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Israel’s Quandary: Defensible Borders

From American Thinker 2 Jan ’11: The Occupied Territories Revisited: The Doctrine of Defensible Borders by Harry Kanigel. The article examines the philosophical moorings of Israel’s enemies and the Jewish state’s requirements for defensible borders with a backdrop of international law and the realpolitik jockeying of Israel’s early days. The essay revisits the proposed map of Israeli strategist Yigal Allon of 1967 vintage and extrapolates a neo-Allon plan applicable to present day geopolitics.

“It’s a puzzle – isn’t it? A tiny state of a few million industrious souls is viewed as a truculent, sneering imperialist bully. Surely there’s a story behind such a cognitive burr. Why would we dispute the morality of a nation that retains territory of high military value gained in a defensive war?” [read more]


2 Responses to “Israel’s Quandary: Defensible Borders”


  1. January 29, 2011 at 1:06 pm

    I always believed that sometimes things are better left unsaid. This was just another drop of wisdom that proved me wrong. Who knows, maybe I’ll try your approach.

  2. Harry Kanigel's avatar 2 Harry Kanigel
    January 31, 2011 at 4:16 pm

    Yes, well — hardly any point to it if we don’t tell the truth. Thanks for kind words.


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