Jerusalem Report

Europe turns its back

After losing Europe, Israel will scout around for a new family.

Entre Binyamin Netanyahou et Angela Merkel : le to
Photo by: Reuters
When outgoing Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman was asked whether he was worried about growing anti-Israel feeling in the Middle East in the wake of the stalled peace process, he replied brusquely, “We are Europeans.”

With these three words, Liberman neatly summed up Israel’s foreign policy during his tenure. Unlike his predecessors who sought to cultivate ties between Israel and its neighbors, Liberman holds that it is futile to invest diplomatic energy in the Middle East, which, as far as Israeli foreign policy is concerned, is an inaccessible black hole.

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