Assessment of Israel’s Position in the 1991 Gulf War

Yıl 2016, Cilt: 3 Sayı: 1, 165 - 186, 15.10.2016

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Abstract

 

The Persian Gulf War was one
of the defining incidents took place which shaped the current situation of the
Middle East. There has been a vast amount of studies about this conflict but on
a specific case why Israel stayed out of the conflict even though she was
attacked continued to be a charming question for researchers. Saddam’s decision
on invading Kuwait and the War following this is going to be summarized in
order to present the structure when this incident took place and also to build
an environment in which Israel’s decision on not joining the war is going to be
analyzed. Israel is perceived as one of the most aggressive countries of the
Middle East mostly because of the Wars that she was involved with and the grand
projects that she wants to be feasible. With this assumption it is rather hard
to understand Israel’s passive behaviour during the Persian Gulf War which is
going be analyzed in this study. Israel’s state in that period and her capacity
will be analyzed in order to understand this decision was taken by Israel or
was sort of dictated by another country. Possible reasons that resulted with
Israel’s passive attitude will be under the scope to explain what Israel did
was rather rational or not. And the advantages and negative results that Israel
enjoyed and suffered will be tried to be shown at the later part of the study.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Persian Gulf War, Israel, Iraq Saddam Hossein, Yitzhak Shamir

Assessment of Israel’s Position in the 1991 Gulf War

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Özet

 

1991 Körfez Krizi Orta
Doğu’nun şu anki vaziyetinin şekillenmesinde en etkili faktörlerden birisi olmuştur. Bu kriz hakkında
birçok çalışma yapılmış ve İsrail’in saldırıya uğramasına ragman pasif tutumunu
devam ettirmesi araştırmacılar için ilgi çekici bir husus olarak öne çıkmıştır.
Saddam Hüseyin’in Kuveyt’I işgal etme kararını takip eden bu savaş hülasa
olarak anlatılacak ve İsrail’in aldığı bu kararın oluştuğu dış yapı aktarılmaya
çalışılacaktır. Israil bu savaş dışında Ortadoğu’nun en aktif ve agresif devleti
olarak nitelendirilebilecek ve günümüz topraklarını revizyonist bir yaklaşımla
genişletme amacında olan bir devlet olarak kabul edilecektir. Bu yaklaşım
İsrail’İn 1991 Savaşı’ndaki pasif tutumunu daha ön plana çıkaracağı ve
problematize edeceği için tercih edilmiştir. Bu davranış, İsrail’İn o döenmdeki
sosyal, askeri ve diplomatic gücü dikkate alınarak analiz edilecektir. Bu
analiz sonresında İsrail’in bu kararı kendi fayda-zarar analizleri sonucunda
alıp almadığı sorusu üzerinde durulacak ve buna cevap aranacaktır. İsrail’in bu
tavrının bu şekilde analizi ile bu hareketin rasyonel bir hareket olup olmadığı
ve süpriz devlet davranışı olarak sayılıp sayılmayacağına bakılacaktır. Ve bu
seçimin sonucu olarak İsrail’in elde ettiği çıktılar sonuç bölümünde analiz
edilecektir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

1991 Körfez Savaşı, İsrail, Irak, Saddam Hüseyin, Yitzhak Shamir

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