... to respond unilaterally to any emerging security challenges and to establish a deterrent power. Israel's goal was "independence" in what Shimon Peres called in 1975, "uniquely decisive situations." II. Historical Background: The prominence given national security by Israeli society stems from the perceived massive security threat posed by Israel's Arab neighbors. Having founded the State ... British against imperial Germany during World War I. They also established a precedent of armed self-defense of the Zionist movement, which during the War of Independence in 1948 would flower into t...

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