Epstein Secrets

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

ent of greatness. During the last three years we're living through a geo political earthquake. The world order which existed since the demise of the Ottoman Empire following WW I is collapsing.The Arab Spring turned into an Islamist Winter. Borders are erased. Old tribal and sectarian bloody disputes awakene

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

rael Let us then turn to the contemporary manifestation of Israel. Israel was recreated because of the interaction between a regional great power, the Ottoman Empire, and a global power, Great Britain. During its expansionary phase, the Ottoman Empire sought to dominate the eastern Mediterranean as well as both

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stward, it would move first through the Sinai and then northward along the coastal plain, securing sea lanes to Egypt. When Asia Minor powers such as the Ottoman Empire developed, there was a natural tendency to move southward to control the eastern Mediterranean. The Levant is the crossroads of continents, and Israe

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

he world order, which existed since the demise of the Ottoman Empire, is collapsing. The Arab Spring appears to have t

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