DOCSLIB.ORG

1 Schlaglicht Israel Nr. 20/18 Aktuelles Aus Israelischen

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
1 Schlaglicht Israel Nr. 20/18 Aktuelles Aus Israelischen Schlaglicht Israel Nr. 20/18 Aktuelles aus israelischen Tageszeitungen 1.-15. November Die Themen dieser Ausgabe 1. Zwei Tage Krieg mit Gaza ............................................................................................................................................... 1 2. Annäherung zwischen Israel und arabischen Staaten................................................................................................. 4 3. Liberman tritt ab .............................................................................................................................................................. 5 4. Medienquerschnitt ........................................................................................................................................................... 7 1. Zwei Tage Krieg mit Gaza der PA seit Monaten ausgesetzte Zahlung von Ge- Mit brennenden Reifen protestierten Bewohner der hältern öffentlicher Beamter im Gazastreifen zu Stadt Sderot gegen die Ankündigung der Regierung, übernehmen. Mehrere israelische Minister wie auch einem Waffenstillstand mit der Hamas zuzustimmen. Oppositionspolitiker kritisierten den Waffenstillstand. Sie hätten es satt, immer wieder in die Bunker flüch- Yair Lapid von der Mittepartei Yesh Atid beschuldigte ten zu müssen, schimpften die Leute. Die verbreite- das Sicherheitskabinett, „die Bürger im Süden und te Befürchtung in den israelischen Ortschaften un- Israels Abschreckungskraft zu opfern“. Verteidi- weit der Grenze zum Gazastreifen ist, dass die gungsminister, Avigdor Liberman, trat aus Protest Feuerpause nicht lange halten wird. Im Gazastreifen gegen den Waffenstillstand zurück, nachdem Regie- feierten Palästinenser die „Kapitulation der Zionis- rungschef Netanyahu behauptet hatte, dass es im ten“. Islamistische Kämpfer hatten Israel in nur zwei Kabinett Einhelligkeit im Hinblick auf die Einstellung Tagen mit rund 460 Raketen und Mörsergranaten der Gefechte mit der Hamas gegeben habe. angegriffen. Umgekehrt attackierten Israels Luftwaf- fe und die Marine Ziele der Islamisten, darunter The arrangement with Hamas will never happen einen von der Hamas kontrollierten Fernsehsender. We've been told for a long time that the ceasefire is Auslöser der neuen Eskalation war die Aufdeckung on the way. (…) For years the Gaza Strip has been einer israelischen Spezialeinheit im Gazastreifen. a pressure cooker bound to explode. (…) according Das in Zivilkleidung agierende Sonderkommando to politicians and commentators (…) Hamas needs war im Süden des Gazastreifens von Milizen der an achievement, quiet, hudna, arrangement, in order Hamas entdeckt worden. Bei anschließenden to lift the blockade and improve the situation. (…) Kämpfen starben sieben Palästinenser, darunter ein The logic of Hamas is different. Hamas does not führender Kommandant der Hamas. Auf israelischer want improvement. Hamas is putting in all the effort Seite fiel ein Oberstleutnant. Israels Ministerpräsi- into preserving Gaza as the pressure cooker it dent Benjamin Netanyahu, der aufgrund der Ent- currently is. (…) There is readiness for a ceasefire wicklungen im Süden seine Teilnahme an den Feier- there. (…) The meaning of ‘quiet’ in the dictionary of lichkeiten zum 100jährigen Jubiläum zum Ende des the resistance is getting ready for the next Ersten Weltkrieges in Paris abbrach, hatte zuvor campaign. The resistance will continue to fill and versucht, mit einer Geldspritze im Umfang von 15 develop the weapons stockpiles for future Millionen US-Dollar einen Krieg zu verhindern. Katar campaigns,” explained the official. And what is hatte das Geld zur Verfügung gestellt, um die von Israeli policy? There is no policy. Restraint is 1 appropriate, provided it does not become an actual no technical reason why the almost 2 million policy. For years there has been no Israeli initiative. residents of Gaza don’t have these basic services. (…) It is in Israel's interests for the strip to prosper. (…) we cannot let politics or even terror get in the Even if Hamas would have refused the offer, Israel way of supplying the people of Gaza with basic would still have benefited from merely making such humanitarian services. Not if we want to stop the a