Netanyahu shatters Israel's image

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No Israeli government has shattered Israel's international image more than the administration of Benjamin Netanyahu has done over the past six years. Not only have Netanyahu and his cohorts systematically engaged in rancorous public narratives against the Palestinians, they have taken action that could only attest to his unwavering commitment to expand the settlements and prevent the establishment of a Palestinian state.

Although the Palestinians have also contributed to the enmity and distrust between the two sides, the conduct of Netanyahu and company has left Israel isolated and scorned while dramatically shifting international public opinion in favor of the Palestinians.

To promote his political scheme, Netanyahu has skillfully linked every conflicting issue with the Palestinians to Israel's national security. He masterfully manipulated public opinion over the years to justify his misadventures and continued occupation in the name of national security, while bringing the peace process to a grinding halt.

He has engaged in double talk; on the one hand, he publicly endorsed the two-state solution, yet on the other hand he missed no opportunity to proclaim Israel's inherent right to the whole "Biblical land of Israel", which makes the establishment of a Palestinian state a farce.

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/MID-02-191214.html

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1. Israel lends al-Nusra a hand in Syria

Overtly, the Israeli superpower of the Middle East has been keen to posture as having no role whatsoever in the four-year old devastating conflict in Syria, where all major regional and international powers are politically and militarily deeply involved and settling scores by Syrian blood.

In his geopolitical weekly analysis, entitled "The Islamic State Reshapes the Middle East", on November 25 Stratfor's George Friedman raised eyebrows when he reviewed the effects which the terrorist group had on all regional powers, but seemed unaware of the existence of the Israeli regional superpower.

It was an instructive omission that says a lot about the no more discreet role Israel is playing to maintain what the Israeli commentator Amos Harel described as the "stable instability" in Syria and the region, from the Israeli perspective of course.

Friedman in fact was reflecting a similar official omission by the US administration. When President Barak Obama appealed for a "broad international coalition" to fight the Islamic State (IS), Israel - the strongest military power in the region and the well - positioned logistically to fight it - was not asked to join. The Obama administration explained later that Israel's contribution would reflect negatively on the Arab partners in the coalition.

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/MID-01-191214.html

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2. BS Headline

At least the other sources who ran this garbage didn't blatantly lie in the headline like yours.

Israeli Role In Syrian Conflict Brought Into The open

http://www.countercurrents.org/nasser171214.htm

Israeli Role in Syrian Fighting Brought into the Open

http://dissidentvoice.org/2014/12/israeli-role-in-syrian-fighting-brought-into-the-open/

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4. Ms Nasser does indeed have an axe to grind, but that is hardly unusual here.

I keep running into the claim, and the events it's based on, and I've been ignoring it for six months now as it is.

If Israel wants to stay out of it, they should stay out of it. As with the US fighting ISIS, if you get involved with one side, you are getting involved period.

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5. The author is a male

And he does.

The Israeli leadership is not lending Al-Nusra a hand. That headline is ridiculous.

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6. Actually, they are doing an excellent job of helping out with recruiting.

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My apologies to Mr. Nasser, it is good of you to set matters straight for him.

And they make a habit of attacking Assad and ignoring ISIS. Mr. Assad has been known to do the same thing WRT the "Free Syrians", he prefers to attack them and ignore ISIS, when he can.

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3. "Although the Palestinians have also contributed to the enmity and distrust..."

Ya think?