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ound its entire perimeter — from Gaza in the south to the "blue line" separating Lebanon from Israel in the north. The construction of a barrier in the Golan Heights has been announced. The separation barrier in the West Bank is too a material reflection of Israel's EFTA00636709 new focus on defensive operatio
d Democrats alike are EFTA00636702 not keen on another war. So with Plan A, an American strike against Iran, off the table, it is time to explore Plan B. Plan B? Yes, a Plan B, one that places more stock in patient strategy as opposed to impatient action. Israel needs to regain its technological edge
urprise attacks by Syria and Egypt — armies we’d not just defeated, but humiliated, six years earlier — had pinned down and pushed back our forces on the Golan Heights and in the Sinai. Without any advance call-up, many reservists were only now reaching the front lines. As hundreds of people pressed for seats on th
l plan and push all the way to Beirut. This wasn’t mere supposition on my part. In February 1982, we ran a simulation exercise in the kirya based on Plan B. The result: Little Pines became Big Pines. A clash with the Syrians proved inevitable, if only because one target even under Little Pines was the mai
urprise attacks by Syria and Egypt - armies we'd not just defeated, but humiliated, six years earlier - had pinned down and pushed back our forces on the Golan Heights and in the Sinai. Without any advance call-up, many reservists were only now reaching the front lines. As hundreds of people pressed for seats on the
al plan and push all the way to Beirut. This wasn't mere supposition on my part. In February 1982, we ran a simulation exercise in the kirya based on Plan B. The result: Little Pines became Big Pines. A clash with the Syrians proved inevitable, if only because one target even under Little Pines was the mai
Entities connected to both the Golan Heights and Plan B.

Benjamin Netanyahu
PERSON
George W. Bush
PERSON
Lebanon
LOCATION
Jerusalem
LOCATION
Damascus
LOCATION
Hosni Mubarak
PERSON
United States
LOCATION
Fatah
ORGANIZATIONSinai
LOCATIONMediterranean
LOCATION
Yitzhak Rabin
PERSON
Saddam Hussein
PERSON
Yasser Arafat
PERSON
Golan
LOCATION
Ehud Barak
PERSONthe West Bank
LOCATION
Michael Cohen
PERSON
Cairo
LOCATION
John F. Kennedy
PERSON
Ronald Reagan
PERSON