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Are Israel's 1967 borders militarily defensible?
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- Posted: amelie on Dec 21, 2011
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Are Israel's 1967 borders militarily defensible?
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Economist (magazine) (2 statements)
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Economist (magazine)
Israel and Palestine: Those indefensible 1967 borders | The Economist
But it also seems to me at least worth mentioning, in the context of the question of whether the borders established by the 1949 armistice are "defensible", that Israel fought two wars from those borders.
Israel and Palestine: Those indefensible 1967 borders | The Economist
In any case, it just seems like people ought to at least make some acknowledgment when talking about the defensibility of these borders that these two wars did actually take place, and the borders didn't seem to be much of a problem for Israel.
Natan Sharoni (Israeli Major General)
Former Israeli diplomats in Washington: 1967 borders are defensible - Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News
The 1967 borders are defensible, we just need to define – defensible against what?
haaretz.com
Professor Martin Van Creveld's opinion - Comment - Israel News ...
Strategically speaking, the risk of doing so is negligible.
Jerusalem scrambles as European states move to upgrade ties with ...
Strategically speaking, the risk of doing so is negligible.
Former Israeli diplomats in Washington: 1967 borders are defensible - Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News
A group of former Israeli army officials and diplomats visited Washington Monday, claiming that a peace agreement with the Palestinians is urgent in spite of, and because of, regional turmoil, and that contrary to what Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claims, the 1967 borders are, in fact, defensible.
Former Israeli diplomats in Washington: 1967 borders are defensible - Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News
Former Israeli diplomats in Washington: 1967 borders are defensible
richardsilverstein.com
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Strategically speaking, the risk of doing so is negligible.
Martin Van Creveld: Give Up West Bank or ‘Tell Your Children to ...
Strategically speaking, the risk of doing so is negligible.
thinkprogress.org
Israel Hawks Admit Israel's 'Indefensible' 1967 Borders Are Defensible | ThinkProgress
Further undermining the complaints about the 1967 borders, of course, is the fact that in the 1967 war, those borders were defended by Israel.
Israel Hawks Admit Israel's 'Indefensible' 1967 Borders Are Defensible | ThinkProgress
Don’t look now, Cliff, but you’ve just described defensible borders.
Israel Hawks Admit Israel's 'Indefensible' 1967 Borders Are Defensible | ThinkProgress
Israel Hawks Admit Israel’s ‘Indefensible’ 1967 Borders Are Defensible
savingisrael.wordpress.com
Irish Moses | How to Save Israel in Spite of Herself: Solving the ...
Strategically speaking, the risk of doing so is negligible.
Defensible Borders for Israel: The 1967 Lines are Just Fine | Irish Moses
Defensible Borders for Israel: The 1967 Lines are Just Fine
Defensible Borders for Israel: The 1967 Lines are Just Fine | Irish Moses
It is difficult to imagine that such a distinguished group of Israeli defense and intelligence officials would make such a recommendation if it would put Israel at risk by creating indefensible.
Defensible Borders for Israel: The 1967 Lines are Just Fine | Irish Moses
Strategically speaking, the risk of doing so is negligible.
Israel’s Illegal Settlements | Irish Moses
Defensible Borders for Israel: The 1967 Lines are Just Fine
Brazil – The Perfect Solution for Palestine | Irish Moses
Defensible Borders for Israel: The 1967 Lines are Just Fine
A TIME FOR ATONEMENT: Will this Yom Kippur Bring Justice for the ...
Strategically speaking, the risk of doing so is negligible.
Defensible Borders for Israel: The 1967 Lines are Just Fine | Irish Moses
… it is crystal-clear that Israel can easily afford to give up the West Bank.
ynetnews.com
Myth of indefensible borders - Israel Opinion, Ynetnews
Individuals who claim the 1967 borders are indefensible ignore the overarching paradigm shift of the Israeli-Arab conflict that has taken place over the last decade.
Myth of indefensible borders - Israel Opinion, Ynetnews
In his analysis, he states: “It is crystal clear that Israel can easily afford to give up the West Bank…strategically speaking, the risk of doing so is negligible.”
forward.com
Martin van Creveld: Israel Doesn’t Need the West Bank To Be ...
Strategically speaking, the risk of doing so is negligible.
mondoweiss.net
The struggle against the boycott law is fundamental: Should Israel ...
The 1967 borders are defensible, we just need to define – defensible against what?
Actually, 67 borders are perfectly defensible | Mondoweiss
Strategically speaking, the risk of doing so is negligible.
