The Peace FAQ:
Security & Vulnerability
Frequently Asked Questions:
Why does Israel worry about her security with such a military superiority? Why does Israel need buffer zones, the Golan Heights, the Jordan valley for any security reasons?
- "Today, in my opinion, there is a deep understanding in the United
States, more than in Israel, of the cliche, that turned into a cliche
because it is correct, that Israel can lose only once."
- Dan Rather, CBS Reporter, from interviewed published in Ma'ariv 20 October 2000.
- The Israelis face a total risk: they can have security without peace, or perhaps - it is not certain - by extensive concessions, peace without security. Their enemies are confronted by no such dilema.
- Jacques Givet, "The Anti-Zionist Complex"
- The International Institute for Strategic Studies published statistics indicating that Arab countries constitute
the world's leading arms market, both in absolute terms and in relation to gross domestic product. Military
expenditures were $44.4 billion in 1998, a rise of 9.1% from $40.7 billion in 1997, and constituted 7.4% of the
Arab world's GDP--significantly above the world average of 2.4%.
Middle East Intelligence Bulletin [http://www.meib.org] is a monthly publication of the United States Committee for a Free Lebanon
- According to the London-based Institute for Strategic Studies, the following is the breakdown of weaponry between Israel, Iran, Iraq and Syria in 1997:
- Israel:
- standing army-175,000, reserves-430,000, tanks-4,300, combat aircraft-448, combat ships-53, patrol boats-29, naval vessels with missiles-21, nuclear armed warheads-100.
- Syria:
- standing army-320,000, reserves-500,000, tanks-4,600, combat aircraft-589, combat ships-?, patrol boats-11, naval vessels with missiles-16, nuclear armed warheads-none, submarines-3 .
- Iran:
- standing army-518,000, reserves-350,000, tanks-1,394, combat aircraft-297, combat ships-4, patrol boats-48, nuclear armed warheads-none, submarines 3.
- Iraq:
- standing army-350,000, reserves-650,000, tanks-2,700, combat
aircraft-?, combat ships-2, patrol boats-6, nuclear armed warheads-none,
submarines ?.
- "A [Palestinian] state would give them a much greater capacity than they now have to facilitate terrorism against
Israel, conduct anti-Israel diplomacy, assist or join enemy armed forces in the event of war, and destabilise
local states (such as Jordan) that cooperate with Israel."
- Douglas Feith, former US deputy assistant Secretary of Defence (Commentary, September 1997 edition)
Are security considerations the main reason that Judea and Samaria should continue to be controlled by Israel?
- "I made a huge error over the past thirty years by not sufficiently emphasising the historical Jewish
claim to the lands of Judea and Samaria... For years, I spent too much time stressing Israel's need to
maintain control of Judea and Samaria for security reasons... But the historical right, the real
issue, is more powerful than any other claim... A person simply won't defend a land which he doesn't
believe is his ..."
- Ariel Sharon (Arutz 7, August 4)
- "Judea and Samaria are the heartland of our country. The knowledge of that fact must be the basis of any negotiations. We may have to compromise somewhat, but we are compromising on our land, not someone else's land which we are holding onto for security." - Limor Livnat, December 16, 1998
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- BOOKS & PRINTED MATERIAL:
- The Threat of Ballistic Missiles in the Middle East: Active Defense and Counter-Measures, by Arieh Stav
[VIEW BOOK HERE] - Duel for the Golan: The 100-Hour Battle That Saved Israel, by Jerry Asher, Eric Hammel
[VIEW BOOK HERE] - Routledge Atlas of the Arab-Israeli Conflict, by Martin Gilbert
[VIEW BOOK HERE] - The Siege: The Saga of Israel and Zionism, by Conor Cruise O'Brien
[VIEW BOOK HERE] - The Oslo Syndrome: Delusions of a People Under Siege, by Kenneth Levin
[VIEW BOOK HERE] - The Legacy of Jihad: Islamic Holy War and the Fate of Non-Muslims, by Andrew G Bostom
[VIEW BOOK HERE] - Islam and the Jews: The Unfinished Battle, by Mark A. Gabriel
[VIEW BOOK HERE] - Myths and Facts: A Guide to the Arab-Israel Conflict, Second Edition, by Mitchell Geoffrey Bard
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- The Threat of Ballistic Missiles in the Middle East: Active Defense and Counter-Measures, by Arieh Stav
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