Why Indonesia Could Be the Next Country to Normalize Its Ties with Israel
The world’s largest Muslim-majority nation should stop treating the Jewish state like a mistress.
January 7, 2022
Why Indonesia Could Be the Next Country to Normalize Its Ties with Israel
The world’s largest Muslim-majority nation should stop treating the Jewish state like a mistress.
In the 1950s, Indonesia—the world’s largest Muslim-majority country and its fourth most populous—placed itself firmly on the side of the Arab world and what was then known as the “nonaligned bloc” against Israel. But in the 1980s, Jakarta began buying military equipment from Israel; civilian commerce, and then other forms of cooperation, followed. The two countries, however, still do not have formal diplomatic relations. Amotz Asa-El delves into this history, identifies a clear pattern of ever-warmer ties, and argues that Indonesia should, and perhaps will, follow in the footsteps of the UAE, Bahrain, and others:
January 7, 2022
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