You are looking at a country surrounded by enemies. You talk about being boxed in? That's what being boxed in looks like. The conflict would be easily ended if other "brotherly" states stepped up and encouraged absorption of the Pal's... but guess what.. NONE OF THEM WANT THEM. - protest that.
I think we have to look at this through the prism of global alliances as well, and I am not sure that on a local level it is a strict Arab/Jew issue either. We have to factor in the phenomenon of uniting against a common enemy as in the game of alliances Iran/Syria/Russia and USA/Israel/Saudi Arabia. Jordan and Israel have a peace treaty in place. The relationships between Israel and the countries highlighted on your map are more nuanced than the map indicates. For example, between Israel and Niger, there may not be official diplomatic relations but neither are there official trade or travel restrictions.
Regarding the Iran nuclear deal, the following countries are aligned with the United States: Israel, Bahrain, UAE, Saudi Arabia, the last three being Arab/Muslim countries.
When it comes to the game of alliances, yesterday’s foes become today’s friends and vice-versa, according to how it serves their interests, and there is a web of alliances that go beyond your map that complicated matters further.
There is no nuance in the fact that in all these countries Jews lived under the apartheid of the dhimmi laws for 1400 years and in the past century all these countries ethnically cleansed the Jews from their lands.
You are looking at a country surrounded by enemies. You talk about being boxed in? That's what being boxed in looks like. The conflict would be easily ended if other "brotherly" states stepped up and encouraged absorption of the Pal's... but guess what.. NONE OF THEM WANT THEM. - protest that.
I think we have to look at this through the prism of global alliances as well, and I am not sure that on a local level it is a strict Arab/Jew issue either. We have to factor in the phenomenon of uniting against a common enemy as in the game of alliances Iran/Syria/Russia and USA/Israel/Saudi Arabia. Jordan and Israel have a peace treaty in place. The relationships between Israel and the countries highlighted on your map are more nuanced than the map indicates. For example, between Israel and Niger, there may not be official diplomatic relations but neither are there official trade or travel restrictions.
Regarding the Iran nuclear deal, the following countries are aligned with the United States: Israel, Bahrain, UAE, Saudi Arabia, the last three being Arab/Muslim countries.
When it comes to the game of alliances, yesterday’s foes become today’s friends and vice-versa, according to how it serves their interests, and there is a web of alliances that go beyond your map that complicated matters further.
There is no nuance in the fact that in all these countries Jews lived under the apartheid of the dhimmi laws for 1400 years and in the past century all these countries ethnically cleansed the Jews from their lands.
Thanks for the video. I’ll watch it over the weekend.
Thanks for taking the time.