Far from reinforcing Israel’s security, its last two military adventures, in Lebanon and now in Gaza, have caused further self-isolation and loss of world sympathy. Nowhere has this phenomenon been stronger than in Turkey, where those military escapades have strained the two countries’ strategic alliance almost to the breaking point.
以色列不属于欧盟，但失去土耳其也会对它造成威胁。其过去两年在黎巴嫩和目前在加沙地带的军事冒险，根本没有巩固以色列的安全，而是造成了进一步的自我孤立并失去了世界的同情。在土耳其，这个现象没有比其它地方更强的了，那些军事冒险使得两国的战略联盟几乎紧张到了崩裂的低点。