Specifically, how does the lack of democracy in the Arab world affect the chances for a secure peace in the Middle East?
• “We can only arrive at peace with the Arabs through an evolution on their part that includes democracy. But wherever I turn my eyes to look, I don’t see a shadow of democracy. I see only dictatorial regimes.” – Golda Meir, in an interview with Oriana Fallaci in Jerusalem in November 1972 • “IS PEACE POSSIBLE BETWEEN ISRAEL AND THE ARAB WORLD??? The answer is YES — But only after mind-boggling changes in the Arab world. True peace can only be made after the Arab world undergoes democratization. Simply put, democracies rarely go to war with one another. All our major wars of the last two hundred years have been between dictators or between democracies defending themselves from dictators. When a ruler is elected by the people, he has a natural restraint preventing him from sending their sons and daughters into combat in an aggressive war. No such restraint exists anywhere in the Arab world. – Bernard J. Shapiro, Editor of the Freeman List • No Democracy, No Peace by P. DAVID HORNIK (Ju
