12 Heartland Magazine 2005 02 The Power of Israel

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1、THEPOWEROFISRAEL2•2005contentsno.2/20052EditorialISRAELAGAINSTISRAEL4ArnonSOFFER-WhattheBarrierisfor14AldoBAQUIS–TheKingdomofJudeaVstheStateofIsrael22ElyKARMON–HizbullahasStrategicThreattoIsrael49GuyBECHOR-ThePartyofGodisVictimofitsVictoryWHATISCHANGINGINT

2、HEMIDDLEEAST(ANDWHATISNOT)58MargheritaPAOLINI–GasandOil:GettingAlongWithouttheArabsintheEast67AbdelRa’ufMustafaAL-SIDDIQI–ThePretendPeacewithIsrael72DavidPOLANKSY–GreaterMiddleEastorDaydream?79GiovanniPARIGI–TheIraqthatCountsandtheOneWeSeeHEARTLANDPLUS92In

3、terviewwithViktorYushchenko,PresidentoftheRepublicofUkraine97FabrizioMARONTAandDavidPOLANSKY–HowtoBecomethe#1109DavidT.ARMITAGE–WhatAmericanscanLearnfromItalianCarabinieri115DougBANDOW–CitiesofGod121AUTHORSTHEPOWEROFISRAELEDITORIALIfThisIsVictory…Thesis:Is

4、raelhaswon.ThesecondIntifadahasendedinthesuicideofthePalestiniancause.Terrorismhasn’ttornapartIsraelisocietynorhasitcrusheditseconomy.Thewall-or“separationbarrier”intherhetoricofJerusalem–isasuccess.Arabpublicopinionisincreasinglylessinclinedtogetenthusedf

5、orthePalestinians.BushisalignedwithSharon.Arafathasbeenburied,Saddamhasbeeneliminated,Baššāral-Asad’sSyriahasbeenmarginalized,ayatollahIranhasbeensurroundedbytheextraordinarydeploymentofAmericanbasesandtroopsbetweenAfghanistanandthePersiangulf;andwiththeEg

6、yptianandSaudiregimescaughtupinthefightforsurvivalagainstthesameradicalIslamicnetworksthatwishtodestroythe“Zionistentity”,whostillthreatenstheexistenceofIsrael?Moreover,theJewishStateisexpandingitssphereofinfluenceintheMiddleEast,almosttakingontheroleofchi

7、efregionalpower.Antithesis:Israelhasonlygainedtime.ArabsandMuslimswillneveracceptthe“Zionistentity”.ThehatredoftheJewsremainscommoncurrencyinMiddleEasternsociety.TheJihadistshavehijackedthePalestiniancause.ThepoliceStates,whichintheregionfeelcaughtinthevic

8、eofIslamicradicalismanddemocratizationsponsoredbytheUnitedStates,cannotaccedetorealpeacewiththeJewishStatewithoutriskingtheirownoverthrow.Andiftheycouldreallyvotefreely,inmanyArabcountriesthearchenemiesoftheW