Middle East Security Deteriorates

Ariel Cohen / February 09, 2011

Two years of President Barak Obama’s Middle Eastern foreign policy, and especially its handling of the Egyptian revolution, earned poor marks at Israel’s flagship national security event, the Herzliya Conference. The prestigious conference attracted NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, U.K. Defense Minister Liam Fox, U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense Alexander Vershbow, Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak, and many others.

Israel is concerned that the the Obama Administration demonstrated inconsistency, first declaring the Mubarak regime stable, then hastening to ease out an octogerian President who for a long time was America’s and Israel’s trustworthy partner despite being an authoritarian ruler.

A stable regime in Egypt is seen here as crucial to keeping intact the 32-year-old Camp David Accords, the peace agreement between Israel and Egypt. (more…)