The Association of Arab-American University Graduates finds it
compelling to inaugurate its new publication series, Special Documents, with
Oded Yinon's article which appeared in Kivunim (Directions), the journal of the
Department of Information of the World Zionist Organization. Oded Yinon is an
Israeli journalist and was formerly attached to the Foreign Ministry of Israel.
To our knowledge, this document is the most explicit, detailed and unambiguous
statement to date of the Zionist strategy in the Middle East. Furthermore, it
stands as an accurate representation of the "vision" for the entire
Middle East of the presently ruling Zionist regime of Begin, Sharon and Eitan.
Its importance, hence, lies not in its historical value but in the nightmare
which it presents.
The plan operates on two essential premises. To survive, Israel
must 1) become an imperial regional power, and 2) must effect the division of
the whole area into small states by the dissolution of all existing Arab
states. Small here will depend on the ethnic or sectarian composition of each
state. Consequently, the Zionist hope is that sectarian-based states become
Israel's satellites and, ironically, its source of moral legitimation.