‘Redesign map’
Israel’s change is not new. Since its foundation, the borders have expanded and hired, since it has fought against numerous wars with their neighbors, absorbing and then retiring from their territory.
While Katz and others promote the security benefits of expanding beyond the borders of Israel, critics say that these movements run the risk of antagonizing Israel’s neighbors, exhausting their troops and causing a broader conflict. Some critics of the current Israeli approach warn that it will revitalize groups such as Hamas and Hezbollah, not reduce their power..
“The main risk for Israel is that … you’ll only see counterinsurgency of Hamas, you will see it from Hezbollah,” News Mairav Zonszein, an analyst of Israel in the International Crisis Group, told NBC.
But this travel address has been clear since October 7, after which Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said he intended to transform the region.
“The decisions we have made in the war have already changed the face of the Middle East,” wrote in an x publication In February. “Our decisions and the courage of our soldiers have redesigned the map.”
On July 7, sitting next to President Donald Trump in the Oval office after Israel and the United States launched punishing attacks on Iranian nuclear and military facilities and high scientists and officials, Netanyahu stressed the goal of continuing to change fundamentally the region.
“This is a historic victory,” he said. “This has already changed the face of the Middle East, but it is not over.”
A FDI soldier lifts the Israeli flag over the city of Al-Khudr in southern Syria. (through x)
A FDI soldier lifts the Israeli flag over the city of Al-Khudr in southern Syria. (through x)