proposal. There is no simple solution to attrition cycle of violence. There has been no stronger voice warfare. But when pursuing an arrangement, there for solving the humanitarian crisis in Gaza despite is a need for a coherent policy and not illusions. the ongoing violence, than that of the Israeli What we have right now is the opposite. (…) Defense Forces. (…) There are Israelis and Ben-Dror Yemini, YED, 01.11.18 Palestinians with the technical knowhow and experience ready to provide Gazans with drinkable Who is afraid of Hamas? Another military round water, water for agriculture, wastewater treatment is inevitable and reuse facilities, and reliable sources of energy (…) As the cabinet did not decide to remove the from the sun. What is lacking is not the knowhow but Islamic despots in Gaza, Israel can find itself fighting the political will. (…) The Israeli government must another war with no significant diplomatic or military make a strategic commitment to solving the gains. (…) The problem is (…) with the cabinet humanitarian crisis in Gaza as it did when ministers rather than with the army. With no decision confronted with missiles and tunnels, for the threat to end the misery of masses of Gazans who live of a large neighboring population living without hope under a ruthless dictatorship, any war might end is just as great. with diplomatic and even military defeat to Israel. David Lehrer, YED, 03.11.18 Without destroying the Jihadists, it is probable that the situation of the people of Gaza will only be Toppling Hamas is not the solution worsened. (…) Arabs in Gaza are enslaved and (…) Netanyahu’s government today is (…) deep in oppressed by their Islamic tyrants. (…) Following the negotiations with Hamas, seeking a long-term cease lack of any decision to put an end to 12 years of fire that will provide Israel with quiet in the south and Islamic rule in Gaza, many innocents are victimized maintain Hamas’ rule over the Gaza Strip. (…) Israel and abused by armed Islamic militias that serve the has no alternative but to accept Hamas control in “holy” cause of building an Iranian-style caliphate Gaza. (…) Without having the political courage to near Israel. Another military round in Gaza is say so openly, it seems as if our prime minister has inevitable. Hamas will continue to construct terror reached the same conclusion. (…) Netanyahu made tunnels, threaten the Israelis with homemade it clear that the humanitarian problem in Gaza was rockets, torture and oppress its people through the the most pressing issue there, not Hamas. (…) most vicious means and get funding from the Sending in tanks and troops will not solve the need mullahs in Tehran. Sooner or later, Israel will have to to restore Gaza’s infrastructure nor resolve the deep deal with Hamas and put into deeds the threats economic crisis in the Strip. (…) Could it be, that made by senior cabinet ministers who promised to come the 2019 election campaign (…) for the first knock down the organization and destroy it. (…) time in a decade we will be spared Netanyahu’s (…) David Merhav, JPO, 03.11.18 empty threats to destroy the Hamas? Jeff Barak, JPO, 04.11.18 Solving Gaza crisis with water and energy (…) Declarations and threats against Hamas (…) Let the IDF win are not particularly effective, especially when it Prior to the tragic (…) death of an IDF soldier in comes to acts of violence carried out by desperate Gaza, it seemed as if Peace Now has been reborn and radicalized young people, encouraged by bad within Likud. (…) On the other hand, the Israeli left is actors who are immune to Israeli, Palestinian, and also suffering from a split personality disorder— international public opinion. What is required instead supporters of peace and compromise suddenly is a commitment on the part of the State of Israel to endorsed a military operation with the possibility of long-term strategy and bottom-up, high-impact, having hundreds of dead on the Palestinian side sustainable solutions for Gaza, not just declarations. (…). The reality here confuses everyone. (…) Those (…) Thanks to modern science and technology, we who do not want to resolve the situation militarily will have means to provide water and electricity even to find themselves in a military operation without a remote dry areas like the Arava desert (…). There is possible resolution; if not right now, then soon. The 2 Israeli government