Remember how we discussed Israel’s Intentionally behaving clumsily to strike fear in its neighbor’s hearts?

Pepe Escobargives us more details on the larger context in “the method in Israel’s madness“:

essentially, Israel fears the new Turkey, Syria and Iran as much as it fears Russian support for it. A new Middle East is being born – and there seems to be only one place for Israel: isolation.

Israel’s “mad dog” strategy – conceived by former military leader Moshe Dayan – is not exactly an exercise in fitting in