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December 6, 2012       Share:    

Source: http://www.biu.ac.il/SOC/besa/docs/perspectives190.pdf

Building in Jerusalem: A Strategic Imperative

(BESA Center for Strategic Studies-Bar-Ilan University) Efraim Inbar - Maale Adumim, a city of over 40,000 Jews east of Jerusalem, serves as the linchpin in establishing an effective line of defense along the Jordan Valley against aggression from the east. If Israel wants to maintain a defensible border along the Jordan Valley, it needs to build a Jewish-populated corridor to Maale Adumim in Area E1 to secure a safe route via which Israel can send troops to reach the Jordan Valley. The Palestinians plan to populate Area E1 with Arabs in order to create demographic contiguity between Samaria and east Jerusalem, thereby facilitating the division of the city. The writer is a professor of political studies at Bar-Ilan University and director of the BESA Center.

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