Assad’s Victory and Hamas’s New Tactics Have Changed Israel’s Strategic Reality
Under these circumstances, withdrawing from the West Bank would be more dangerous than ever.
December 26, 2018
Assad’s Victory and Hamas’s New Tactics Have Changed Israel’s Strategic Reality
Under these circumstances, withdrawing from the West Bank would be more dangerous than ever.
Since the 1979 treaty with Egypt ended the threat of a major military invasion from the south, the IDF has seen the northern front as posing the greatest strategic threat to Israel’s security. Yet just as Syria has become more dangerous than ever on that front, the Gaza Strip has itself reemerged as a strategic problem. In considering these developments, Gershon Hacohen warns against exacerbating them by withdrawing from the West Bank:
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