Word: israelism
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...analysts are jittery this week following comments on Sunday by Vice President Joe Biden that were widely interpreted as a green light to Israel to bomb Iran's nuclear facilities. Many in the industry have long viewed such an attack as a prelude to a nightmare in global energy markets: Iran retaliating by sinking oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, blocking the route by which most Persian Gulf oil travels to world markets. "We will be in deep, deep trouble," says Leo Drollas, deputy director and chief economist of the Center for Global Energy Studies in London. "The market...
...Obama Administration has hastened to correct the impression that Biden's comments represented a U.S. nod and wink to an Israeli air strike. The Vice President had said that while the U.S. believes that military action against Iran would serve neither American nor Israeli interests, Israel is a sovereign nation, and if it felt threatened by Iran, it would be "entitled to" launch an attack on the Islamic Republic "whether we agree or not." President Obama reiterated in Moscow on Monday that he opposes military action against Iran and instead wants a diplomatic solution to the nuclear standoff. But Prime...
...world's biggest producer - exports half its oil through the strait, the remainder going overland through a pipeline. Since the strait's narrowest point is just 29 nautical miles wide, sinking a couple of tankers may be for Iran a preferable option to launching direct military retaliation against Israel, for which the consequences could be far harsher...
Earlier this week, for instance, Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak flew to New York to meet with US Mideast Envoy George Mitchell. After the conference, Barak told Israel Radio that he and Mitchell “focused mainly on the need for a comprehensive regional agreement,” and, later, according to The Jerusalem Post, that no Americans really think that “we can stop pregnancies or not build kindergartens where required.” Well, fine. That makes sense enough for the time being. But what happens in 5 years? In 10? In 50? As Ha?...
...civic resources like the kindergartens Barak mentions—that’s hardly the issue at hand. Continued rapid expansion is. And the U.S. should not accept hazy promises that could prolong a rapid rate of Israeli settlement expansion, perhaps the largest current impediment to peace between Israel and its neighbors. It’s one thing for the U.S. to deny in word alone the carte blanche that Israel enjoyed during the Bush administration, and another to take some sort of action. With regard to the settlement “freeze,” Washington would be wise...