Neocons urged Israel to destabilize Arab states to defeat the Palestinian cause

Evidence

In 1996, the neocons advised Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, with whom they continue to have close ties, that what Israel needed to do to secure itself was to destabilize and overthrow Arab governments. They published a document titled “A Clean Break: A New Strategy for Securing the Realm,” arguing that Israel should attack Syrian military targets in Lebanon and even Syria if necessary. At the time, conventional wisdom saw Iraq as a major threat to Israel, and the neocons urged Netanyahu to support the Jordanian Hashemites’ challenge to Iraq’s borders. — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 390 (#exemplifies, via linked claim)

In contrast to the [United States’] traditional goal of stability [as a way to secure access to oil], the neocons called for destabilizing existing regimes. Of course, the neocons couched their policy in terms of the eventual restabilization of the region on a democratic basis … Likudnik strategy saw the benefit of regional destabilization for its own sake—creating as it would an environment of weak, disunified states or statelets involved in internal and external conflicts that could be easily dominated by Israel … [and] without outside support, the Palestinians would be forced to accede to whatever type of peaceful solution Israel offered [emphasis in original]. — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 439 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• corroborated: 3 independent passages support this claim
• XREF: connects to: Likud strategists sought to weaken Arab states to destroy Palestinian support — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 435; Neocons in 1996 advised Netanyahu to destabilize and overthrow Arab governments. — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 390; Neocons valued regional destabilization for its own sake, not democratic ends — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 439

Broader Connections

• Neocons in 1996 advised Netanyahu to destabilize and overthrow Arab governments. #exemplifies (0.95) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 390
• Neocons valued regional destabilization for its own sake, not democratic ends #corroborates (0.80) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 439