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Opportunities and risks for Israel. Op-Ed by Former PM and Min. of Defense of Israel Back in the early 50"s our first PM David Ben Gurion was asked by a visiting Bar Mitzvah kid how comes that he, rather than any other leader during the last 2000 years re established the State of Isr
r, I'm confident that if we will bring together all former Israeli Chiefs of Staff, all former Commanders of the Central Command( responsible for Judea and Samaria) and all former Heads of Intelligence ,SecServices and Mossad, an extremely vast majority of them will agree with me on this issue. Tr
a central battleground at that moment. Israel slipped through the cracks. Once the question of Jewish unity was settled through ruthless action by David Ben Gurion's government, Israel faced a simultaneous threat from all of its immediate neighbors. However, as we have seen, the threat in 1948 was more apparent
e Jordan, they lack the numbers to be able to penetrate decisively west of the Jordan. Indeed, the normal model is that, so long as Israel controls Judea and Samaria (the modern-day West Bank), then the East Bank of the Jordan River is under the political and sometimes military domination of Israel —
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the Jordan, they lack the numbers to be able to penetrate decisively west of the Jordan. Indeed, the normal model is that, so long as Israel controls Judea and Samaria (the modern-day West Bank), then the East Bank of the Jordan River is under the political and sometimes military domination of Israel — s
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_031861 →as a central battleground at that moment. Israel slipped through the cracks. Once the question of Jewish unity was settled through ruthless action by David Ben Gurion's government, Israel faced a simultaneous threat from all of its immediate neighbors. However, as we have seen, the threat in 1948 was more apparent th
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_031871 →From: Sent: To: Subject: jeffrey E. [[email protected]] 10/30/2014 2:50:38 AM Nili Priell Barak Re: begining edits David Ben Gurion was asked why he, after 2000 years, in contrast to the many great leaders in the past was uniquely able to re -established the State of Israel. BG re
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_032162 →eover, I'm confident that if we will bring together all former Israeli Chiefs of Staff, all former Commanders of the Central Command( responsible for Judea and Samaria) and all former Heads of Intelligence ,SecServices and Mossad, an extremely vast majority of them will agree with me on this issue. True,
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George W. Bush
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Benjamin Netanyahu
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Barack Obama
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Jerusalem
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Lebanon
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Samaria
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Bashar al-Assad
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Ehud Barak
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Tehran
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Jeffrey Epstein
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United States
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Fatah
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Marc Rich
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Saddam Hussein
PERSONthe West Bank
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West Bank
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Yitzhak Rabin
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Damascus
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Bill Clinton
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Middle East
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