Opinion  Dr. Yaron Friedman
Which Arab countries will survive 2014?
Dr. Yaron Friedman
Published: 08.01.14, 00:59
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1. As Long As They Kill Each Other And Not Us
Yishai Kohen ,   YeShA, Israel   (01.08.14)
Let the "Arab Spring" flourish.
2. Praying for the success of all sides...
Saalam   (01.08.14)
3. A good and well thought out article. Thank you Ynet
Michael Redbourn ,   Lisbon Portugal   (01.08.14)
4. They're my last worry
Ian ,   Newcastle upon Tyne   (01.08.14)
With Obama and Kerry doing their best to appease Islamists at Israel's expense,I'm more concerned with the State of Israel's survival prospects beyond 2014. THREE CHEERS FOR ISRAEL!!!
5. Zionism good for the Arabs
Ronnie ,   Hod Hasharon   (01.08.14)
The best thing that happened to the Arab world is that for a few generations they were so busy attacking Israel they stopped killing each other for a while.
6. Maybe USA should have thought about this BEFORE they caused
Stay home Yankees!!! ,   Tel Aviv   (01.08.14)
war in all of these countries. The US does not know ANYTHING about Arab culture, Islam or the Shiite Sunni divide.... They just go in looking for what American can get out of it. The results are obvious. Total chaos, death and destruction. And now US wants to tell ISRAEL what to do???
7. #1 Netanyahu
(01.08.14)
As long as Netanyahu protects Israeli interests, they will kill each other. Sadly, their is a good chance that Netanyahu will surrender to pressure from the likes of Livni, Ayalon, Abramovitch, Peres and Lapid, and surrender Israeli interests to PLO. When that happens, the Arab world will unite to eliminate the weakened Israel. If Netanyahu surrenders, expect chemical weapons on Israeli cities.
8. Interesting, no mention of "palestine" in the article
A ,   Belgium   (01.08.14)
Obviously a reflection of its importance in the arab world and Middle East in general.
9. @8: Where Is This Place You Speak Of?
emanon ,   USA   (01.08.14)
10. "A Method to Neocon Madness"
Steve Benassi ,   Silver Bay, MN USA   (01.08.14)
"Giving Israel this upper hand has long been the goal of American neoconservatives, although they surely could not have predicted the precise course of recent history. The idea of “regime change” in Iraq in 2003 was part of a neocon strategy of making a “clean break” with frustrating negotiations in which Israel was urged to trade land for peace with the Palestinians. The plan to dump negotiations in favor of confrontations was outlined in a 1996 policy paper, entitled “A Clean Break: A New Strategy for Securing the Realm” and prepared by prominent neocons, including Richard Perle and Douglas Feith, for Benjamin Netanyahu’s campaign for prime minister. In the document, the neocons wrote: “Israel can shape its strategic environment, in cooperation with Turkey and Jordan by weakening, containing, and even rolling back Syria. This effort can focus on removing Saddam Hussein from power in Iraq – an important Israeli strategic objective in its own right — as a means of foiling Syria’s regional ambitions.”"
11. #9 "Somewhere over the Jordan River brown,
A ,   Belgium   (01.08.14)
there you'll find "palestine" ruled by AbDULLah the clown." Hmmm, have I maybe a future in something here?
12. Me conspiracy buff. Believe tiny Israel destabilizes 22 Arab
Steve Benassi ,   Silver Bay, MN USA   (01.08.14)
entities and another 35 Islamic ones. Those Zionists must be geniuses, multiple Nobel Prize winners, in how they are able to manipulate 1.5 billion Muslims to act against their own interests.
13. My thought
Nimrod ,   Baghdad, Iraq   (01.10.14)
There is no need for a civil war, the solution is easy, we need to resort to the United Nations, implement a peaceful partition plan, Iraq should consist of all the territories of Mesopotamia, Kurdistan has a right to its own sovereign state, and the Shiites in the south can declare their religious state calling it the Republic of Al Husaen or Ali or even Rep. of Karbala. Iraq should then comprise of Sunnis, Christians and even Iraqi Jews who seek to return should be able to do just that, sign a defense treaty, create an alliance with Turkey and Israel, to defend our borders from Iran and its militias.
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