In the Age of Missiles, Defensible Borders Are More Important Than Ever
Israel’s unwritten national-security doctrine.
July 19, 2021
Israel’s unwritten national-security doctrine.
Unlike in the U.S., where the White House is required to produce, regularly, an official document outlining its national-security strategy, the Jewish state has never released any such statement, although one or two reports have come close. Yaakov Amidror has thus attempted to articulate the unwritten doctrines that have long guided Israeli strategists. Underlying his vision are certain basic, and unchanging, facts about the country’s situation:
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Collapsing currency, shortages, and political crisis, brought on by Hizballah.
“Too many of those types of Jews.”
A story.
Esther Bejerano, in memoriam.