Yea because the American backed military, violently starting a coup is the epitome of democracy, please.
You're missing something important here. The US (Obama Administration) supported Arab Spring in Egypt. That was a mistake, but Obama declared that the Muslim Brotherhood should have "a seat at the decision-making table." You saw what a disaster that was. Egypt was spiraling out of control and the military (against the US position) brought the country back from the edge of insanity, where Morsi was heading. This was done against US wishes and it harmed relations with the US.
Of course your definition of moderate and civilized are your own, the American metric of a civilized Arab which is whether they support Israel or not is not very popular as you can imagine over here. The United States is the most disliked country after Israel over here for a reason.
You are correct though that change does happen and unfortunately for you and for Israel, clearly, change is not in Israel's favor, the more progress and more democracy and representation there is in the Arab the world the less likely it is that Israel has friends in the region.
You're talking like a hardliner here and the days of hardliners are numbered. I don't have a special definition of "civilized." That term is recognized throughout the world and acting like backwards extremists who can't tolerate the Jewish nation is NOT civilized.
Israel, on the other hand, with its contribution to the sciences and society -- with it representational government -- is civilized. The only problems Israel faces are from extremist Arabs who are locked in religious fundamentalism.
Again you overly estimate the importance of Nobel prizes to the rest of humanity, oil, trade and geopolitics. Israel in comparison to the entirety of the middle east becomes completely negligible.
Oil is important, indeed, but it won't be for much longer. The US (and Western scientists everywhere) are tired of dealing with backwards Middle Eastern oil barons and they're working round-the-clock to develop renewable methods of energy. The only reason the Middle East has two dimes to rub together is because the West bought your oil.
That's about to end, and with it will end any influence the Middle Eastern nations thought they had.
That should be clear to you by just watching what's happened with Saudi's oil glut this past year. The Saudi intent was to run the US oil industry out of business, but what did the US do? LOL, We massively increased oil production and with that, we're reducing dependency on OPEC.
The gravy train is getting ready to stop. You guys better get off your rear-ends and figure out a new way to make money because the US won't be held hostage to your childish demands.
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America has a military cult, Americans clearly have no problem with sending their kids to war to kill and be killed "for their country". Which is the same in Israel, Israelis are willing to kill and be killed in the name of colonialism, Israeli Jewish parents, and many Jews internationally for that matter, leave the safety of their homes and countries and put there children in colonies on the front line of a military occupation. A better case can be made for those people hating their children tbh.[/QUOTE]
Americans recognize that they live in the best nation in the world, but, no, they do not send their children off to die, like the religious extremists in the Middle East do. There is no conscription here. Our military is strictly voluntary. And not only do we not want to see them die, we've implemented ways of fighting other countries and terrorists from a distance so our American boys are not in the direct line of fire, via drones, bombs, etc. No American parent would strap a bomb on their child and send them to blow themselves up. Sorry - that one is on you.
Bottom line is -- Middle Eastern Arabs are going to have to accept Israel, and, despite what you say, many are doing just that. There will be peace, whether you want it or not. Things are changing.
Israel is here to stay. And, the world is better for it.