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THE POWEROF ISRAEL
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2/2005 
 
2 Editorial 
ISRAEL AGAINST ISRAEL
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Arnon SOFFER
 
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 What the Barrier is for
 
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Aldo BAQUIS
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 The Kingdom of Judea Vs the State of Israel
 
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Ely KARMON
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Hizbullah as Strategic Threat to Israel
 
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Guy BECHOR
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 The Party of God is Victim of its Victory
 
WHAT IS CHANGING IN THE MIDDLE EAST (AND WHAT IS NOT)
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Margherita PAOLINI
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Gas and Oil: Getting Along Without the Arabs in theEast
 
67 
 
Abdel Ra’uf Mustafa AL-SIDDIQI
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 The Pretend Peace with Israel
 
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David POLANKSY
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Greater Middle East or Daydream?
 
79 
 
Giovanni PARIGI
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 The Iraq that Counts and the One We See
HEARTLAND
 PLUS
 
92 
 
Interview with Viktor Yushchenko, President of the Republic of Ukraine
 
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Fabrizio MARONTA and David POLANSKY
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How to Become the # 1
 
109 
 
David T. ARMITAGE
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 What Americans can Learn from Italian Carabinieri
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Doug BANDOW
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Cities of God
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AUTHORS
 
 
 THE POWER OF ISRAEL
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EDITORIAL
If This Is Victory…
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hesis: Israel has won. The second Intifada has ended in the suicide of thePalestinian cause. Terrorism hasn’t torn apart Israeli society nor has it crushed itseconomy. The wall - or “separation barrier” in the rhetoric of Jerusalem – is a success. Arab public opinion is increasingly less inclined to get enthused for the Palestinians. Bush is aligned with Sharon. Arafat has been buried, Saddam has been eliminated, Bašš 
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r al-Asad’s Syria has been marginalized, ayatollah Iran has been surrounded by theextraordinary deployment of American bases and troops between Afghanistan and thePersian gulf; and with the Egyptian and Saudi regimes caught up in the fight for survivalagainst the same radical Islamic networks that wish to destroy the “Zionist entity”, whostill threatens the existence of Israel? Moreover, the Jewish State is expanding its sphereof influence in the Middle East, almost taking on the role of chief regional power. Antithesis: Israel has only gained time. Arabs and Muslims will never accept the“Zionist entity”. The hatred of the Jews remains common currency in Middle Easternsociety. The Jihadists have hijacked the Palestinian cause. The police States, which in theregion feel caught in the vice of Islamic radicalism and democratization sponsored by theUnited States, cannot accede to real peace with the Jewish State without risking their ownoverthrow. And if they could really vote freely, in many Arab countries the archenemies of the West and Israel would triumph. In any case, Bush won’t be around forever, nor canhe continue to unconditionally side with Sharon. In the end, demography remains thelethal weapon of the Palestinians: by 2020, in the area between the Mediterranean and  Jordan (including Israel and the Occupied Territories), there will be a clear Arabmajority. The old debate - that has plagued the Zionist movement since its origins - of whether the future State should be Jewish or for Jews (Judenstaat), will be resolved in favor of the Arabs: that is, with the end of Israel and the birth of “Israelestine”, asGheddafi in his time hoped for, and in accordance with the formula “two peoples in oneState”.Synthesis: the future remains uncertain, but today the Jewish State is stronger thanever.
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