Understanding Israel’s War: The Deadly Ring of Fire

The Stream ^ | October 30, 2023 | Jim Garlow

[Heartlander]

Please read Parts 1 through 6 before reading this, Part 7 of “Understanding Israel’s War.”

Summary of the Attempts to Destroy Modern Israel

This is only a partial list of what the Jewish nation has been through since the 1947 vote to create the modern state of Israel:

• Israeli War of Independence (November 1947–July 1949)
• Suez Crisis (October 1956)
• Six-Day War (June 1967)—Israel is attacked by Arab neighbors on the south, west, and north: Egypt, Jordan, and Syria. In addition, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Algeria sent troops and assistance to attack Israel. In only six days, vastly outnumbered Israel miraculously regained East Jerusalem from Jordan, the Golan Heights from Syria, and Sinai and Gaza from Egypt.
• Yom Kippur War (October 1973)—Egypt and Syria intentionally launch a surprise attack on the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur in an attempt to regain the territories lost to the Israelis during the Six-Day War. Once again, Israel won.
• Palestinian aggression in South Lebanon (1971–1982)
• 1982 Lebanon War (1982)
• First Intifada (1987–1993)—A large Palestinian uprising in the West Bank (Samaria and Judea) and the Gaza Strip.
• Second Intifada (2000–2005)—Second Palestinian uprising, a period of intensified violence, which began in late September 2000.
• 2006 Lebanon War (Summer 2006)
• Gaza War (December 2008–January 2009)
• Hamas rocket attacks on Israel (2014)—An IDF offensive after the kidnapping and murder of three Israeli teenagers, with continual attacks on Israel by Hamas militants, and discoveries of several dozen tunnels into Israel for the purposes of terrorizing and killing civilians. (Note: I was there during the rocket attacks in 2014 and had the opportunity to see the Iron Dome in operation, operated by 18- and 19-year-old female Israeli Defense Force soldiers.)
• Hamas rocket attacks on Israel (2021)—ongoing. Whereas in 2014, 2,500 rockets were fired on Israel over 50 days, Hamas has already fired 3,100 rockets at Jewish communities in the first...

[Heartlander]

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[Jim W N]

Israel, literally between the devil and the deep blue sea. Same as it always was.

They only have one Hope and Friend. They don’t know Him yet but will in the not-to-distant future.

[Taxman]

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[Zathras]

The Yom Kipper war, Israel was attacked by Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq and Russia.
Russia helped plan it and supplied anti tank and anti aircraft rockets.

Only an emergency re-supply saved Israel from a sure collapse.
Nixon did the resupply and the ‘73 oil embargo and him being forced out was his punishment.