Israel Facing 'Diplomatic Tsunami' With Arab Neighbors -- McClatchy News
JERUSALEM — The attack on the Israeli embassy in Cairo has brought into sharp relief Israel's increasing isolation in a still region grappling with the changes of the Arab Spring.
Israel was forced to evacuate its ambassador and most of its diplomatic staff from Cairo this weekend after hundreds of Egyptian protesters tore down a security wall protecting the Nile-side embassy, ransacked its files and burned an Israeli flag. It came less than a week after Turkey, Israel's other major ally in the Muslim world, announced it was expelling the Israeli ambassador and downgrading its relationship to the lowest possible level after a deadly skirmish involving a Turkish aid vessel that was attempting to deliver supplies in defiance of Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip.
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My Comment: Israel's strained ties with the Arab world will only get worse as more Islamic leaning governments emerge, and unlike their former sectarian governments, harbor no desire to accommodate and/or co-exist with Israel as their neighbor.
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The issue is very complicated. Egypt gets lots of money from the US to keep peace with Israel. Egypt still run by military, and Israel helps Egyptian economy via gas sales.
Turkey vying with Iran to be top dog in Muslim world--oddly, both nations Muslim but non-arab. And Turkey a member in NATO.
It is useful to make Israel a scapegoat for the demographic and economic problems in the region but a shift toward radical Islamization will not help the West, Israel, or those nations themselves.
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