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Volume 13, Issue 56:
"Anyone who speaks in favor of bringing the Arab refugees back must also say
how he expects to take the responsibility for it, if he is interested in the
state of Israel. It is better that things are stated clearly and plainly: We
shall not let this happen"
---Golda Meir, in a speech before the Knesset, October, 1961
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** Arab Policy Isn’t Determined by the Palestinian Issue ([link removed])
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** By Yoram Ettinger / June 18, 2020 / JNS ([link removed])
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In 2020, Morocco, Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and other pro-U.S. Arab countries base their national security policy on issues which far transcend the Palestinian one. These issues include lethal threats posed by Iran’s ayatollahs, the Muslim Brotherhood, Islamic State, Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the spillover of the civil wars in Libya, Syria, Iraq and Yemen, the potential implosion of all Arab countries, etc.
In 2020, these countries view Israel’s posture of deterrence as a most valuable asset in the face of the aforementioned lethal threats. They also value Israel as a most productive resource to diversify their economy and enhance their standard of living.
At the same time, they consider the proposed Palestinian state a potential rogue regime, which would add fuel to the Middle East fire. Therefore, they are expanding their defense and commercial ties with Israel in an unprecedented manner, in defiance of Palestinian protests and irrespective of the paralysis of the Palestinian issue.
In 1979 and 1994, Egypt and Jordan concluded respective peace accords with Israel, in order to advance their national security—not as a gesture toward Israel—despite Palestinian threats and protests. Notwithstanding occasional anti-Israel Jordanian talk, the Hashemite Kingdom’s walk (militarily and commercially) reflects a realization that Israel makes an irreplaceable and critical contribution to the survival of the kingdom in the face of clear and present threats, both foreign and domestic. Against the backdrop of these threats, the establishment of the proposed Palestinian state would be the straw that breaks the Hashemite camel’s back.
Arab countries have showered Palestinians with warm talk accompanied by a cold walk, a reflection of Arab concern regarding the Palestinians’ systematic track record of association with rogue elements and engagement ([link removed]) in intra-Arab subversion and terrorism.
Therefore, Arab countries have never flexed their military muscle—and barely ([link removed]) their financial muscle—on behalf of the Palestinians.
Nor did Arab countries assist the Palestinians during the latter’s military confrontations with Israel (e.g., the 1982/83 Lebanon War, the first and second intifadas and the three wars in Gaza). Never did the Arabs fight Israel on behalf of the Palestinians.
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** US Considers Withholding Aid to Jordan to Force Extradition ([link removed]) - US News & World Report
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** 'Close the file': Jordan king urged to deny US extradition demand ([link removed]) - Al Jazeera
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** US imposes sanctions on Syrian president’s wife under Caesar Act ([link removed]) - The Guardian
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** Foreign Minister arrives in Ramallah on unannounced visit ([link removed]) - Roya News
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** Four rockets fall inside Baghdad's Green Zone, no casualties: military statement ([link removed]) - Reuters
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** Iraqi Base Hosting US Troops Comes Under Missile Attack, Report Says ([link removed]) - Sputnik News
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** Iran’s Zarif went to Turkey to push ‘close relations’ ([link removed]) - Jerusalem Post
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** German intel report lays bare Iran's attempts to obtain nuclear proliferation technology ([link removed]) - Fox News
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** Bringing the Middle East Back Home ([link removed]) - Tablet
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** Europe Seeks Way Around a Diplomatic Clash With U.S. Over Iran ([link removed]) - Wall Street Journal
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** Anti-Semitism
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** Hezbollah’s ‘Antisemitic Brainwashing’ of Lebanese Schoolchildren Exposed in New Report ([link removed]) - The Algemeiner
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** Anti-Semitism and the Intellectuals ([link removed]) - Wall Street Journal
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** Ohio’s Jewish Health Department director, who faced an anti-Semitic backlash over stay-at-home orders, resigns ([link removed]) - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
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** If Black Lives Matter, then don't Palestinian Lives Matter? – opinion ([link removed]) - Jerusalem Post
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** Nashville Holocaust Memorial vandalized with anti-Semitic messages ([link removed]) - The Times of Israel
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** Israel
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** Israel thwarts Hamas arms shipment to the Gaza Strip ([link removed]) - Jewish News Syndicate
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** Gantz, Ashkenazi said withholding support for PM’s annexation; more talks Monday ([link removed]) - The Times of Israel
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** Whistleblower Exposes Palestinian Authority Corruption ([link removed]) - Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs
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** Despite annexation plan, top UAE official urges greater cooperation with Israel ([link removed]) - The Times of Israel
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** Borrell: Annexation to have ‘significant consequences’ for EU-Israel ties ([link removed]) - Jerusalem Post
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** Applying Israeli law in West Bank is not illegal ([link removed]) - Jerusalem Post
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** Trump OKs sanctions against international tribunal employees ([link removed]) - Washington Post
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** The Trump plan, political wisdom and double standards – opinion ([link removed]) - Jerusalem Post
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** Saudi Writer: Palestine Was Never an Independent State; The Palestinian Cause Is an Illusion ([link removed]) - Memri TV
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