Tema destacado del Jueves, 8. Mayo 2008

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60th anniversary of the founding of Israel

The 60th anniversary of the founding of Israel will be celebrated today. Yet the region is still among the world's most crisis-torn hot spots, and a solution seems as far-off as ever. Europe's press comments on the anniversary.

L'Express - Francia

In an interview, former Speaker of the Knesset Avraham Burg discusses Israel today and tomorrow: "I have mixed feelings. Imagine I could talk with my forefathers of 500 years ago. I would tell them we have a sovereign Jewish state, that we speak Hebrew, that we have an army, universities, an economy and tourism, and that we are no longer in conflict with any other nation in the world. They would answer in astonishment: 'What happened? Did the Messiah come?' From the perspective of Jewish history we have never had things better. ... But because I know the reality, I can feel that something is awry. ... Israel is like a ship adrift on the ocean. Where are we headed? Towards peace? Towards war? Our state is in the grips of a dilemma. At present we are on an even keel, but do we have a future? ... Compared with two thousand years of exile, sixty years of independence cannot assure us of victory." (07/05/2008)

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Más de la revista de prensa sobre el tema » Política de seguridad / Crisis / Guerras, » Historia, » Israel
Todos los textos disponible de » Benjamin Barthe

De Volkskrant - Holanda

"Israel is a democratic oasis of Western values in a desert of backwardness and dictatorship," the Dutch right-wing populist politician Geert Wilders and his party colleague Martin Bosma write in the Dutch daily De Volkskrant. "Israel is no longer popular in Europe. This is a consequence of the emergence of a Muslim electorate. ... The destruction of Israel is right at the top of the political shopping lists of many Muslims. ... The Arabs also perceive the existence of Israel as a daily insult. A handful of Jews is making this country which under Islam was no more than an unsettled piece of desert bloom. ... The war against Israel is not a territorial conflict. ... In truth it is the jihad. 1,400 years ago, war was declared against us in the desert of Arabia - against the West and against Israel. ... What could work is to find a solution outside Israel. The Arab nations are well-positioned to take in the Palestinians from the 'occupied areas'. Migration to Arab countries is a logical and desirable move." (08/05/2008)

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Más de la revista de prensa sobre el tema » Política de seguridad / Crisis / Guerras, » Israel
Todos los textos disponible de » Geert Wilders

The Guardian - Gran Bretaña

Former US President Jimmy Carter writes about "a terrible human rights crime in Gaza", demanding that "the world must not stand idle while innocent people are treated cruelly. ... This gross mistreatment of the Palestinians in Gaza was escalated dramatically by Israel, with United States backing, after political candidates representing Hamas won a majority of seats in the Palestinian Authority parliament in 2006. ... Regardless of one's choice in the partisan struggle between Fatah and Hamas within occupied Palestine, we must remember that economic sanctions and restrictions on the supply of water, food, electricity and fuel are causing extreme hardship among the innocent people in Gaza. ... It is time for strong voices in Europe, the US, Israel and elsewhere to speak out and condemn the human rights tragedy that has befallen the Palestinian people." (08/05/2008)

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Más de la revista de prensa sobre el tema » Política de seguridad / Crisis / Guerras, » Política interior, » Religión, » Israel
Todos los textos disponible de » Jimmy Carter

Financial Times Deutschland - Alemania

Barry Rubin, head of the Global Research in International Affairs Center in Herzliya, Israel, comments on the relationship between Europe and Israel since the founding of the State of Israel 60 years ago. "The major problem is the intellectual and cultural elites. This is owing to the misguided 'humanitarian' notion that one should support dictatorships and totalitarian movements that claim to help people. In all European nations, particularly the UK, France, Norway, Sweden, Belgium and the Netherlands, the public image of Israel and the Jews has deteriorated. ... Particularly in the media and in academic circles, anti-Israeli views are being expressed and in some cases appear to have gained a monopoly status. ... Since this anti-Israeli stance goes hand in hand with anti-Americanism and above all hate of President George W. Bush, it could soften once his successor takes over in the White House next January. In theory many deficits remain in European-Israeli relations, but in practice these relations are one of the bright spots of Israel's 60th anniversary." (08/05/2008)

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Más de la revista de prensa sobre el tema » Relaciones internacionales, » Política de la UE, » Ideología, » Europa, » Israel
Todos los textos disponible de » Barry Rubin

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