Excerpt From Blog Post:http://einshalom.com/archives/2543
Still following his “Road Map,” President Barack Obama now seeks to create a twenty-third Arab state. Known, of course, as “Palestine,” this state would be carved from the living body of Israel, and would become an immediate and open enemy of the United States. In the end, the birth of Palestine could even enlarge regional and worldwide risks of both nuclear war and nuclear terrorism. What should be Israel’s operational and doctrinal response to the U.S. supported Palestinian state? In part, Israel will need to clarify and possibly codify significant elements of its still-ambiguous nuclear strategy. One such element concerns the “Samson Option.”
At first glance, a Palestinian state would have no direct bearing on Israel’s nuclear posture. Yet, although non-nuclear itself, Palestine could still seriously impair Israel’s capacity to wage certain essential forms of conventional war. This, in turn, could heighten the...