In its Feb. 4 edition, the Washington Post runs an article by Jerusalem correspondent Janine Zacharia about ripple effects in Israel from the turmoil in Egypt. ("For Israel, change could upend long-held security arrangements" page A14)Here is how Zacharia leads off her dispatch:"Israelis are looking fearfully beyond the end of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's rule, expecting it will force them to stiffen security across an extensive southwestern border and perhaps reoccupy a strategic corridor between Egypt and the Gaza Strip."Quite true that Israel is considering changes in its security strategy if it turns out that a successor regime in Egypt renounces the peace treaty between Cairo and Jerusalem.But in doing so, are Israelis gripped by "fear," as Zachaira reports?  According to my Webster's dictionary, "fearful" is defined as "terrifying," "afraid," "feeling fear."Does Zacharia have any empirical...(Read Full Post)