Când se bat elefanții, animalele mici ar face bine să stea deoparte (sau cum explică opinia publică și presa arabă conflictul dintre Israel și Hezbollah)
When Elephants Fight, Mice Should Stay Clear (or How the Public Opinion and the Arab Press Explains the Conflict Between Israel and Hezbollah

Summary/Abstract: During the recent conflict between Israel and Hezbollah, the press from the entire Arab world showed a permanent interest on the motivation of this conflict. Beyond the numerous scripts that try to explain the real causes of this new conflict in the Middle East, the Arab press agrees on one thing: the great loser of this war are the United States of America, at least concerning the image and the perception that this country has among the nations of the Middle East. The Lebanon crisis to which is added the Iraqi file are not meant to improve the image of the United States of America in this region. Furthermore, and this is the greatest fear of many columnists in the Arab press, American pride affects deeply the trust in all the values promoted by Americans themselves. The haughtiness displayed by Washington but also by its regional partner, the State of Israel, the defiance showed to the Arab Moslem world, and the fact that many Arab requests are ignored increase, in a more and more obvious manner, the Arab feeling of rejection but also the feeling concerning the necessity of fighting against the Americanization process.

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