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TAMA 100 – a Master Plan for Greater Israel SOVEREIGNTY WŽůŝƚŝĐĂů :ŽƵƌŶĂůͬ/ƐƐƵĞ ŶŽ͘ ϵ ͬEŽǀĞŵďĞƌ ϮϬϭϳ WƵďůŝƐŚĞĚďLJdŚĞ^ŽǀĞƌĞŝŐŶƚLJDŽǀĞŵĞŶƚĨŽƵŶĚĞĚďLJtŽŵĞŶŝŶ'ƌĞĞŶĂŶĚ:ƵƐƚWĞĂĐĞĨŽƌ/ƐƌĂĞů From the State of Israel To the Land of Minister Gila Gamliel presents an Israel ŽƵƚůŝŶĞĨŽƌĂƉŽůŝƟĐĂů plan: Israeli sovereignty in Judea and Samaria and TAMA 100 – A ĂWĂůĞƐƟŶŝĂŶ^ƚĂƚĞŝŶ^ŝŶĂŝ Master Plan for ^ĐŽŽƉ͗A team of experts Greater Israel is preparing TAMA 100, a EĂƟŽŶĂůKƵƚůŝŶĞWůĂŶƚŚĂƚǁŝůů͕ ĨŽƌƚŚĞĮƌƐƚƟŵĞ͕ŝŶĐůƵĚĞ:ƵĚĞĂ and Samaria, as an indivisible ƉĂƌƚŽĨƚŚĞ^ƚĂƚĞŽĨ/ƐƌĂĞů Former Minister Gideon Saar͗ ^ŽǀĞƌĞŝŐŶƚLJŵƵƐƚďĞƚŚĞ>ŝŬƵĚ͛Ɛ WŽƐŝƟŽŶ dŚĞ^ŚĂƐWĂƌƚLJŝŶĨĂǀŽƌŽĨ^ŽǀĞƌĞŝŐŶƚLJ͘ ŶŝŶƚĞƌǀŝĞǁǁŝƚŚMK Yoav Ben Tsur, ŚĞĂĚŽĨƚŚĞĨĂĐƟŽŶ͘ 2 / SOVEREIGNTY / Political Journal Table of Contents: Minister Gila Gamliel’s /ŶƚƌŝŐƵŝŶŐWŽůŝƟĐĂů MK Bezalel SmotrichƉƌĞƐĞŶƚƐŚŝƐƉŽůŝƟĐĂů 4 WůĂŶ͗/ĨƚŚĞƌĞŝƐƚŽďĞĂWĂůĞƐƟŶŝĂŶƐƚĂƚĞ͕ 14 ƉůĂŶ͗/ŶŽƌĚĞƌƚŽĂƩĂŝŶƚƌƵĞƉĞĂĐĞǁĞ ƚŚĞŶŝƚĐĂŶŽŶůLJďĞŝŶ^ŝŶĂŝ͘ ŵƵƐƚĂƉƉůLJ/ƐƌĂĞůŝ^ŽǀĞƌĞŝŐŶƚLJĂŶĚƚŚƵƐ ĞůŝŵŝŶĂƚĞĂŶLJŽƚŚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂůĂƐƉŝƌĂƟŽŶŝŶ &ŽƌŵĞƌMinister Gideon SaarŝƐŶŽƚ ƚŚĞ>ĂŶĚŽĨ/ƐƌĂĞů͘ 6 ŝŵƉƌĞƐƐĞĚďLJƚŚƌĞĂƚƐĂŶĚƐĞůĨͲŝŶƟŵŝĚĂƟŽŶ͗ ^ŽǀĞƌĞŝŐŶƚLJŵƵƐƚďĞƚŚĞ>ŝŬƵĚ͛ƐƉŽƐŝƟŽŶ͘ MK Yehuda Glick ĞdžƉůĂŝŶƐǁŚLJĂ 15 &ĞĚĞƌĂƟŽŶŝƐƚŚĞŵŽƐƚƌĞĂůŝƐƟĐƐŽůƵƟŽŶŝŶ Rabbi Shmuel EliahuŝŶĂŶ/ŶƚĞƌǀŝĞǁ͗ ŚŝƐŽƉŝŶŝŽŶ͘ 8 ^ŽǀĞƌĞŝŐŶƚLJŝƐƚŚĞŝŵƉůĞŵĞŶƚĂƟŽŶŽĨĂ ƉŽƐŝƟǀĞĐŽŵŵĂŶĚŵĞŶƚĨƌŽŵƚŚĞdŽƌĂŚ͘ 16 Moshe Feiglin’sWůĂŶŽĨWŚĂƐĞƐ͘ Ken Abramowitz ĞdžƉůĂŝŶƐǁŚLJ/ƐƌĂĞů 9 ŵƵƐƚŚŽůĚŽŶƚŽ:ƵĚĞĂĂŶĚ^ĂŵĂƌŝĂĨŽƌŝƚƐ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞĚĞdžŝƐƚĞŶĐĞ͘ Rep. Alan ClemmonsŝŶKnjǀĞ'ĂŽŶ͗͞EŽ 17 