Fayyad’s departure comes at a very bad time for the U.S., which is trying to relaunch negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians through Secretary of State John Kerry.
What just happened in Libya is nothing compared to what will happen in Syria if, by misfortune, the international jihadists, pampered by the West, take power in Damascus. This amounts to putting Al-Qaeda in control of the Arab world … with [the West’s] own rocket launchers.
Five months before the presidential elections, Israel is worried about a U.S. policy considered timorous in regards to Iran — worried enough to disrupt the game.