Where Israel appears
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…of its region. It can survive only if it maneuvers with great powers commanding enormously greater resources. Israel cannot match the resources and
the United States might place onerous requirements on Israel. Alternatively
Israel's strategic problem was this: So long as Egypt was in the Sinai
Israel faced a simultaneous threat from all of its immediate neighbors. However
except when the Israelis are divided internally. The conquests of Israel occur when powers not adjacent to it begin forming empires. Babylon
which is diplomacy. The main neighbors of Israel are Egyptians
this can pose a problem for Israel. However
Syria can be interested in Israel only selectively. When it is interested
…ler raiding parties could. The tribes of the Arabian Peninsula lack the reach or the size to pose a threat to Israel
Israel plays a pivotal role in the confrontation of the United States and the Soviet Union and
…ng (as in the other cases) an ingathering of t least some of the Jews who had been dispersed after conquests. Israel's founding takes place in the context of the decline and fall of the British Empire and must
…m of Judah and the deportation to Babylon early in the sixth century B.C. The second manifestation began when Israel was recreated in 540 B.C. by the Persians
then there ought to be a deep continuity in a nation's foreign policy. Israel is a laboratory for this theory
…oving of the goal posts and the constraints of the administration's unshakeable political instinct to support Israel.
and particularly at this point. To our friends it signals that Israel is losing its self-confidence regarding the obvious – namely
… Tunisian President Bourguiba (and later on Sadat in his debates with Assad just before the peace treaty with Israel) made the argument that there's no need to defeat Israel by force. Give them the opportunity – and they will collapse from...
and will never ask others to fight for us – yet the US has deployed advanced radar systems in Israel to provide early warning against long-range missiles
the diplomatic challenge is far greater. Israel is a sovereign state. On more than one occasion
a sharp segue to the diplomatic challenges Israel faces
not just Israel. A nuclear Iran means the end of the non-proliferation regime– Saudi Arabia