Posts Tagged: small standing army
Israel: Why Land Matters, Part III
It is an undisputed fact that Israel's army reserves are the backbone of the IDF in times of war. The question, therefore, is: how does...
Israel: Why Land Matters, Part II
Conceding Israeli control of the 34-mile-wide area known as Judea and Samaria to any of Israel's actual or even potential enemies means a return to...
Israel: Why Land Matters, Part I
In the years that followed the 1967 Six Day War a prevailing conventional wisdom developed among Western policy makers - especially in Washington — that...