Posted on 03/19/2015 1:14:47 AM PDT by goldstategop
But what Israelis see is a pre-1967 border that is basically just a cease-fire line from the 1948-49 war that established the country. Without the West Bank, Israel is only 10 miles (15 kilometers) wide at its narrowest point. The strategic highland looms over Israeli cities, visible on a clear day from the outskirts of Tel Aviv and surrounding Jerusalem on three sides. They fear that if their army clears out it will be replaced not by peaceful Palestinian moderates but more menacing forces like Hamas — which took over the Gaza Strip soon after Israel handed it fully to the Palestinian Authority of Mahmoud Abbas in 2005.
The fact that Islamic State militants are menacing the region does not help, and was exploited by Netanyahu during a campaign in which he portrayed the militants as charging toward Jerusalem, with naive Israeli leftists even helpfully pointing the way.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
That is why Israelis prefer Netanyahu. He is the only real leader with experience and stature and no one else can protect them quite as well.
They may not have warm or fuzzy feelings about him but the man gets the job done. That was all the reason in the eyes of most Israelis to send him back to the Prime Minister's Office for a fourth term.
They chose the guy that gives them the best chance of staying alive!
This is what is actually happening, not just typical “Jewish Paranoia”...
It is real and is a present danger, not a figment of 6 million Israeli Jews.
The left is still scratching their bone heads. Survival trumps your leftist mantra there NY Slimes.
And their fears are justified.
Thanks goldstategop.
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