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Operation Protective Edge and a Fragile Regional Arena
INSS Insight No. 578
Operation Protective Edge and a Fragile Regional Arena
by Yoel Guzansky and Gallia Lindenstrauss, INSS
Operation Protective Edge and the talks that are
supposed to end it have brought the political and
ideological fault lines in the Middle East into sharp
relief. The mediation attempts demonstrate the extent to
which the countries involved in the ceasefire negotiations
have different political agendas, as well as opposing
ideologies and interests. While firmly held ideologies and
weighty interests are not an obstacle per se to success in
mediation, it seems that they are complicating the current
efforts of the regional players as they attempt to achieve a
ceasefire. Indeed, the upheavals in the Arab world of recent
years have seriously eroded its ability to come together,
even on an issue where in the past consensus was the easiest
to achieve – criticism of Israel in the context of the
Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Operation Protective Edge has
not only highlighted the rifts in the Muslim world, but
appears to have aggravated them further.
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