has had only two options since mismanagement would not be even partially the end of Operation Protective Edge: the alleviated. (…) Palestinians don’t need their money. internationally funded Marshall Plan in the Gaza They need their freedom. Strip with the subsequent demilitarization, or a well Shmuley Boteach, JPO, 12.11.18 planned military operation intended to resolve the issue once and for all—destroying Hamas's centers Israel must make a decision on Gaza of gravity—a military language that at one time, (…) Without a coherent strategy, Israel has had to everyone was able to understand. There is no limit itself to tactical responses. (…) The result of interim solution worth $15 million. It's an illusion. The prioritizing political expediency over strategic enemy state on our southern border must be national security interests has been to put the fate of restrained through deterrence, either by giving them the residents of the
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Israel and Overseas: Israeli Election Primer 2015 (As Of, January 27, 2015) Elections • in Israel, Elections for the Knesset A
    Israel and Overseas: Israeli Election Primer 2015 (As of, January 27, 2015) Elections In Israel, elections for the Knesset are held at least every four years. As is frequently the case, the outgoing government coalition collapsed due to disagreements between the parties. As a result, the Knesset fell significantly short of seeing out its full four year term. Knesset elections in Israel will now be held on March 17, 2015, slightly over two years since the last time that this occurred. The Basics of the Israeli Electoral System All Israeli citizens above the age of 18 and currently in the country are eligible to vote. Voters simply select one political party. Votes are tallied and each party is then basically awarded the same percentage of Knesset seats as the percentage of votes that it received. So a party that wins 10% of total votes, receives 10% of the seats in the Knesset (In other words, they would win 12, out of a total of 120 seats). To discourage small parties, the law was recently amended and now the votes of any party that does not win at least 3.25% of the total (probably around 130,000 votes) are completely discarded and that party will not receive any seats. (Until recently, the “electoral threshold,” as it is known, was only 2%). For the upcoming elections, by January 29, each party must submit a numbered list of its candidates, which cannot later be altered. So a party that receives 10 seats will send to the Knesset the top 10 people listed on its pre-submitted list.
    [Show full text]
  • Alliance in Crisis
    ALLIANCE IN CRISIS: Israel’s Standing in the World and the Question of Isolation Research and Writing Assaf Sharon Shivi Greenfield Mikhael Manekin Oded Naaman Jesse Rothman Dahlia Shaham Design: Yosef Bercovich Design: Yosef Alliance in Crisis _ 2 Executive Summary Israel's international standing has been the focus of attention for many years. Is Israel moving towards international isolation? Can one quantify the effects of the widely discussed boycotts on Israel's economy? What can be done to put an end to Israel's rapidly deteriorating relations with the US and Europe? These are questions that rightly occupy the thoughts of many Israelis as well as the country's leadership. Yet despite the issues’ importance, the conversation on Israel's foreign relations lacks depth and is often based on slogans rather than empirical data. The discussion oscillates between apocalyptic warnings on the one hand, and dangerous complacency on the other. This report analyzes Israel's international relations with the goal of arriving at a clear understanding of Israel's current status in the world, and aims to identify the specific threats and opportunities it faces. It focuses on the three arenas of diplomacy, economics, and culture. The principle findings are as follows: Israel's international standing is an unprecedented success story. Since Israel's establishment, every head of state has understood the importance of ties with the US and Europe, especially given Israel's regional political isolation. The world has shown that it is interested in close ties with Israel. Israel’s central role in the international community in a variety of fields – from science and culture to security and diplomacy – is a remarkable accomplishment.
