A historical paradox by which the US has been
considered a friend and ally of the State of Israel, while, in fact, it
has consistently undermined Israel’s chances of securing defensible
boundaries vis-à-vis the Arab world, is discussed in this article
stage by stage.
Since the War of Independence in 1948, through the
wars of 1956, 1967, 1973 and 1982 (including constant terrorism and
attrition between wars) the same pattern of appeasement of the Arab
aggressors and forcing precarious territorial conditions upon Israel has
repeated itself. The present situation seems like a form of servitude
under the guise of alliance, which, in fact, becomes more and more
detrimental to a stable peace in the Middle East.
The climax of Israel’s predicament is now reflected
in the so-called “peace process” by which Israel is being pushed back to
its vulnerable borderlines of June 1967. Yet instead of Jordan as its
eastern neighbor, we now have the PLO (with the US as a sponsor and
arbiter) that by its very raison d’être
is disposed once again to ignite the entire Middle East by cries to
liberate the holy city of Jerusalem, etc. Thus, although Israel and the
PLO have reached an agreement of mutual recognition and partition by
themselves in Oslo, the two sides have noted and agreed since then, as
obedient vassals depending on their over-lord in Washington, to draw the
final lines of a new partition of this tiny land.