Lieberman seeks to create whole new Israeli foreign policy | Israel Palestine-Gaza Conflict | Jerusalem Post
Boy, am I glad that Lieberman is orienting Israeli foreign policy away from complete dependence on the U.S., especially with this administration. This conflict has actually been productive, in that it has made Israelis realize that they have to be more self-reliant, and at minimum less dependent on an America strained by great forces both external and internal, as it struggles to get back up from a recession and a hit in its “face” around the world under Bush’s recalcitrant relentlessness.
Israel stands to gain not only a number of strategic allies in the developing world (in particular, Asia, Africa, and even Latin America) by orienting itself away from the Palestinian question. After all, there’s SO much to be gained from cooperation with Israel – economically, socially, militarily and all other ways. In return, Israel can begin to change its image as the obsession and beating-boy of world media, instead promoting its innumerable accomplishments and positive contributions to humanity.
I think this is the start of something beautiful. Finally, someone in the Foreign Ministry (and the PMO, for that matter) who understands that the status quo has become intolerable, and that it’s time to actively redefine the agenda.
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