9.58 Why Creating a Palestinian State Would be Suicidal For Israel
Here are some quotes of former U.S. generals on the importance of the mountain ridges of Judea and Samaria for the security of Israel. If a Palestinian state was created it would be located in Judea, Samaria and Gaza.
The late Admiral Bud Nance: “The eastern mountain ridge of the West Bank is one of the world’s best tank barriers. Invading tanks will have to climb a 3,000ft feet stope from the Jordan Valley. The western mountain ridge, which is a 2,000 ft gentle slope, constitutes a dream platform of invasion to Israel’s narrow (8-15) miles) coastal plain. Control of the West Bank provides Israel the time to mobilize its reservists, which are essential to its survival during a surprise attack…
No logical reason for Israel to give up one inch of the disputed areas. Quite to the contrary, I believe if Israel were to move out of the Golan Heights, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, it would increase instability and the possibility of war, increase the necessity for Israel to preempt in war and the possibility that nuclear weapons would be used to prevent an Israeli loss, and increase the possibility that the US would have to become involved in a war.”
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Earl Wheeler: The minimum required for Israel’s defense includes most of the West Bank and the whole of Gaza and the Golan Heights (document submitted to the Secretary of Defense on June 29, 1967).
General (ret.) Al Gray, former Commandant, US Marine Corps: “Missiles fly over any terrain feature, but they don’t negate the strategic significance of territorial depth. The key threat to Israel will remain the invasion and occupation by armored forces. Military success requires more than a few hundred missiles. To defeat Israel would require the Arabs to deploy armor, infantry and artillery into Israel and destroy the IDF on the ground. That was true in 1948, 1967 and 1973, and it remains true in the era of modern missiles.”
Lt. General (ret.) Tom Kelly, Chief of Operations in the 1991 Gulf War: “I cannot defend this land (Israel) without that terrain (West Bank)… The West Bank mountains, and especially their 5 approaches, ar the critical terrain. If an enemy secures those passes, Jerusalem and Israel become uncovered. Without the West Bank, Israel is only 8 miles wide at its narrowest point. That makes it indefensible.”
General John Foss, former commander of the 82nd airborne division of the US Armed Forces: "As a military man, I have to say that the '67 borders are not defensible in the long term. The State of Israel absolutely cannot exist within these borders."
100 retired Generals and Admirals signed an Oct. 1988 advertisement in the
Washington Times:
Israel should not withdraw from Judea and Samaria, lest it fail to provide
security to its people. It is impossible to demilitarize Judea and Samaria
effectively.
Topographic maps that illustrate Israel’s vulnerability without the mountains of Judea and Samaria are given below.
Here is a very good video about why Israel needs to hold on to the Judean Hills.
What if Israel gave up Judea and Samaria in a peace deal with the Arabs and international troops were stationed there to make sure the Arabs didn't invade? Stationing international troops has been tried. Any time the Arabs invaded instead of standing and fighting the troops fled. You can learn about that in the video below.
Netanyahu gave a short speech about the folly of creating a Palestinian state which is embedded below.
The Arabs are determined to destroy Israel. It is their religious duty and they have been trying even before Israel declared independence in 1948.
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