Israel has never sought to expand beyond defensible borders. If it hadn’t been attacked in 1948, no Arabs would have been displaced.
If Abdel Nasser hadn’t gathered the Arab armies to attack Israel in 1967, Israel wouldn’t have taken control of the West Bank or Gaza, even though the West Bank is historically Jewish land, known for centuries as Judea and Samaria.
If Lebanon had not been turned into a launching pad against Israel, there would have been no invasion in 1982.
If Yasser Arafat hadn’t walked away from Camp David II in 2000, there would already be a Palestinian state.
If terrorists hadn’t targeted Israeli civilians, there wouldn’t be a single checkpoint.
And if, after Israel’s full withdrawal from Gaza in 2005, the Palestinians had chosen to build a thriving, peaceful city instead of launching rockets, there would have been no wars from 2006 to 2023.
Every war, every occupation, every checkpoint has been a response, not a pretext."
