Bibi: Arab Spring Inflating Israel's Defense Costs

[Purveyor]

By JTA
Published February 21, 2012.

The Islamistization of the Arab Spring movement has placed “enormous pressure” on Israeli defenses and progress in the peace process, Benjamin Netanyahu told American Jewish leaders.

The Israeli prime minister, speaking Sunday night to the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations’ annual meeting in Jerusalem, said his country’s economy must continue to grow to support financing of the increased defense needs.

Netanyahu said that when the revolutions across the Arab landscape began, he heard criticism that he was not optimistic enough.

“I think optimism is being realistic and addressing things as they are, and we looked at it with sober eyes and we said it might go to the Google generation, but it might not. It might go to the Islamist direction. And by and large it has,” he said.

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[Purveyor]

1. Hold on to your wallets and purses, US Taxpayer. You just know what is coming... eom

[Fawke Em]

2. Why can Israel be a hard-line Jewish country, but other

Middle Eastern countries aren't "allowed" to be hard-line Muslim?

Any country that is defined by a hard-line religion is just as kooky as the next, regardless of where they pray.

[sinkingfeeling]

3. Bet they will be asking US for more military aid real soon.