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Israel, the Arab World's All-Purpose Enemy
(National Post-Canada) George Jonas - Since the beginning of the Arab Spring, the Arab/Muslim appetite to harm the Jewish state and its inhabitants has grown, while the capacity to do so has diminished. The centrality of hatred to the culture is remarkable. In such an ambiance, nothing is handier than an all-purpose enemy, just out of reach. The Arab Spring is an attempt to return the region to its roots. It's not to Westernize the Middle East and make it more democratic; it's to Easternize it and make it more Islamic.