    [Show full text]
  • IATF Fact Sheet: Religion
    1 FACT SHEET iataskforce.org Topic: Religion – Druze Updated: June 2014 The Druze community in Israel consists of Arabic speakers from an 11th Century off-shoot of Ismaili Shiite theology. The religion is considered heretical by orthodox Islam.2 Members of the Druze community predominantly reside in mountainous areas in Israel, Lebanon, and Syria.3 At the end of 2011, the Druze population in Israel numbered 133,000 inhabitants and constituted 8.0% of the Arab and Druze population, or 1.7%of the total population in Israel.4 The Druze population resides in 19 localities located in the Northern District (81% of the Druze population, excluding the Golan Heights) and Haifa District (19%). There are seven localities which are exclusively Druze: Yanuh-Jat, Sajur, Beit Jann, Majdal Shams, Buq’ata, Mas'ade, and Julis.5 In eight other localities, Druze constitute an overwhelming majority of more than 75% of the population: Yarka, Ein al-Assad, Ein Qiniyye, Daliyat al-Karmel, Hurfeish, Kisra-Samia, Peki’in and Isfiya. In the village of Maghar, Druze constitute an almost 60% majority. Finally, in three localities, Druze account for less than a third of the population: Rama, Abu Snan and Shfar'am.6 The Druze in Israel were officially recognized in 1957 by the government as a distinct ethnic group and an autonomous religious community, independent of Muslim religious courts. They have their own religious courts, with jurisdiction in matters of personal status and spiritual leadership, headed by Sheikh Muwaffak Tarif. 1 Compiled by Prof. Elie Rekhess, Associate Director, Crown Center for Jewish and Israel Studies, Northwestern University 2 Naim Araidi, The Druze in Israel, Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs, December 22, 2002, http://www.mfa.gov.il; Gabriel Ben Dor, “The Druze Minority in Israel in the mid-1990s”, Jerusalem Letters, 315, June 1, 1995, JerusalemCenter for Public Affairs.
    [Show full text]
  • Just Below the Surface: Israel, the Arab Gulf States and the Limits of Cooperation
    Middle East Centre JUST BELOW THE SURFACE ISRAEL, THE ARAB GULF STATES AND THE LIMITS OF COOPERATION IAN BLACK LSE Middle East Centre Report | March 2019 About the Middle East Centre The Middle East Centre builds on LSE’s long engagement with the Middle East and provides a central hub for the wide range of research on the region carried out at LSE. The Middle East Centre aims to enhance understanding and develop rigorous research on the societies, economies, polities and international relations of the region. The Centre promotes both special- ised knowledge and public understanding of this crucial area, and has outstanding strengths in interdisciplinary research and in regional expertise. As one of the world’s leading social science institutions, LSE comprises departments covering all branches of the social sciences. The Middle East Centre harnesses this expertise to promote innova- tive research and training on the region. Middle East Centre Just Below the Surface: Israel, the Arab Gulf States and the Limits of Cooperation Ian Black LSE Middle East Centre Report March 2019 About the Author Ian Black is a former Middle East editor, diplomatic editor and European editor for the Guardian newspaper. He is currently Visiting Senior Fellow at the LSE Middle East Centre. His latest book is entitled Enemies and Neighbours: Arabs and Jews in Palestine and Israel, 1917–2017. Abstract For over a decade Israel has been strengthening links with Arab Gulf states with which it has no diplomatic relations. Evidence of a convergence of Israel’s stra- tegic views with those of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain has accumulated as all displayed hostility to Iran’s regional ambitions and to United States President Barack Obama’s policies during the Arab Spring.
