Well, sort of. Friedman’s remark at an Aspen Institute event was tweeted by an Arab journalist but not denied by him.Continue reading Thomas Friedman, Courtier, Not Expert, Calls for Revolution in Israel?
“Mubarak had 30 years to reform Egypt, then he tried to do it all in six days. Netanyahu is Mubarak of Israel”
In fact, Friedman went on to see similar and worse things on the Charley Rose show. The theme he was pushing (and was introduced by President Obama) has been picked up by others: Israel is stupid, stubborn, and has no understanding of its own interests.
Barry Rubin is director of the Global Research in International Affairs (GLORIA) Center and editor of the Middle East Review of International Affairs (MERIA) Journal. His latest books are The Israel-Arab Reader
(seventh edition), The Long War for Freedom: The Arab Struggle for Democracy in the Middle East
(Wiley), and The Truth About Syria
(Palgrave-Macmillan). His latest book is Israel: An Introduction, to be published by Yale University Press later this year. You can read more of Barry Rubin's posts at Rubin Reports, and now on his new blog, Rubin Reports, on Pajamas MediaTechnorati Tag: Israel.
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