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Ganz and Ashkenazi, applying sovereignty is the right step

2020-07-15T16:43:24.613Z


Brigadier General (Res.) Amir AviviMy son and Gabi, their taxi to be defense and foreign ministers. We are now at a historic crossroads, where we can set the boundaries of permanence and ensure the conditions required for Israel's security for generations to come. On the one hand, you say that you support the Trump plan, which includes applying sovereignty in the first stage even without a partner - and rightly so, since it has no...


My son and Gabi, their taxi to be defense and foreign ministers. We are now at a historic crossroads, where we can set the boundaries of permanence and ensure the conditions required for Israel's security for generations to come.

On the one hand, you say that you support the Trump plan, which includes applying sovereignty in the first stage even without a partner - and rightly so, since it has not existed for years. On the other hand, you have adopted the wrong narrative that leaving settlement in Judea and Samaria and the Jordan Valley and applying sovereignty means in the long run the annexation of the Palestinians.

It is time to internalize once and for all: in Judea and Samaria there will be a civil separation forever. They are citizens of the Palestinian entity and we are citizens of the State of Israel. It is impossible and never will be physical separation in Judea and Samaria, which means a complete loss of the most basic conditions for Israel's security.

If for a moment you think that it is possible to leave an army for a long time in a place where there is no sovereignty and settlement and that it is a sovereign territory of another state, then this is an assumption that has no basis.

There is a clash here between two perceptions. One is the "Iron Wall" written by Jabotinsky and fully adopted and even perfected by Ben-Gurion and all the great men of the nation, at the base of which the State of Israel is responsible for its fate, strengthens the settlement and defends itself on its own. The second concept is the "card tower" of the retreat to the 49 'lines, which rests on false assumptions, as if the conflict is on a piece of land and will end if we just give up, or a retreat will strengthen our position among the nations.

Holders of the "tower of cards" concept have failed to understand the true intentions of our enemies and their ability to abide by agreements. Have you thought about how to protect Route 6? Do you really see Road 6 as an axis in the tank for tanks and on Road 4 outposts?

This whole dilapidated tower was built because of the assumption, which is also fundamentally wrong, that if we impose sovereignty over the Jordan Valley and the localities and areas of Area C, then it is destiny that we will also impose sovereignty over the PA. There are many solutions to ensure this never happens.

My son and I, the time has come to say goodbye to the "Tower of Cards" and reconnect to the "Iron Wall". Apply sovereignty and you will be entitled to be inscribed in the annals of the people of Israel.

The author is the director general of the security movement

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Source: israelhayom

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