עדכון 2023 של הסוגייה הדמוגרפית – רוב יהודי מוצק « The Ettinger Report
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עדכון 2023 של הסוגייה הדמוגרפית – רוב יהודי מוצק פורסם:21 מרץ,2023 "חדשות מחלקה ראשונה", מרץ 20 2023, bit.ly/3JwcxHl English edition bit.ly/40ed8nH המציאות הדמוגרפית מערבית לירדן ב-2023, יש....US-sponsored anti-Israel UN Security Council statement – acumen « The Ettinger Report
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US-sponsored anti-Israel UN Security Council statement – acumen Posted on: February 22nd, 2023 *The US’ co-sponsorship of an anti-Israel UN Security Council Statement reflects the return of the State Department’s worldview to the center stage of US foreign policy-making. This was the first tim...(Hebrew edition in “Israel Hayom,” Israel’s largest circulation daily)
During your first official visit to Washington, DC, you’ll have to choose between two options:
*Blurring your deeply-rooted, assertive Israeli positions on the future of Judea and Samaria (the West Bank), which would be welcome by the Biden Administration, yielding to short-term political convenience and popularity inside the beltway;
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*Tenaciously advocating your deeply-rooted, principle-driven positions, which would underscore a profound disagreement with the Biden Administration and the “elite” US media, while granting you and Israel long-term strategic respect, as demonstrated by some of your predecessors.
For example, the late Prime Minister Shamir honed the second option, bluntly introduced his assertive Israeli positions on Judea and Samaria, rebuffed heavy US pressure – including a mudslinging campaign by President Bush and Secretary of State Baker – suffered a popularity setback, but produced unprecedented expansion of US-Israel strategic cooperation. When it comes to facing the intensified threats of rogue regimes and Islamic terrorism, the US prefers principle-driven, reliable, patriotic, pressure-defying partners, irrespective of disagreements on the Palestinian issue.
Assuming that you shall not budge on the historical and national security centrality of Judea and Samaria, it behooves you to highlight the following matters during your meetings with President Biden, Secretary of State Blinken, National Security Advisor Sullivan, Secretary of Defense Austin and Congressional leaders (especially the members of the Appropriations Committees):
It would dominate 80% of Israel’s population and infrastructures in the 9-15-mile sliver between Judea and Samaria and the Mediterranean, which is shorter than the distance between RFK Stadium and the Kennedy Center.
Thus, a Palestinian state would pose a clear and present existential threat to Israel; and therefore, Israel’s control of the mountain ridges of Judea and Samaria is a prerequisite for its survival.
Hence, during the October, 1994 Israel-Jordan peace treaty ceremony, Jordan’s military leaders asserted to their Israeli colleagues that a Palestinian state west of the Jordan River would doom the pro-US Hashemite regime east of the River, and lead, subsequently, to the toppling of all pro-US Arab Peninsula regimes.
Contrary to NATO, South Korea and Japan, Israel’s defense does not require the presence of US troops on its soil.
Prime Minister Bennett, your visit to Washington, is an opportunity to demonstrate your adherence to your deeply-rooted strong Israeli positions, rejecting the ill-advised appeals and temptations to sacrifice Israel’s national security on the altar of convenience and popularity.
Yours truly,
Yoram Ettinger, expert on US-Israel relations and Middle East affairs