Generally, the assumption is that the Arab countries exploit Israel by manipulating hatred of the Zioist Entity in order to keep the attention of its people off of the government and its corruption.
But Guy Bechor made an interesting observation on YNet this past week that there is more than one way to take advantage of Israel:
For a long time now, Arab and Islamic countries exploited Israel to facilitate better relations with the United States. There is nothing new about that. This is how late Egyptian President Anwar Sadat acted. He merely wanted peace with the United States, and the bridge to get there was Israel.
...in the past, Arab and Islamic leaders had to pay for this cynical use of Israel with an official visit here or even the establishment of diplomatic relations with Israel.
Today, there is no need for that any more: A photo opportunity with Israeli leaders will suffice.
How convenient. Now they can both blast Israel in the media and take time out periodically to claim that they are ready to re-examine relations with Israel, without committing to anything--of course--until Israel makes peace with the Palestinian Arabs.
After all, what under-developed Arab country would want to arbitrarily deny itself the possibility of American largesse?
...Besides the Palestinian Authority:
Palestinian Authority hatred of the United States is so deeply ingrained in its ideology that it continues to openly promote vicious anti-American hatred - even right after signing a deal to receive $50 million in direct aid from the US.
Radio and television sermons by senior PA religious officials in the past week have presented the US as foremost among the "heretical" countries, and as an enemy trying to dismantle the Islamic world.
In the presence of PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas, one religious leader called for Iraqis to intensify terrorist uprisings against American soldiers.
Leave it to the Palestinians to pitch their tent behind the curve.
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