    [Show full text]
  • Israel: Political Development and Data for 2017
    European Journal of Political Research Political Data Yearbook 0: 1–8, 2018 1 doi: 10.1111/2047-8852.12214 Israel: Political development and data for 2017 EMMANUEL NAVON1 & ABRAHAM DISKIN2 1Tel-Aviv University and Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya, Israel; 2The Academic Center of Science and Law, Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel Introduction In 2017, the Israeli governing majority was partially split by issues of state and religion, and it was overshadowed by police investigations over corruption charges involving the Prime Minister and his entourage. Yet the coalition remained stable and unchallenged. The opposition was temporarily reinvigorated by the election of a new leader for the Labor Party, but polls continued to show a widespread support for the Likud-led coalition. While Israel continued to experience ‘lone-wolf’ terrorist attacks, its international standing improved dramatically with the election in the United States of Donald Trump and thanks to a proactive foreign policy which produced significant achievements. The Israeli economy continued to grow with healthy macroeconomic parameters. Election report There were no elections in 2017. The present Knesset was elected in March 2015 and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman have both predicted that the present government will serve its full term – an optimistic estimation given the fact that no legislature in Israel has served its full term since 1988 (Israel Central Elections Committee n.d.). Cabinet report While there were no changes in the composition of the government, the political standing of Prime Minister Netanyahu was overshadowed by police investigations involving him and his entourage. In January began a series of police interrogations of the Prime Minister over two separate cases.
    [Show full text]
  • Arab Political Parties in the Occupied Lands of 1948 Mohammed Abu
    Arab Political Parties in the Occupied Lands of 1948 Mohammed Abu Oun Introduction The 1948 Nakba was a major turning point in the lives of the Palestinian people. The Zionist gangs had occupied 78% of Palestine's lands and established the so-called 'Israel' state. The Israeli occupation displaced a huge part of the Palestinian people, but an equally great part survived and clung to their own cities and villages, or moved to nearby cities inside the occupied land to establish new communities away from the ones targeted by the occupation. The Palestinians suffered from disconnectedness as a result of the occupation's measures against them. It practiced all forms of oppression against the Palestinian people for the purpose of erasing their identity and eliminating their existence. The Palestinians in the occupied lands realized the occupation's attempts to dissect the Arabs' presence and oppression of their identity through its racist measures. Therefore, the people started working on establishing and organizing a Palestinian Arab community to save their identity and culture, and exercise pressure on the occupation for the protection of the Palestinians' rights. This study examines the main endeavors for and reasons behind forming Arab parties in the occupied lands of 1948, these parties' accomplishments and the ways the occupation dealt with them considering them a strategic threat against the occupation and its project. The research ends with a glimpse of the possible future of the Arab parties in the Israeli political system. Topic One: Palestinians' Conditions inside the Occupied Lands after 1948 Since 1948, the Palestinian people has been suffering from the occupation's atrocities, massacres and targeting of civilians; children, women and elderly.
    [Show full text]
  • Israeli and Palestinian Public Opinion
