Pour la première fois Juifs et Arabes partagent la même inquiétude: l'Iran

"Les Etats arabes ne sont plus ceux qui bénéficient du conflit au Proche-Orient. Au lieu de cela, ce sont les dirigeants iraniens dont la rhétorique impitoyable et le programme nucléaire rendent les Arabes aussi nerveux que les Israéliens. "  Pour les journalistes du Spiegel, l'échec de Barak Obama est d'autant plus tragique que, pour la première fois dans l'histoire récente, Juifs et Arabes partagent une même inquiétude: la menace iranienne.

Source: Judeosphere

Der Spiegel serves up this overview and critique of Obama’s Middle East diplomacy, noting that: "Obama’s failure in the Middle East is but one example of his weakness, though a particularly drastic and vivid one….When he began his term more than a year ago, he came across as an ambitious developer who had every intention of completing multiple projects at once. But after a year, none of those projects has even progressed beyond the early construction phase. And in some cases, the sites are nothing but deep excavations."

Ouch. The authors of the article argue that Obama’s lack of results is all the more tragic, since, for the first time in recent memory, Israelis and Arabs share a common concern:

"In the Middle East, the irresolute Obama is missing an opportunity to bring about peace that he—and probably a number of his successors—will not be offered in its current form anytime soon. Never before in Israeli history have Jews and Arabs been as united as they are today, in the face of the Iranian nuclear threat. Indeed, the Saudi Arabian foreign minister has spoken openly of the need for a military strike against Iran.

Spiegel has learned that Western intelligence services believe that the Saudis would even provide the Israelis with access to their airspace for such a strike. This stands in contrast to the Americans, who—with good reason—are unwilling to allow them to fly over Iraq.

In the face of the pressure from Iran, Arab regimes are more willing to compromise than they have been in a long time. Before Biden’s visit, they unanimously called upon the Palestinians to enter into a new round of negotiations with Israel. Today, many Arab leaders support peace in the Middle East, their earlier positions on the issue notwithstanding.

The Arab states are no longer the ones who benefit from the Middle East conflict. Instead, it is the Iranian leadership, whose ruthless rhetoric and nuclear program has the Arabs just as nervous as the Israelis."

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