Why the Jordan Valley Is Crucial to Israel’s Security
It could once again turn the Land of Israel into a vital land bridge between Asia and Africa.
September 27, 2019
Why the Jordan Valley Is Crucial to Israel’s Security
It could once again turn the Land of Israel into a vital land bridge between Asia and Africa.
A few weeks ago, Benjamin Netanyahu made a pre-election promise about the Jordan Valley, obtained by Israel during the Six-Day War. His statement, misreported as an intention to annex the territory—instead he spoke of applying Israeli sovereignty to parts of it—raised a predictable hue and cry. But, notes Gershon Hacohen, the statement was perfectly in keeping with the thinking of Israeli leaders from Levi Eshkol to Yitzḥak Rabin, and is rooted in the Jewish state’s strategic needs. Hacohen explains the flaws in the thinking that in 2000 led then-Prime Minister Ehud Barak to deviate from this position:
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