    DECISION MAKING UNDER THREAT: ISRAELI AND PALESTINIAN PUBLIC OPINION A Dissertation Presented by Sheila Deborah Kohanteb To The Department of Political Science In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy In the Field of Political Science Northeastern University Boston, MA March 2012 DECISION MAKING UNDER THREAT: ISRAELI AND PALESTINIAN PUBLIC OPINION By Sheila Deborah Kohanteb This research examines the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from a new conceptual perspective that incorporates the psychology of threat into the study of inter-group conflict. The specific ob- jective of the proposed work is to develop a better understanding of how inter-group perceptions of threat may affect the decision-making of citizens and political leaders, and may ultimately af- fect progress in peace negotiations. The study utilizes data on Israelis and Palestinians over the period 1994 through 2011, drawing on public opinion polls, conflict related casualties, and major historical events in order to assess factors affecting public opinion. The research specifically ex- amines the impact of perceived threat on: changes in Palestinian public opinion regarding sup- port for punitive military actions against Israel, optimism about the future, and support for the peace process; and changes in Israeli public opinion regarding support for peace (negotia- tions/agreements). It is hypothesized that perceived threat pushes both Israelis and Palestinians toward more extreme positions regarding the peace process. This study also examines
    [Show full text]
  • Geopolitics of Water and Energy Dec 3 2015
    Roundtable: Climate Change and the Geopolitics of Water and Energy in the Levant Region December 3, 2015 08:30 - 09:00 Registration 09:00 - 09:30 Opening Remarks: 1. Gidon Bromberg – Israeli Director, EcoPeace Middle East 2. Amb. (ret) Dr. Oded Eran – Senior Research Fellow, INSS. 3. Marc Frings - Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung. 9:30 - 9:45 Opening Address: Deputy Minister for Regional Cooperation, MK Ayoob Kara 9:45-11:30 First Panel (with KAS Israel) “Climate Change, Water Governance and Human and National Security Challenges facing Israel and the Region” This panel will explore the different dimensions - humanitarian, environmental, political and security - related to climate change and water supply, and the challenges posed to Israel and the region. Discussions will draw from the experience of water governance failure in the case of Syria and the present water and energy crises facing Gaza. Panel Participants: 1. Dr. Orna Matzner, Senior Manager Office of the Chief Scientist, Israeli Ministry of Environmental Protection 2. Professor Arnon Soffer, Haifa University 3. Mahmoud Daher, World Health Organization Gaza sub-Office. 4. *NGO in special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations EcoPeace Middle East P.O. Box 840252, Amman 11191 Jordan 90 Begin Road, Tel Aviv 67138, Israel P.O. Box 844 Bethlehem, PA Tel :+962-6-5866602/3, Fax :+962-6-5866604 Tel :+972-3-5605383, Fax :+972-3-5604693 Tel :+972-2-2747948, Fax :+972-2-2745968 E-mail : [email protected] Website : www.foeme.org prefeasibility study concerning the creation of a water and renewable energy community between Israel and its neighbors, and how such a nexus could contribute to regional stability.
    [Show full text]
  • Israel Wants Airstrikes Against Syria: Analyst
    افغاوستان آزاد – آزاد افغاوستان AA-AA چو کشور وباشـد ته مه مبـــــــاد بدیه بوم وبر زوده یک ته مــــباد همه سر به سر ته به کشته دهیم از آن به که کشور به دشمه دهیم www.afgazad.com [email protected] زبان های اروپائی European Languages Press TV Israel wants airstrikes against Syria: Analyst 6/12/2012 The Israeli regime wants to “push the world, to push the international powers to launch airstrikes… against Syria,” said Maya Nasser, a Damascus-based political analyst, in an interview with Press TV on Monday. The analyst made the comments two days after Ayoob Kara, a senior member of the Israeli Likud Party led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, claimed in an interview with Israel Radio that the Syrian government has used “chemical weapons against men, women, and children” during the past months of unrest in the country. Nasser stated that the Israelis have been spreading rumors since the Syria unrest began in March 2011. “This is not the first time they (Israelis) do this… The Syrian army is not using any chemical weapons or even heavy artillery weapons against civilians.” Recent reports indicated that the armed groups fighting against the Syrian government have found access to and plan to use chemical weapons, acquired from Libya. According to a June 10 report by Russia Today, the armed rebels plan to use the chemical weapons against civilians and then attempt to blame Damascus for the atrocity. Israeli President Shimon Peres on June 10 expressed support for the Syrian rebels. www.afgazad.com 1 [email protected] “We have to understand the Israelis and the Western powers right now are not after any kind of reform in Syria.
