Schlaglicht Israel Nr. 22/10 Aktuelles aus israelischen Tageszeitungen 24. November – 06. Dezember 2010 1. WikiLeaks Die US-Dokumente aus dem Außenministerium, die von der Enthüllungswebsite WikiLeaks veröffentlicht worden sind, haben auch in Israel ein großes Medienecho hervorgerufen. So wurde etwa thematisiert, dass Israel Anfang 2009 versucht hatte, den Gaza.-Krieg mit Ägypten und der Palästinensischen Autonomiebehörde zu koordinieren. Auf größeres Interesse stießen jedoch die Botschaftsdepeschen aus den arabischen Ländern. Darin wird deutlich, welche zentrale Rolle die Angst vor dem Iran in der Region spielt. Hinter verschlossenen Türen hatten mehrere arabische Führer, darunter der saudische König Abdullah, die USA gedrängt, den Iran anzugreifen, um seine nukleare Aufrüstung zu verhindern. Der israelische Premierminister Benjamin Netan­yahu begrüßte diese Enthüllung. Er sah sich in seiner Ansicht bestärkt, dass das Hauptproblem im Nahen Osten der Iran und nicht der israelisch­palästinensische Konflikt ist. The art of doublespeak "The thousands of documents[…] expose the doublespeak utilized by world leaders to promote their states’ interests.[…] Yet the phenomenon of doublespeak[…] is so well known that it needs no evidence.[…] This is the custom: In Israel, the prime minister looks to his voters, makes plenty of noise, and flexes his muscles like a Doberman. Yet when this PM visits the president, be it Obama or his predecessors, he speaks and acts like a Poodle.[…] All the self-righteous hypocrites who cannot bear this truth should be told that this is the only way to manage policy, especially vis-à-vis the Americans. […] Those who see wrong in this international approach, and there are some people like this, are hereby invited to propose another method for diplomatic and security work. In my view, the chance of winning the lottery is greater than finding such way." Eitan Haber, JED 01.12.10 The world thinks like us "The massive leak of US diplomatic documents produces a clear, unequivocal picture: The whole world, and not only Israel, is terrified by the Iranian nuclear threat. Iran's nuclearization is not Israeli paranoia, as certain camps try to argue. It makes all world leaders, from Riyadh to Moscow, lose sleep.[...] The leak reinforces the main message of two US administrations- which turned out to be incredibly similar to the main message conveyed by Israeli governments: Iran constitutes the clear, immediate and greatest threat to the world’s stability, and the world needs to act towards uprooting this malignant tumor. All the rest is dwarfed by it." Sever Plocker, JED 29.11.10 What the leaks really reveal "We didn’t need WikiLeaks[...] to tell us that its Arab neighbors are terrified of Iran[...], but they expect the US or Israel to do the job because they lack the courage to do it themselves.[...] The document dump gives new credence to Israeli warnings and exposes the Arabs as duplicitous on the most critical issue facing their region.[...] Netanyahu welcomed to exposure of what Arab leaders are saying in private as proof they agree with him about the Iranian threat, and he expressed hope they’d now say it publicly. Don’t hold your breath, Bibi.[...] The Obama administration has said Arab leaders have told it that progress toward Israeli-Palestinian peace would make regional cooperation against the Iranian threat easier, yet when the president personally pleaded with the Saudi king to act on that he was rebuffed. It also shows that for all their talk 1