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Israel/Palestine

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19. it's a lot easier to close a military base 600 km from home than it is

Reply to branford (Reply #18)

Sun Jan 8, 2017, 01:39 PM

Jan 2017

to forcibly evacuate tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, of widely scattered, heavily armed civilians who commute to Israel for work.

Israel had no choice but to leave the Sinai. Too large, too far from home, too difficult to defend, no legal claim to it. Even though Israel 'won' the Yom Kippur war, it revealed that they had overextended themselves.

They don't get a ribbon for doing what they had no choice to do.

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You know, except for the fact that Israel has already proven branford Jan 2017 #10

This message was self-deleted by its author Little Tich Jan 2017 #11

I'm sure any and all Jewish settlers willing to pay taxes geek tragedy Jan 2017 #12

Did you just forget about the Israel-Egypt peace deal branford Jan 2017 #13

What, 900 or so settlers in the Sinai at the time? nt geek tragedy Jan 2017 #14

A lot more. Google is most useful. nt branford Jan 2017 #16

Yamit, at 600 evacuees, was the largest of the 13, no? geek tragedy Jan 2017 #17

Israel evacuated not only settlements beyond Yamit, branford Jan 2017 #18

it's a lot easier to close a military base 600 km from home than it is geek tragedy Jan 2017 #19

"No choice?" branford Jan 2017 #20

It's the settlement expansion in areas that would geek tragedy Jan 2017 #21

Check out the Geneva Initiative oberliner Jan 2017 #22

No one with any political power inside Israel shares geek tragedy Jan 2017 #23