    [Show full text]
  • Palestinians See Major Threat in UAE Aid Shipment Via Israel by Dr
    Palestinians See Major Threat in UAE Aid Shipment Via Israel by Dr. Edy Cohen BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,631, July 8, 2020 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Is the UAE beginning to open relations with Israel at the expense of the Palestinians? The PA thinks so, and is willing to deny its own people urgently needed humanitarian aid during a global health crisis to make their point. On May 19, an unmarked cargo plane carrying tons of medical supplies, medicines, ventilators, and the like flew from the UAE to Israel’s Ben-Gurion Airport. This was a humanitarian aid shipment meant to help the Palestinians deal with the coronavirus pandemic. It was sent by the UAE to the Palestinian Authority (PA) and the Gaza Strip. (Video of the shipment arriving in Israel is available here, via the Twitter page of Haim Omri.) This was the first flight ever to occur from Abu Dhabi to Israel. To the astonishment of Israel and the Emirates, the PA refused to accept delivery of the medical supplies sent to it by the UAE. According to Palestinian sources who spoke anonymously to the Arab media, this was because the UAE coordinated the arrival of the shipment with Israel and not with the Palestinians. That fact, likely combined with the optics of a UAE flight landing at Ben-Gurion, was deemed so unacceptable as to render the aid untouchable. The Palestinian government does not want to function in any way as a bridge toward normalization of relations between Israel and the UAE, or anyone else for that matter.
    [Show full text]
  • Arabs in Israel
    Arabs in Israel Israel, an Apartheid state – IS IT SO ?!? The text was written and the images were selected by Aron Albahari Introduction As of early 2013, the total population of Israel has been about eight million people. About six million among them are Jews (75 percent), around 1,300,000 Muslim Arabs, 150,000 Christian Arabs, 140,000 Druze, 60,000 Bedouins, whereas 350,000 people belong to the ‘others’ category (non-Arab Christians, Circassians, Armenians, etc.). Both formally and legally, as Israeli citizens, they have equal rights and obligations, and this, naturally, also applies to Arabs. The only obligation that does not apply to Arabs is military service, except if they wish to opt for it. Although they are Muslims, Druze, Bedouins and Circassians do serve the military service. Since May 14, 1948, and the formation (reinstatement) of Israel as a state, despite political and other connotations regarding the relationship between the Arabs and Israeli Jews typical of this period, the Arab population in Israel has grown in number by ten times, or by more than 1000 percent: from 190,000 to about two million. One of the major reasons for this has been the overall standard and quality of life within the Israeli society and state, regardless of personal affinities, political or other views and attitudes and an individual’s experience of the life in the predominantly Jewish society. Compared to other Arabs living in 22 Arab Muslim countries, the Israeli Arabs, as the largest non-Jewish population in Israel, have on average the longest life expectancy (both men and women), the lowest mortality rate among the newborns, the lowest illiteracy rate and the highest rate of university-educated people (both among men and women).
    [Show full text]
  • Israel's Growing Ties with the Gulf Arab States
    Israel’s Growing Ties with the Gulf Arab States By Jonathan H. Ferziger and Gawdat Bahgat ABOUT THE SCOWCROFT MIDDLE EAST SECURITY INITIATIVE The Atlantic Council’s Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative honors the legacy of Brent Scowcroft and his tireless efforts to build a new security architecture for the region. Our work in this area addresses the full range of security threats and challenges including the danger of interstate warfare, the role of terrorist groups and other nonstate actors, and the underlying security threats facing countries in the region. Through all of the Council’s Middle East programming, we work with allies and partners in Europe and the wider Middle East to protect US interests, build peace and security, and unlock the human potential of the region. You can read more about our programs at www.atlanticcouncil.org/ programs/middle-east-programs/. This report is written and published in accordance with the Atlantic Council Policy on Intellectual Independence. The authors are solely responsible for its analysis and recommendations. The Atlantic Council and its donors do not determine, nor do they necessarily endorse or advocate for, any of this report’s conclusions. This report is made possible by general support to the Atlantic Council’s Middle East Programs. July 2020 ISBN-13: 978-1-61977-109-3 Cover photo: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu walks together with Sultan Qaboos bin Said in this undated handout provided by the Israel Prime Minister Office, in Oman. Reuters. Israel’s Growing Ties with the Gulf Arab States CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ..............................................................................................................2 COOPERATION BETWEEN ISRAEL AND THE GCC STATES: WHY NOW? ......
    [Show full text]