Cold War

TJS S4E15 Yom Kippur War III – breaking the concept

Sometimes the ideas we hold most dear are those which prevent us from seeing t hat which is most important. Here is an episode about the ‘concept,’ the security analysis paradigm which stopped Israel for from recognizing its danger almost until it was too late. Learn about the Schoenau ultimatum in which Syrian-based Arab terrorists…

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TJS: S3E13 Israel among the nations part I The Lavon Affair 1954

The 1950’s were a formative time in Israeli history. The Cold War was getting hot, internal politics were volatile, and the it seemed as if the War of Independence had not quite ended. To Israel’s leaders, there was nothing more important than maintaining a strong posture, even though this may have meant that they were…

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