A few implications - Marginal REVOLUTION
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A few implications - Marginal REVOLUTION
So it’s useful to ask what absolute power would reveal about Israel and Hamas. In other words, what would each side do if it had nukes and its enemies didn’t? Based on Hamas’s history, and its charter, which calls for the total obliteration of Israel, we can be confident they’d nuke Tel Aviv. And yet, if Israel had nukes, they wouldn’t nuke Palesti... See more
Gurwinder • Debunking Myths About Israel & Palestine
Israel now had a policy known as the “Begin Doctrine,” which would endure long after Begin himself was gone from the political arena. It held that Israel would not countenance any of its mortal enemies seeking to develop or acquire a weapon of mass destruction.
Daniel Gordis • Israel: A Concise History of a Nation Reborn
attributed to Golda Meir: “If the Arabs put down their weapons there will be no more war. If Israel puts down her weapons, there will be no more Israel.”
Noa Tishby • Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth
Would any reasonable nation faced with comparable threats of annihilation have acted differently?