t rejects the appeal as soon as possible. Nonetheless, Israel is expected to complete the barrier by the end of next year. Israel's national security doctrine, then, has been marked by both continuity and change over the state's lifetime. On the one hand, Israel has remained steadily committed to concepts like deterrence through the promise of massive retaliation, short wars on Arab territory, and securing the active support of great power. But, on the other hand, Israel's national secur
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