Your $s at work– Israelis use new electrical device on protesters that ...
Strategically speaking, the risk of doing so is negligible.
joshualandis.com
Syria Comment » Archives » Wikileaks: “Syrian-Iranian ...
Strategically speaking, the risk of doing so is negligible.
israelmatzav.blogspot.com
Israel Matzav: What's wrong with this picture?
The 1967 borders are defensible, we just need to define – defensible against what?
dessaminaminstabroder.blogspot.com
Dessa mina minsta bröder: Palestinier hoppas på Sverige i FN
Israel Hawks Admit Israel’s ‘Indefensible’ 1967 Borders Are Defensible
jeremiahhaber.com
The Magnes Zionist: Leading Israeli Military Historian: Israel Must ...
Strategically speaking, the risk of doing so is negligible.
The Magnes Zionist: December 2010
Strategically speaking, the risk of doing so is negligible.
hagalil.com
Granate aus Gaza trifft israelischen Schulbus
Strategically speaking, the risk of doing so is negligible.
pickledpolitics.com
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Strategically speaking, the risk of doing so is negligible.
syplanet.yaman.webfactional.com
Syria Planet
Strategically speaking, the risk of doing so is negligible.
Syria Planet
Strategically speaking, the risk of doing so is negligible.
No
New York Times
Bad Borders, Good Neighbors - NYTimes.com
He is right: the country’s 1967 borders are not militarily defensible.
blogs.suntimes.com
Republican Jewish Coalition does not like Obama Israeli ...
Those borders, actually the 1949 armistice lines, are physically indefensible, as numerous military experts have plainly stated.
Binyamin Netanyahu (Prime Minister of Israel)
Israel and Palestine: Those indefensible 1967 borders | The Economist
ISRAEL'S 1967 borders are "indefensible", proclaims Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu in rejecting Barack Obama's speech on the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.
How Can Borders Israel's Defended In The Past Be Indefensible? | ThinkProgress
Mr. Netanyahu, who is due to meet with Mr. Obama at the White House on Friday in what seems likely now to be a tense encounter, added that the commitments “relate to Israel not having to withdraw to the 1967 lines which are both indefensible and which would leave major Israeli population centers in Judea and Samaria beyond those lines,” a reference to large Israeli settlement blocs in the West Bank.
Former Israeli diplomats in Washington: 1967 borders are defensible - Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News
The second issue that concerns the group is that no credible critics have dared to counter Prime Minister Netanyahu's claim that the 1967 borders are “indefensible”.
BBC News - Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu defiant on 1967 borders
A peace deal, he said to loud applause, "must leave Israel with security, and therefore Israel cannot return to the indefensible 1967 lines".
BBC News - Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu defiant on 1967 borders
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has repeated his insistence that there can be no return to Israel's "indefensible" 1967 borders.
National Review (conservative magazine)
Borderline Treachery - Andrew C. McCarthy - National Review Online
To begin with, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was quick to point out, the 1967 borders are “indefensible.”
defensibleborders.org
Defensible Borders for a Lasting Peace
Israel will not have the ability to defend itself against a conventional military threat should it materialize in the future; given the current state of the Middle East, no one can promise that such a threat will not materialize.
Defensible Borders for a Lasting Peace
Looking at the question of Israel's borders strictly from a professional military standpoint, a withdrawal to the 1967 lines will put Israel in a grave situation for the following reasons:
Republican Jewish Coalition
RJC - Republican Jewish Coalition
Those borders, actually the 1949 armistice lines, are physically indefensible, as numerous military experts have plainly stated.
RJC - Republican Jewish Coalition
Those borders, actually the 1949 armistice lines, are physically indefensible, as numerous military experts have plainly stated.
Dore Gold (former Israeli ambassador)
Dore Gold: Israel's 1967 Borders Aren't Defensible - WSJ.com
Dore Gold: Israel's 1967 Borders Aren't Defensible
jbuzz.wordpress.com
Israel Political Brief May 19, 2011: President Obama’s Speech on ...
Those borders, actually the 1949 armistice lines, are physically indefensible, as numerous military experts have plainly stated.
bonniekaryn.wordpress.com
Political Highlights May 19, 2011: President Obama’s Speech on ...
Those borders, actually the 1949 armistice lines, are physically indefensible, as numerous military experts have plainly stated.
historymusings.wordpress.com
Political Highlights May 19, 2011: President Obama’s Speech on ...
Those borders, actually the 1949 armistice lines, are physically indefensible, as numerous military experts have plainly stated.