More than one opponent of Israel has argued recently that the poor helpless innocent Palestinians are being treated badly on the West Bank, even though they were not involved in the terror attack from Gaza - thus proving that Israel is bad. No doubt some injustices have occur, as they occur everywhere else in the world, but this article shows the very real threats to Israel's security in the West Bank.
I agree completely that the unfettered ability of West Bank arabs to throw rocks, paint & other debris at IDF jeeps speeding through villages on patrol (lack of broken windows enforcement) only leads to more harrowing violence.
Unlike Gaza, the close proximity of hundreds of thousands of Israelis in the West Bank to their arab neighbors creates a security nightmare that will require a significantly beefed up IDF presence, on a permanent basis, throughout the area.
The throwing of (very large) rocks are not usually at IDF jeeps but at civilian cars.
The close proximity of many Israelis is, to many, a security advantage and not a security nightmare and no Israeli civilian presence would mean no IDF military presence. It would be at that point that the border would not be small Kibbutzim but Israel's largest cities. That is the issue with West Bank violence. Had they done to the center what they did to the south, the same 3,000 terrorists would have slaughtered many more thousands in Israel's cities.
More than one opponent of Israel has argued recently that the poor helpless innocent Palestinians are being treated badly on the West Bank, even though they were not involved in the terror attack from Gaza - thus proving that Israel is bad. No doubt some injustices have occur, as they occur everywhere else in the world, but this article shows the very real threats to Israel's security in the West Bank.
I agree completely that the unfettered ability of West Bank arabs to throw rocks, paint & other debris at IDF jeeps speeding through villages on patrol (lack of broken windows enforcement) only leads to more harrowing violence.
Unlike Gaza, the close proximity of hundreds of thousands of Israelis in the West Bank to their arab neighbors creates a security nightmare that will require a significantly beefed up IDF presence, on a permanent basis, throughout the area.
The throwing of (very large) rocks are not usually at IDF jeeps but at civilian cars.
The close proximity of many Israelis is, to many, a security advantage and not a security nightmare and no Israeli civilian presence would mean no IDF military presence. It would be at that point that the border would not be small Kibbutzim but Israel's largest cities. That is the issue with West Bank violence. Had they done to the center what they did to the south, the same 3,000 terrorists would have slaughtered many more thousands in Israel's cities.
Thanks for this information. I don't see it anywhere else.