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Preparedness for Land Warfare Remains Crucial, Jerusalem Think Tank Tells Israeli President

(Israel Hayom) The Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs on Thursday presented President Isaac Herzog with a treatise on security threats posed to Israel. "The latest Israeli clashes in Gaza with Palestinian terror organizations have created an impression that with changes in the nature of warfare, the military threat to Israel has entirely changed," said Jerusalem Center President Dore Gold. "There has been a school of thought that has arisen which has downgraded the importance of land warfare and instead stressed the centrality of airpower in deciding the outcome of wars. Along with their focus on airpower, some analysts have ceased to look at how topography, terrain, and strategic depth can influence how wars are terminated." The study - Preserving Israel's Doctrine of Defensible Borders - analyzes the threats posed to Israel by terrorism, as well as Israel's current territorial requirements, with special emphasis on the West Bank, which is strategically vital for Israel to retain if it is to fulfill its existing security and defense needs. The latest update - carried out in the wake of military operations and new threats from Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, and Iran - highlights the vital importance of Israeli control of the aerial and ground dimensions of the West Bank, and the risks entailed for Israel by the stationing of an international force. Brig.-Gen. (res.) Yossi Kuperwasser said, "It was important to define defensible borders in the Israeli context as such borders that allow Israel to effectively defend itself by itself, at any time, against all potential military threats from near and far, including those emanating from within the territory Israel controls. It means that all the resources necessary to achieve Israel's defense requirements are within its borders and under its security responsibility."
2022-08-22 00:00:00
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