Israeli tears for Mubarak and the Arab "jungle"

""...Since the tiny state was founded in 1948, Israel has always regarded itself as a vulnerable bastion of civilisation in a hostile region bent on its destruction – “a villa in the jungle”, as Ehud Barak, the Israeli defence minister, has put it. But in recent years, Mr Barak’s crude metaphor had seemed less apposite, even as Israel’s interminable conflict with the Palestinians ground on unresolved. Indeed, the jungle seemed to be pushed back in places and tamed in others..."   "...The certainties of the dictatorial era in the Arab world on which Israel so depended are fading. Mr Mubarak and his fellow tyrants could determine policy towards the Jewish state without consulting their browbeaten people; the next generation of leaders will have no choice but to take into consideration their views...""  Can you imagine the uproar if the racist language of Barak was used by an Arab against Jews? (thanks Nu`man)