Iron Wall doctrine

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The Iron Wall doctrine is a Zionist political strategy advocating the establishment of an unassailable Jewish presence in Palestine to compel Arab leaders to eventually accept peaceful coexistence.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Zionist doctrine
political doctrine
security doctrine
advocates Jewish self-defense capability
creation of overwhelming Jewish military strength
establishment of an unassailable Jewish presence in Palestine
aimsAt compelling Arab leaders to accept peaceful coexistence
eventual Arab recognition of the Jewish national home
appliesToTerritorialContext Mandatory Palestine NERFINISHED
basedOnAssumption compromise will only follow after military and political strength is demonstrated
local Arab population will initially resist Zionist aims
countryOfOrigin Palestine NERFINISHED
describesProcess from armed strength to eventual negotiations
hasAlternativeName Iron Wall policy NERFINISHED
Iron Wall strategy NERFINISHED
hasAuthor Ze'ev Jabotinsky NERFINISHED
hasBeenCriticizedFor disregarding Palestinian national rights
promoting militarization of the conflict
hasBeenInterpretedAs foundation for Israeli deterrence policy
strategy of unilateral strength before negotiations
hasKeyConcept iron wall of Jewish military force
negotiations only after recognition of strength
rejection of early territorial compromise
hasKeyTerm peaceful coexistence after recognition of strength
unassailable Jewish presence
hasNotableProponent Likud ideological tradition NERFINISHED
Revisionist Zionist movement NERFINISHED
hasReception controversial in academic and political debates
highly influential in Zionist strategic thought
hasStatedIn The Iron Wall (We and the Arabs) NERFINISHED
historicalPeriod British Mandate period NERFINISHED
influenced Israeli security thinking
Revisionist Zionism NERFINISHED
influencedBy European nationalist thought
mainSubject Arab–Jewish relations
Palestine NERFINISHED
Zionism NERFINISHED
opposes early concessions to Arab demands
reliance on goodwill without power
originallyPublishedIn Russian-language Zionist press
politicalPosition Revisionist Zionist NERFINISHED
proposedBy Ze'ev Jabotinsky NERFINISHED
publicationDate 1923
publishedInLanguage Russian
relatedTo Israeli–Palestinian conflict NERFINISHED
deterrence theory
security-first approaches to peace

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