They grew because they were attacked. And we’re basically only talking about the West Bank and the Golan Heights being added to Israel and even then only for defensive purposes. The addition of the West Bank made it harder to cut Israel in half and the addition of the Golan Heights made it impossible for the Syrians to shell Israel from high ground. These are hardly the actions of an expansionist nation.
What do you think of the map from the Armed Forces Journal 2006 ?
~They grew because they were attacked. And we’re basically only talking about the West Bank and the Golan Heights being added to Israel and even then only for defensive purposes. The addition of the West Bank made it harder to cut Israel in half and the addition of the Golan Heights made it impossible for the Syrians to shell Israel from high ground. These are hardly the actions of an expansionist nation.~
As another example Russia allegedly occupied parts of Ukraine and Georgia for the same reasons.
Are these actions of expansionist nation or not?