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Egyptians demonstrate outside the Israeli embassy .
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Middle East expert Reem Abou-El-Fadl explains how Arab
solidarity with the Palestinians is being reflected at the official
level in the aftermath of the Arab Spring.
June 5, 2012
As the struggle for democracy and
dignity in the Arab world rages on in countries like Tunisia and Egypt,
the Israeli establishment’s response has been to disparage the revolts
and hunker down.
Israel’s right-wing leader, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, laid out this response in a
speech to the Israeli Knesset last year.
The Arab revolts have turned into an “Islamic, anti-Western,
anti-liberal, anti-Israeli and anti-democratic wave,” Netanyahu said.
“Israel is facing a period of instability and uncertainty in the
region.”
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