The U.S. and its Western partners should declare that any strikes on its principal ally Israel will trigger massive counterattacks on Syria's regime and Hezbollah. In short, the significance of Israel for Western and Middle East security-and as a model for Middle East regional democracy-cannot be emphasized enough. The range of threats and conflicts surrounding Israel reinforces the validity of the late General Moshe Dayan's outlook: "Israel has no foreign policy, only a defense policy."
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