…zeichnet sich ab in den erstaunlichen Äußerungen des Verteidigungsministers Ehud Barak am gestrigen Gedenktag für die gefallenen Soldaten.
Erstens sagt er klar wie kaum ein israelischer Politiker vor ihm, dass die Besatzung enden muss:
„The world isn’t willing to accept – and we won’t change that in 2010 – the expectation that Israel will rule another people for decades more,“ he said. „It’s something that doesn’t exist anywhere else in the world.“
„The alienation that is developing with the United States is not good for Israel,“ Barak said during a Memorial Day radio interview. „We have strong ties with the United States, a bond, long-term friendship and strategic partnership. We receive three billion dollars from them each year; we get the best planes in the world from them.“
„For all these reasons we must act to change things,“ Barak said, while voicing doubt that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would soon enjoy the same warm ties with the White House as his predecessors did when President George W. Bush was in office.
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Zweitens rüstet Barak demonstrativ ab in der Rhetorik gegenüber Iran:
„I prefer to refrain from speculation about the future,“ Barak added. „Right now, Iran does not pose an existential threat to Israel. If Iran becomes nuclear, it will spark an arms race in the Middle East. This region is very sensitive because of the oil flow. The region is important to the entire world. The fact that Iran is not an immediate threat, but could evolve into one, means that we can’t let ourselves fall asleep.“
Damit wäre Israel auf der gleichen Wellenlänge wie die fünf permanenten Mitglieder des Sicherheitsrates und Deutschland, die sich gerade um neue Sanktionen bemühen.