Our quick update from yesterday’s program about the implosion of Israeli-Turkish relations.
Akiva Eldar writes that Israel’s problems with Turkey point to bigger – and more worrisome – things for the Jewish state.
Roger Cohen concurs.
Jeffrey Goldberg says outgoing Secretary of Defense Robert Gates was extremely frustrated with Israel for not doing its part to help move the peace process forward.
It turns out US intelligence agencies spy on Israel. Not shocking. But this is sort of an interesting nugget from the NYTimes piece:
Former counterintelligence officials describe Israeli intelligence operations in the United States as quite extensive, ranking just below those of China and Russia, and F.B.I. counterintelligence agents have long kept an eye on Israeli spying.
Israeli officials say Palestinian militants in Gaza have better rockets now.
Someone named Louis Rene Beres – who has written books – paints a somewhat confusing but no-holds-barred doomsday scenario for Israel if the Palestinians succeed in winning UN recognition as a state. In short, this will trigger nuclear war.
