Posts Tagged: strategic depth
Operation Pillar of Defense: Israel’s Game Changing War
The recent flare up of violence between Israel and the Hamas, dubbed Operation Pillar of Defense by the Israelis, has highlighted three specific game changes from wars...
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...
