted for so long, Turkey would slowly turn its back on Europe, step by step.
Facing reality, it becomes difficult to criticize Turkey, as Glick probably knows. Turkey is much more important to the EU than the opposite and, unfortunately, the EU members are currently led by a lousy lot of short-sighted politicians. So goodbye Turkey, we'll meet again in a few years on different terms.
Well, the israelis seem to be the first to enjoy the dubious benefits of this divorce. The umbrella seems to be breaking...
It wouldn't be so bad hadn't Israel started its own drift towards the extreme right which is causing a growing international isolation.
But for those who have also been following the Eretz Israel soap opera, this path was also very clear, and the future seems to have arrived: a viable palestinian state is no longer possible, and one wonders how many palestinians are out there, inside the bantustans or in the near vicinity, waiting. Ten million ? And counting ?
The turkish affair is, for Israel, just a tiny part of much more important developments. And on those developments, what kind of delusional narrative will be able to provide a cover, shallow as it might be, for the need for strong measures in the near future ? How far are israelis prepared to go ? The european 20th century history should suffice to provide some clues...
Perhaps Bibi won't have the guts, but Lieberman will gladly play the role of a shiny light unto the nation of Israel. Keep going, you're on the right track.