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When Radicals Are No Longer Mainstream, Israel Can Attack Them without Much Consequence
(Israel Hayom) Dan Schueftan - The real issue at stake in the fighting between Israel and the Palestinians in Gaza is Arab and Palestinian solidarity with those who seek an armed conflict with Israel. When radicals are no longer mainstream, Israel can ignore them or attack them without much consequence. When they manage to drag other Muslim, Arab or Palestinian elements into a confrontation with Israel, the threat they pose increases many times over. Breaking the pan-Arab solidarity has prevented a large-scale war between Israel and Arab countries for almost five decades and has led to the positive development of having Israel increasingly integrate into the region as a Middle Eastern power. The writer heads the International Graduate Program in National Security Studies at the University of Haifa.