Iran, Syrie et Israël: attention aux coïncidences!

Sur le site du Chicago Sun-Times

"Iran is exploiting the Arab Spring uprisings against governments hostile to Tehran to try to spread the hegemony of revolutionary Islamist Iran across the Middle East. It should be noted that these uprisings have been exclusively focused on grievances against governments and improving the everyday lives of Arabs, with Israel rarely if ever mentioned in the street protests.

It’s not surprising that Iran is coming to the aid of Assad to divert attention from his murderous suppression of his own people by helping him resort to the tried and true tactic of fanning the flames of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.

That this may resonate across the Mideast reflects several factors. The revolts have unleashed Islamist parties, the most organized political movements in Arab countries despite years of suppression by secular dictators; Islamist organizations are relentless foes of Israel. Though Israel hasn’t been a factor in the revolts, the effect of decades of state-promoted hate persists and is open to exploitation. The region remains vulnerable to fatal sectarian animosities as demonstrated by recent clashes between Muslims and Coptic Christians in Cairo.

Still, the Israel Defense Forces got it right in declaring that the “fingerprints of Iranian provocation” are all over the weekend’s events and the regrettable loss of lives (more of them from Lebanese gunfire than Israeli). Agents of Iran, Syria, Hezbollah and Hamas no doubt amplified, if they did not start, the Facebook campaign for a “third intifada” or uprising against Israel. And just last week the revolutionary council of Fatah — the umbrella organization over the Palestinian Authority, whose President Mahmoud Abbas is supposedly a peace partner for Israel — urged an escalation of “popular resistance” against Israel. This came only weeks after Fatah announced a reconciliation with Iran-backed Hamas. A coincidence? Hardly."
http://www.suntimes.com/news/huntley/5409131-417/iran-syria-foment-hate-for-israel.html