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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Iron Wall doctrine canonical 1
Iron Wall policy 1
Iron Wall strategy 1

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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
basedOnAssumption compromise will only follow after military and political strength is demonstrated
local Arab population will initially resist Zionist aims
countryOfOrigin Palestine
describesProcess from armed strength to eventual negotiations
hasAlternativeName Iron Wall policy
linked to: Iron Wall doctrine

Iron Wall strategy
linked to: Iron Wall doctrine
hasAuthor Ze'ev Jabotinsky
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
linked to: Likud party

Revisionist Zionist movement
linked to: Revisionist Zionism
hasReception controversial in academic and political debates
highly influential in Zionist strategic thought
hasStatedIn The Iron Wall (We and the Arabs)
linked to: The Iron Wall
historicalPeriod British Mandate period
influenced Israeli security thinking
Revisionist Zionism
influencedBy European nationalist thought
mainSubject Arab–Jewish relations
Palestine
Zionism
opposes early concessions to Arab demands
reliance on goodwill without power
originallyPublishedIn Russian-language Zionist press
politicalPosition Revisionist Zionist
linked to: Revisionist Zionism
proposedBy Ze'ev Jabotinsky
publicationDate 1923
publishedInLanguage Russian
relatedTo Israeli–Palestinian conflict
deterrence theory
security-first approaches to peace

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Iron Wall doctrine hasAlternativeName Iron Wall policy
linked to: Iron Wall doctrine
Iron Wall doctrine hasAlternativeName Iron Wall strategy
linked to: Iron Wall doctrine