Live Tutorial for Indian Diplomacy
What we haven’t managed in last 60 years, Israel has managed to do it in just 6 years – “Win over US, and get it to one’s own side”. Nobody can undermine the role of United States in the global relationships and their is the way to go.
Since long, Israel has had only a handful of friends. However what we have seen over last few years is a systematic & continuous diplomatic policy to create its own niche.
9/11 gave the countries world-over an opportunity to re-establish the equations with global superpower, for it was for the first time the superpower had experienced terrorism at its home. And suddenly all that terrorism seemed very ‘real’ to US leading to ‘war against terror’ world over.
Recently I heard Shimon Peres, Deputy PM of Israel talking to an international news channel. In no uncertain words he said that “Lebanon is not our enemy. As a matter of fact it can be one of our best & closest friends. And it’s not too difficult. If the Lebanese Government stops the insurgency then we are more than willing to talk across the table and all the issues that we have could be sorted out”.
Just 10 minutes thereafter Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Seniora had to rubbish these words of truce. He claimed that this statement of Israeli Deputy PM is just a façade and he doesn’t really mean it. What happened in a few hours’ time is quite remarkable. For once, US issued the statement which asked Lebanon to take Israeli stance in a positive spirit and have the mutually agreeable resolution arrived at, at the soonest.
This statement means a lot, not only for Israel, but also for the world. It gives us the idea of the shifting balance of power and how Israel has managed to extract the most out of a tragedy. A tutorial in its own way for the Indian diplomacy.
Since long, Israel has had only a handful of friends. However what we have seen over last few years is a systematic & continuous diplomatic policy to create its own niche.
9/11 gave the countries world-over an opportunity to re-establish the equations with global superpower, for it was for the first time the superpower had experienced terrorism at its home. And suddenly all that terrorism seemed very ‘real’ to US leading to ‘war against terror’ world over.
Recently I heard Shimon Peres, Deputy PM of Israel talking to an international news channel. In no uncertain words he said that “Lebanon is not our enemy. As a matter of fact it can be one of our best & closest friends. And it’s not too difficult. If the Lebanese Government stops the insurgency then we are more than willing to talk across the table and all the issues that we have could be sorted out”.
Just 10 minutes thereafter Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Seniora had to rubbish these words of truce. He claimed that this statement of Israeli Deputy PM is just a façade and he doesn’t really mean it. What happened in a few hours’ time is quite remarkable. For once, US issued the statement which asked Lebanon to take Israeli stance in a positive spirit and have the mutually agreeable resolution arrived at, at the soonest.
This statement means a lot, not only for Israel, but also for the world. It gives us the idea of the shifting balance of power and how Israel has managed to extract the most out of a tragedy. A tutorial in its own way for the Indian diplomacy.
posted by Narendra Ganpule @ 10:20 AM
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I don't think Israel has befriended uncle Sam. It's just that Jewish community controls american finances.
But u r rite, India needs 2 get the US of A on its side. A special advantage we have is we run American services sector & we man most of their big money making co's, NASA & the like.
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