ŵŽƌĞƉŽůŝƟĐĂůĐŽƌƌĞĐƚŶĞƐƐ͘dŚŝƐŝƐLJŽƵƌ :ĞƌƵƐĂůĞŵʹŶŽƵƚůŝŶĞĨŽƌ^ŽǀĞƌĞŝŐŶƚLJ͘ >ĂŶĚ͘͟ LJ Prof. Robert Wolfe. ĐŽŶŽŵŝƐƚAmatzia SamkaiŽŶƚŚĞĮƌƐƚ :ƵƌŝƐƚ͕ƩLJ͘ZŽƚŵĂŶƐƚĂƚĞƐ͗dŚĞƚŚƌĞĂƚŽĨ 18 ƉĂƌƚŝŶŚŝƐƌĞƐĞĂƌĐŚƚŚĂƚƉƌĞƐĞŶƚƐƚŚĞ 10 /ŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂů>ĂǁʹĂĂƐĞůĞƐƐ&ŝĐƟŽŶ͘ ĞĐŽŶŽŵŝĐďĞŶĞĮƚƐŽĨƐŽǀĞƌĞŝŐŶƚLJ͘ ,ĞĂĚŽĨƚŚĞ^ŚĂƐ&ĂĐƟŽŶ Yaakov Sabag,ĂĨŽƌŵĞƌƐĞŶŝŽƌĮŐƵƌĞŝŶƚŚĞ 11 MK Yoav BenTsur͗dŚĞƟŵĞŚĂƐĐŽŵĞĨŽƌ 20 ŝǀŝůĚŵŝŶŝƐƚƌĂƟŽŶƚĞůůƐŽĨƚŚĞƉƌŽďůĞŵĂƟĐ ďŽůĚŶĞƐƐ͘tĞŶĞĞĚ^ŽǀĞƌĞŝŐŶƚLJĨŽƌƚŚĞ ĂŐĞŶĚĂƐŽĨƚŚŝƐďŽĚLJƚŚĂƚŝƐĞdžƉĞĐƚĞĚƚŽ ƉŝŽŶĞĞƌƐůŝǀŝŶŐŝŶ:ƵĚĞĂĂŶĚ^ĂŵĂƌŝĂ͘ ŵĂŶĂŐĞƚŚĞĂƌĞĂŽĨ:ƵĚĞĂĂŶĚ^ĂŵĂƌŝĂ ƉƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂůůLJĂŶĚŝŵƉĂƌƟĂůůLJ͘ TAMA 100 – Yoram Ginzburg͕ƚŚĞĂƌĐŚŝƚĞĐƚ 12 ǁŚŽŝƐŚĞĂĚŝŶŐƚŚĞĮƌƐƚKƵƚůŝŶĞWůĂŶƚŽ 22 dŚĞ^ŽǀĞƌĞŝŐŶƚLJdĞĂŵŝƐŐƌŽǁŝŶŐ͊ ŝŶĐůƵĚĞ:ƵĚĞĂĂŶĚ^ĂŵĂƌŝĂƚĞůůƐŽĨƚŚĞ ŐŽĂůƐĂŶĚƚŚĞƉůĂŶƐ͘ 23 >ĞƩĞƌƐƚŽƚŚĞĚŝƚŽƌƐ SOVEREIGNTY / Political Journal The Sovereignty Team WƵďůŝƐŚĞĚďLJƚŚĞ^ŽǀĞƌĞŝŐŶƚLJDŽǀĞŵĞŶƚĨŽƵŶĚĞĚďLJtŽŵĞŶŝŶ'ƌĞĞŶ hƌŝĂŶŬͬZƵƚŚŝĞĞŶ,ĂLJŝŵͬ^ŚŝŵŽŶŽŚĞŶ ͬzŽƐƐŝĂŐĂŶͬzĞŚƵĚŝƚ<ĂƚƐŽǀĞƌͬZƵƚŚŝĞ>ŝĞďĞƌŵĂŶ Chairman: Dudu Saada ĚŝƚŽƌͲŝŶͲĐŚŝĞĨΘŝŶƚĞƌǀŝĞǁƐ͗Shimon Cohen ͬZĞŶĞĞDĂƌŐŽůŝƐͬEĂĚŝĂDĂƚĂƌͬ^Ăŵ^ĂůŽŵŽŶͬ DĞƌLJů^ĂůŽŵŽŶͬ^ŚŽƐŚ^ŚŝůŽͬƌ͘ǀŝLJĂ^ŚŽŚĂŵ Vice President: Dudi Finkler ĚŝƚŽƌŝĂůŽĂƌĚ͗Yehudit Katsover͕Nadia Matar ͬ>ŝŽƌ^ŚƵƌŬĂͬǀƌĂŚĂŵ^ŚǀƵƚͬ<ĂƌĞŶ^ƚĂŚůͲŽŶ Sales Manager: Oded Morad dƌĂŶƐůĂƟŽŶĨƌŽŵƚŚĞŽƌŝŐŝŶĂů,ĞďƌĞǁ͗^ĂůůLJĂŚĂǀ Graphic Design: Studio Besheva The Sovereignty Forum WƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶDĂŶĂŐĞƌ͗^Śŝŵƌŝƚ^ĂŵĞĂĐŚ ZĞƐƉŽŶƐĞƐ͗ƌŝďŽŶƵƚΛŐŵĂŝů͘ĐŽŵ&Ădž͗ϵϳϮͲϮͲϵϯϬϵϭϰϴĞůůƉŚŽŶĞ͗ϬϱϬͲϱϱϬϬϴϯϰ ƌĂŶĂƌͲdĂůͬ/ƚĂLJůŝƚƐƵƌͬŵď͘zŽƌĂŵƫŶŐĞƌ Publisher: Besheva ĂƌŽůŝŶĞ'ůŝĐŬͬƩLJůLJĂŬŝŵ,ĂĞƚnjŶŝͬƌ͘DŽƫ<ĞĚĂƌ tŽŵĞŶŝŶ'ƌĞĞŶWKϳϯϱϮ:ĞƌƵƐĂůĞŵ͕ϵϭϬϳϮǁǁǁ͘ƌŝďŽŶƵƚ͘ĐŽ͘ŝů ZĂďĂŶŝƚ^ŚƵůĂŵŝƚDĞůĂŵĞĚͬ'ĞŶ͘DŽƐŚĞWĞůĞĚ Political Journal / SOVEREIGNTY / 3 tŽƌĚĨƌŽŵƚŚĞĚŝƚŽƌƐ dŚĞƐĞĐŽŶĚ͕ĂŶĚƉĞƌŚĂƉƐŵŽƌĞƐŝŐŶŝĮĐĂŶƚ͕ ƌĞǀĞƌƐĂůŝƐƵŶĚĞƌǁĂLJ >ĞĂĚĞƌƐŚŝƉŽĨƚŚĞƉŽůŝƟĐĂůĚŝƐĐŽƵƌƐĞŚĂƐĮŶĂůůLJďĞĐŽŵĞƚŚĞƉƌŽǀŝŶĐĞŽĨƚŚĞŵĂũŽƌŝƚLJ͖ŶŽůŽŶŐĞƌƚŚĞ ůĞĂĚĞƌƐŚŝƉŽĨƚŚĞůĞŌͲǁŝŶŐŵŝŶŽƌŝƚLJƚŽǁĂƌĚƚŚĞƚǁŽͲƐƚĂƚĞĚŝƐĂƐƚĞƌ͘dŚĞĂƵƚŚĞŶƟĐƌĞƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĂƟǀĞƐ ŽĨƚŚĞŵĂũŽƌŝƚLJŽĨ/ƐƌĂĞůŝĐŝƟnjĞŶƐĂƌĞŝŶŝƟĂƟŶŐĂŶĞǁĚŝƐĐŽƵƌƐĞŝŶƚŚĞŐŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚĂŶĚƚŚĞ<ŶĞƐƐĞƚ͕ ƚŚĞĚŝƐĐŽƵƌƐĞŽĨƐŽǀĞƌĞŝŐŶƚLJ͘dŚĞůĞŌͲǁŝŶŐŵŝŶŽƌŝƚLJƌĞĂĐƚƐĂŶĚǀĞŚĞŵĞŶƚůLJƉƌŽƚĞƐƚƐ͘ ƌĞĚŝƚ<ŽďLJ'ŝĚŽŶ͕>Ă͛ŵ ƌĞĚŝƚ͗EĂƟ^ŚŽĐŚĂƚ͕&ůĂƐŚϵϬ 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We have seen state on several occasions. In an but those who deny this historical and ideo- ͞dŚĞĮƌƐƚƌĞĂƐŽŶƚŚĂƚ ǁŚĂƚŚĂƉƉĞŶĞĚƚŽƚŚĞŵƵůƟͲŶĂƟŽŶĂůĨŽƌĐĞ interview with Sovereignty, she logical reason, will have to explain the logic ďƌŝŶŐƐŵĞƚŽŵLJƉŽƐŝ- that was supposed to protect the calm on presents the basis for a plan which, in her behind the idea of establishing another dic- - the northern border. It is clear to us that to- opinion, can be accepted both by the inter- tatorial state in the Middle East”. ƟŽŶƐŝƐĮƌƐƚĂŶĚĨŽƌĞ ĚĂLJ͕ǁŝƚŚ,ŝĂď͛ůůĂŚĂŶĚ/ƌĂŶƐĞŶĚŝŶŐĨŽƌĐĞƐ ŶĂƟŽŶĂů ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚLJ ĂŶĚ ĂŵŽŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƌĂď The third reason, says Gamliel, is the ba- ŵŽƐƚ͕ŽƵƌƌŝŐŚƚƚŽŽƵƌ into the region, if there were no Israeli states neighboring Israel. ƐŝĐŚĂƌŵƚŽƚŚĞƐĞĐƵƌŝƚLJŽĨƚŚĞĐŝƟnjĞŶƐŽĨ >ĂŶĚ͟ forces in the
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