07.09.2011                      08.Elul, 5771

Diplomatie:

Israel not facing an all-out Middle East war

Maj. Gen. Eyal Eisenberg has discovered it's one thing to successfully command Operation Cast Lead in the Gaza Strip and something else entirely to make an appearance before cameras and microphones.

Most army officers steer clear of the media, but the head of the Israel Defense Forces' Home Front Command, Maj. Gen. Eyal Eisenberg, found himself in the headlines on Tuesday following a public appearance at the Institute for National Security Studies at Tel Aviv University. He created a storm of sorts over a prediction that the Arab Spring, which has seen a number of dictators overthrown or their rule challenged, could be followed by a radical "Arab Winter," which in turn could even increase the chances of all-out war in the long term. He said its most extreme scenario could include "the capacity to use weapons of mass destruction."…