Democratic Palestine : 30 (ص 23)
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- Democratic Palestine : 30 (ص 23)
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human factor. ‘Israel’ must, they think, increase the capacity
of its army by raising the standard of its arms, not only by in-
creasing the number of soldiers. All this takes place within the
framework of converting a borrowed force into an Israeli
force. The most serious step taken in this direction is the use of
electronics in sighting and hitting targets - «smart bombs»,
fully utilizing electronics in the administration of security,
supervision, leadership, communications and _ intelligence
work. This is the first priority for achieving strategic,
qualitative superiority.
Third: In the thirties, the Zionist movement started its own.
war industry in Palestine as part of the strategy of converting
borrowed force into its own force. This industry has made
substantial progress. The Israeli war industry was built in the
framework of a comprehensive infrastructure to consolidate
the elements of power. Much can be said about the volume of
Israeli war production, yet more important is the fact that
‘Israel’ has entered the age of electronics with precision
weaponry as well as reconnaissance, targeting and delivery,
communications and intelligence equipment. Although
available information is still scarce, being top state secret, it is
possible to deduce from a series of indications that the enemy
has reached an advanced stage in this field. The most outstan-
ding evidence may be the ever higher proportion of electronics
in the total Israeli production and in exports, besides occa-
sional statements made by Israeli officials and a number of
successful Israeli military operations reflecting the high stan-
dard in this area.
We must also note that while economics play a decisive role
in raising the Israeli strategic capacity, the Israeli war industry
contributes, in turn, to activating the economic cycle through
military exports, and by absorbing a high percentage of the
available labor power.
Fourth: The nuclear option of the enemy started a long time
ago, almost from the establishment of the state. Efforts
culminated in 1963 with the building of the Dimona reactor.
‘Israel’ claims to be using nuclear energy for peaceful pur-
poses, and in fact it is used to produce electricity and to
desalinize water. Still, the main objective remains to be the
production of weapons of mass destruction and consequently
reaching the stage of nuclear terror. Recent information has
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exposed that even by conservative estimates ‘Israel’ has 20
bombs comparable to those dropped on Hiroshima, together
with a delivery system - Jericho II rockets, which are modified
versions of the Pershing II, with a range reaching the southern.
part of the Soviet Union.
Based on the above, we can say that ‘Israel’ has launched an
arms race on two levels, nuclear and conventional in terms of
both quantity and quality. All available information shows
that ‘Israel’? is the absolute winner in terms of nuclear
technology. As for conventional arms, there is no evidence to
show that it is the losing party, quantitatively or qualitatively,
so far.
Studying the enemy’s military capacity, together with the
perspectives of its strategic theory, is extremely essential,
whether we think in terms of people’s warfare or strategic
balance. We have to avoid the error of underestimating Israeli
capacities and the consequent dangers posed to the national
security of the people and countries in the region. We must also
avoid the mistaken view of the enemy as «an extraordinary
power that can never be defeated», as this is an attempt to
justify helplessness and submission to liquidationist solutions.
4. POLITICAL CHANGES
In the beginning was ideology; from the womb of European
capitalist societies emerged the Zionist ideology. It became an
organized movement and held its first congress towards the end
of the 19th century. The idea of creating a «national home» for
the Jews in Palestine was officially sponsored by British im-
perialism from 1917 up to the establishment of the Zionist en-
tity in 1948. Since then, the Zionist ideology has been
translated in stages into policies, wars and positions, into pro-
grams of development and internal building. With the
establishment of the state of ‘Israel’, the Zionist ideology ac-
quired its full executive instruments, and the bodies and in-
stitutions governing the settler society.
As clarified above, the economic, social and strategic
spheres were subject to a comprehensive strategy. The settler
community in our homeland went though the Zionist melting
pot in both theory and practice, beginning with being in-
fluenced while deciding to immigrate to Palestine, then passing
through the phases of absorption, employment, mobilization,
schooling, information, etc. This process remoulded the brains
of these settlers according to the ultimate objectives of the set-
tler society.
In view of the particular conditions of this society, which
stem from the influx of rewards for its strategic role in the.
area, its own efforts to maintain its role and further its
development, and the particular role played by the biblical
(Torah) ideology at the beginning, it is impossible to draw a
line of demarcation between Zionism and ‘Israel’. The facts of
40 years, today’s experience and future perspectives, all con-
firm the indivisibility of the two. Social differences not-
withstanding, Zionism remains the official ideology of this
society which is subject to its influence in many ways. The set-
tler community also benefits to greater and lesser degrees from
its colonial role. How is it possible then to count on a separa-
tion between Zionism and ‘Israel’?
It is sufficient to point out that all this scientific and
technological progress has only led to increased barbarism and
fascism. Science combined with racist ideology can only pro-
duce, socially speaking, barbarism which we are witnessing at
this moment in dealing with the uprising in the occupied ter-
ritories. It is the same barbarism we have been witnessing over >
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