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Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2012/08/15/world/meast/israel-defense-strategy/index.html?hpt=imi_c2
Israel Shifts Defense Focus after Arab Spring
(CNN) Paul Colsey - Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu launched a major review of the country's defense strategy on Wednesday, seeking to adapt to a post-Arab Spring world. "The Muslim Brotherhood is forming a ring around Israel, out of Sinai and other places," Uzi Dayan, a former Israel Defense Forces deputy chief of staff, said Wednesday. If the Sinai is not demilitarized, it becomes a new front, Dayan said. Syria could become a Sunni Muslim state if Assad is forced out, he added. "In the long run the Americans are leaving Iraq, leaving Afghanistan, so there is new pressure from the east. So these are the new threats - not to mention the main threat posed by Iran," he said.