The creation of Israel was not a coincidence or a response to the Jews’ desire to have a homeland that would be based on religious racism or, as the Jews claim, their right to return to the "Promised Land".
In fact, historical events confirm that the establishment of Israel in the heart of the Arab region was for specific reasons, including:
o A keen interest by European countries to get rid of the Jews. This was due to the Jews’ inability to merge with Christians in addition to the Jewish ghetto way of life.
o Israel was established in order to be a bridgehead to protect Western interests in the Arab World as Islam, as conceived, is the great threat to the West, especially after the end of the crusader era and modern colonialism.
o The existence of Israel on Palestinian land achieves the goal of separating the Western and Eastern worlds, thus creating constant instability in order to hinder development in the Arab world.
In fact, it was the idea of Israel’s leaders who exploited these objectives and tempted the Western leaders to believe in the importance of Israel so as to control the Arab region which is rich in natural resources. However, the Western world, for this reason, permitted Israel to attain nuclear capability although without direct consent.
Fortunately, the political events in the region proved that Israel is not the ideal strategic state which can be trusted to protect Western interests. For instance, when Iraq, encouraged by the US, invaded Kuwait, it was supposed that Israel would take the initiative to protect the oil interests in the Gulf or stand against Iraq but nothing of that sort happened. Therefore, when the US-led the alliance against Iraq, it was perceived that it was not wise to have Israel in that coalition. In fact, the US excluded Israel from the war against Iraq in order not to create reactions by other participants in the coalition. Israel was not a defender of the West’s interests as it claims and the West had to step in without the need for Israel. Nonetheless, Israel lost another point in its strategic claim when 22 ground-to-ground Iraq’s missiles struck it and it never retaliated on orders from the US.
In other words, Israel proved not only it was incapable of defending Western interests but even itself, and it is no secret that the US, Holland and Germany dispatched Patriot missiles to confront those from Iraq. Moreover, Israel lost another point in the region by the fall of the former USSR and the end of the Cold War; so its role went to a minimum after it was a vital factor in the struggle between the two superpowers.
Furthermore, Israel has lost point No. 4 following the terrorist attacks as the US refused to have Israel in the alliance formed to combat terrorism. The US, however, deemed it appropriate to exclude Israel from this alliance in order to ensure the support of Arab and Islamic countries taking into account that Washington is launching a war against an Islamic nation, Afghanistan, in the name of fighting terrorism. Moreover, the US stated its intention to pursue the issue of the Palestinian State and exerted pressure on Sharon in order to halt aggression against the Palestinians because the situation now differs from what it was in past.
Interestingly, despite the smaller role of Israel in the Middle East and its being no longer the watchdog of the West’s interests, it still plays a major role in dividing the Arab west and east region and receives new Jewish settlers from the former Eastern bloc that is suffering economic crises.
