desire to be active members in negotiations between the Palestinians and Israelis. (Ben-Rafael 32) Broad Relationship With U
The author asserted that it was this agent who deceived them into believing that "having long-range fighter-bombers and Scud missiles was a precondition for embarking on war, and without these weapons Egypt would not attack Israel." (Bregman 2000, p
Palestinian strategy focused on "internationalizing the conflict" by the exploitation of civilian casualties. (Carmon and Feldner) However, the IDF was more concerned with tactical victory and stopping the Palestinians from launching attacks against Israelis; a strategy that proved militarily successful
Therefore, by 2004 the IDF "at last began to grasp that continued counter-insurgency operations, which may have yielded significant tactical achievements, did not amount to a strategic solution to the conflict." (Catignani 2008) In the end the Israelis, who no longer viewed the Palestinian Authority as a legitimate peace partner, unilaterally disengaged from the conflict, withdrew from a number of vulnerable areas, built a security fence around the Palestinian territories and tried to get on with their lives
However, to the nation of Israel this conflict became what Bregman, in his book Israel's Wars, called "a traumatic experience for its armed forces and for its people as a whole." (Bregman 2000, p
No longer was Israel "fighting for its very existence…," and the establishment of the nation of Israel, which began in 1948 and was continually threatened with open conflict between Israel and its Arab neighbors for the next twenty-five years, was concluded. (Carver 1990, p
95) The author's main point was while Israelis fully supported the previous wars they had been involved in, primarily because their very existence was threatened, many criticized the war in Lebanon and for the first time even refused to participate. This premise was backed up by the authors of Israel's Lebanon War who stated that the "war in Lebanon unfolded as it did because of a sharp departure from the conventions and norms of government in Israel…" (Schiff 1984, p
The newspaper also reported that howitzers and grenade launchers from a joint Israeli-Kazakhstani project would be supplied to Azerbaijan." (Abbasov, 1) In spite of these positive steps, Israel continues to face massive opposition both from within and outside of its borders
" (Pike, 1) Other companies such as El Far have also played a part in this process, driving software development as a way to manage various automated military response systems such as those that control fire alarms and infra red sensors. (Damast, 1) the focus in these areas that Israel is not, like many of its neighbors, in a post Cold War holding pattern
Israel showed the world's military shoppers fruits of its high-tech arms industry, including its Merkava tank, unmanned spy planes and the planet's most sophisticated missile defense system." (Krane, 1) Considering the threats demonstrated not just to Israel but to the rest of the world by nations like Iran and North Korea, Israel's focus on missile defense has been welcomed by many outsiders, who view the nation as being in the ideal position to manifest such a system
Having to fight five major wars in its first four decades, Israel built a comprehensive standing army -- the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) - and furnished it with an arsenal of highly advanced military hardware." (Pike, 1) This has helped to make Israel both one of the most formidable and one of the best armed fighting forces in the world, let alone in its region
The new government has come in after what has seemed a failed attempt to deal with Hamas in the Gaza Strip it is not surprising that the military budget would grow." (Potter, 1) And this was the case across the last year of budgetary development for new Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has responded to failures on the part of Iran to submit to international demands on its nuclear program, to continued aggression from Hamas out of the territories and re-emergent aggression from Hezbollah out of Lebanon by instigating further deficit spending on the back of a significant defense spending increase
Israel's power was increased dramatically by American aid and support." (Rabinovich, 7) in 1967 particularly, such power even enabled Israel to expand its borders to where they stand at present date
-Israel joint program -- so far funded by the United States with more than $130 million from the Pentagon's budget -- is to enable Israel to shoot down short-range Katyusha rockets fired at them by Hezbollah guerrillas in Lebanon." (Twing, 1) This helps to reinforce the argument that, in fact, Israel's ability to develop into so compelling a military power in the region is in no small part due to the fact that it has enjoyed unwavering and oftentimes heavy support from the United States
As Bregman stated, the book is not "only about the battles and fighting, but also about the people of Israel, a nation-in-arms…." (Bregman 2000, p
On the other hand Israel's Arab neighbors, which surrounded and outnumbered the small Jewish enclave, "sought to drive the Jews from Palestine" and annihilate the state of Israel from existence. (Black 2005, p
For example, in the 1948 War of Independence the strategy of the Israeli commanders was for its military to protect Israeli settlers and territory while its political leaders "built up support from outside the country, especially in the United States." (Carver 1990, p
And Carter's role in the negotiations became more powerful as at one point towards the end of the 12 days at Camp David, he "threw everybody out of his cabin, got down on the floor with the maps, with his yellow pad, and outlined what they could do," according to media advisor Gerald Rafshoon (PBS). What were the results of the Camp David peace talks? In the spring of 1990 journalist Mitchell Bard writes that the final peace treaty -- signed by Egypt and Israel in March, 1979 -- has brought "stability to Egyptian-Israeli relations" (Bard, 1990, p
Those leaders Carter met with included King Hussein of Jordan; Crown Prince Fahd of Saudi Arabia; Syrian president Hafez al-Assad; Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat. As background, according to Carter's book, We Can Have Peace in the Holy Land, the president's White House staff and his cabinet members knew "even before inauguration day" that bringing peace to the Middle East "would be at the top of my foreign affairs agenda for prompt action" (Carter, 2009, p
Begin, for his part, had a "trump card" when he came to the Camp David negotiations, Quandt writes on pae 208. Begin could afford to simply "walk out of the talks and return home in a strong political position" (Quandt, 1986, p