<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><p>There's much missing here, but here are some interesting reflections (from Daniel Levy).</p><p><i>…A popular Israeli refrain is that the peace with Egypt has
neutralized any serious Arab military option vis-a-vis Israel. That the
same cannot be said in reverse understandably irks the Arab street.
Since signing the accord with Egypt, Israel has conducted several
large-scale military campaigns against Lebanon and against the
Palestinians, launched bombing raids against Syria and Iraq, and
conducted high-profile assassinations in Jordan and the UAE -- and that
is only a partial list.</i></p><p><i>This deep regional disequilibrium, one that became more rooted under
Mubarak's Egypt, is, understandably, both unpopular and unacceptable to a
majority of Arab public opinion. </i></p><p><i>Maintaining the peace treaty with Egypt has morphed over time and
under Mubarak into maintaining a peace process that has ultimately
entrenched occupation and settlements and made a mockery of its Arab
participants. Post-transition Egypt is unlikely to continue playing this
game. And without Mubarak's enthusiastic endorsement, the process
itself is likely to further unravel. It is hard to imagine other Arab
states leaping into this breach, or the Palestinians accepting 20 more
years of peace-process humiliation, or indeed Syria adopting the
Egyptian model and signing a stand-alone peace agreement with Israel.
Israel's strategic environment is about to change. …</i></p><div><br></div><div>(Daniel Levy directs the Middle East Task Force at the New America Foundation and is an editor of the Middle East Channel at foreignpolicy.com.)</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.tfdnews.com/news/2011/02/11/79782-daniel-levy-after-mubarak-what-does-israel-do.htm%20class=">http://www.tfdnews.com/news/2011/02/11/79782-daniel-levy-after-mubarak-what-does-israel-do.htm%20class=</a></div></body></html>