Israel's 'glass Wall' Policy And The 'war On Terror'

2) Hence the main strategy adopted by Israel has been and still is to convince the World (and indeed, says Cook, that is already part of the Israeli social imaginaire) that it is fighting destabilising elements from OUTSIDE its borders. For that to happen, Israel has perfected the technique of fostering the emergence of "barbarians at the gate" by preventing the establishment of any sort of stable societies in its neighbourhood.

An interesting and parallel argument is made by Youssef Aschkar. According to Aschkar, that same strategy has been adopted by the neocons in their so-called "war on terror". He calls it "the strategy of war on societies".

The strategy of war on societies means that the war aims firstly at societies, not at states, organizations, and armies. It is a strategy of Israeli origin and American development. Its roots stretch back far into Zionist history, but it has only been an active strategy of the Israeli state since the 1960s, when Israel defeated the Arab armies and, hence, their states. Israel then decided to extend its war against the Arab peoples, beginning with our people in Palestine. The last three decades have abounded with documents revealing this strategy and events confirming it. The Israeli peace project and the nature of Israeli negotiating conditions are part of this strategy. The Israelis plan to create a new Middle East in accordance with a new map for the life of their people. Shimon Peres misrepresented this project under many bright-sounding slogans, especially the slogan of spreading democracy. [More]

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