The claim: in the equation of territories and peace, it is clear that peace should be preferred and there is no problem in giving up certain areas of land to achieve this.
The response: without a national ethos no army can win. An airplane, a submarine or a tank division cannot cover up the lack of righteousness, the lack of a national vision and the lack of national ambitions. Also, renouncing Judea and Samaria in favor of establishing a Palestinian state creates difficulties from a psychological aspect both in the short term and in the long term.
- On the simple level, renouncing Judea and Samaria means renouncing cultural assets of Jewish history found in these territories. Judea and Samaria constitutes the space where our ancestors roamed and lived, where lies the beginning of our history as a people. Renunciation of Judea and Samaria means renunciation of the righteousness of our way. As Ben-Gurion said: “The Bible is our mandate. The Bible was written by us, in our language of Hebrew and in this country itself, this is our mandate.”
- On a deeper level we are getting used to giving up rights that are ours and therefore we will not stand up for rights that are ours in the future. This is a human psychological mechanism that affects many leaders in history, and it is also one of the reasons why Iran reached nuclear capability – one concession that led to another concession.