The Accidental Empire: Israel And the Birth of the Settlements, 1967-1977
“As the challenger, the Faithful chose the time and venue of matches, which the Rabin government and the army were bound to accept, lest they lose by default. Losing, for the government, would mean an end to its control over where and when Jews could settle in occupied territory. It would mean yielding command over defense and diplomatic strategy, which even a government divided is loath to surrender.
Gush Emunim’s goal, short of a knockout, was to wear down government resistance and to pull pub...lic opinion to its state of mind: Settle everywhere, keep everything, reject all compromises as products of outside pressure and inner weakness. The timing of its new campaign had partly to do with Henry Kissinger’s latest round of shuttle diplomacy. Kissinger was seeking a second Israel-Egypt accord, in which Israel would pull back farther from the Suez Canal for arrangements a step closer to peace. In a newsletter for supporters, Gush Emunim attacked the proposal that Israel would cede a Sinai oil field, since that would make the country more dependent on foreign supplies, and thus more vulnerable.MoreLess
Gush Emunim’s goal, short of a knockout, was to wear down government resistance and to pull pub...lic opinion to its state of mind: Settle everywhere, keep everything, reject all compromises as products of outside pressure and inner weakness. The timing of its new campaign had partly to do with Henry Kissinger’s latest round of shuttle diplomacy. Kissinger was seeking a second Israel-Egypt accord, in which Israel would pull back farther from the Suez Canal for arrangements a step closer to peace. In a newsletter for supporters, Gush Emunim attacked the proposal that Israel would cede a Sinai oil field, since that would make the country more dependent on foreign supplies, and thus more vulnerable.MoreLess
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