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May. 31, 2021 1:13 PM
The War between the Wars doctrine has become the key concept of Israel‘s national strategy over the past decade. This open-ended military campaign has provided a convenient alternative to any diplomatic initiative on the Israeli-Palestinian front.
The latest round of escalation between Israel and Hamas illustrates that absent a diplomatic framework, this military strategy is greatly limited in shaping an endurable reality for Israel.
The War between the Wars strategy is underpinned by an assumption that Israel is destined to experience significant, temporary escalation every few years in its conflict with the Axis of Resistance – whether Hamas, Hezbollah or Iran’s Revolutionary Guard. Its goal is to delay escalation as long as possible and shore up Israel s strategic position in the interim in preparation for the next round.
Palestinian oppression is a Jewish shonda, overwhelmingly supported by world Jewry with cultural, political and financial backing. So Jews who object to Israeli crimes must come forward.
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By Yoni Weiss
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Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi disembarks from his plane in Cairo, Sunday. (Foreign Ministry)
Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi flew to Cairo on Sunday for a meeting with his Egyptian counterpart Sameh Choukri. This will be the first visit by an Israeli foreign minister to Cairo since 2008 and it will focus on Egypt’s efforts to broker a longtime ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, the terrorist group controlling the Gaza Strip, in the wake of recent hostilities.
According to Arab and Israeli media, Head of the Egyptian General Intelligence Directorate Maj. Gen. Abbas Kamel is expected to visit Israel on Sunday for talks with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, National Security Adviser Meir Ben-Shabbat and senior security officials.
Israel’s Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi has said that reconstruction in the Gaza Strip will be conditioned on the release by Hamas of two Israeli citizens and the bodies of two IDF soldiers killed in the 2014 Gaza war, according to media reports on Sunday. Ashkenazi made the stipulations in a meeting in Cairo with
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