"Study Group on a New Israeli Strategy Toward 2000"
Participants in the Study Group on "A New Israeli Strategy Toward 2000":
Richard Perle, American Enterprise Institute (AEI), Study Group Leader
Douglas Feith's disclaimer: http://web.archive.org/web/20111012043110/http://www.dougfeith.com/cleanbreak.html
"New Middle East"
"Israel has the opportunity to make a clean break..."
"Our claim to the land—to which we have clung for hope for 2000 years—is legitimate and noble."
"hunger for human rights—burned into their identity by a 2000-year-old dream to live free in their own land..."
"the precedent that Syrian territory is not immune to attacks emanating from Lebanon by Israeli proxy forces."
"it is both natural and moral that Israel abandon the slogan 'comprehensive peace' and move to contain Syria..."
"Israel can shape its strategic environment...by weakening, containing, and rolling back Syria. This effort can focus on removing Saddam Hussein from power in Iraq—an important Israeli strategic objective..."
"Israel and the United States can establish a Joint Compliance Monitoring Committee..."
"Israel may want to cultivate alternatives to Arafat's base of power...Israel may also want to better integrate its own Arabs."
"and to lure Arabs—through money, forgiveness of past sins, and access to U.S. weapons—to negotiate."
"Israel's new strategy—based on a shared philosophy of peace through strength—reflects continuity with Western values by stressing that Israel is self-reliant, does not need U.S. troops in any capacity to defend it, including the Golan Heights, and can manage its own affairs."
