Israeli outpost

Israeli outpost is a term used, often to describe a small Israeli settlement. [cite book|title=The Routledge Atlas of the Arab-Israeli Conflict|last=Gilbert|first=Martin|year=2005|publisher=Routledge|isbn=0415359007|pages=160|quote=|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=Wmyfc_Zh4R0C&pg=PA160&dq=%22Israeli+Outposts%22&as_brr=3&sig=ACfU3U1rUcJN7r-3_NzkkHAf0VvXOWTdbg#PPA160,M1] While remaining much smaller in nature than the majority of Settlements, housing between one and a few families, they are sometimes established against not just international law, but also without the approval of the Israeli Government, by settlers. [cite book|title=After The War In Iraq: Defining the New Strategic Balance|last=Feldman|first=Shai|coauthors=Merkaz Yafeh le-meḥḳarim asṭraṭegiyim|year=2003|publisher=Sussex Academic Press|isbn=1903900743|pages=121|quote=|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=QtVh1vqgNBYC&pg=PA121&dq=%22Israeli+Outposts%22&as_brr=3&sig=ACfU3U1hV2hkCsDI1HiznT1fI7_rkAgDag] In April 1956, an aggressive military policy against Israeli outposts and border areas was initiated as an exercise of military pressure. [cite book|title=The Social Studies|last=Association|first=American Historical|coauthors=American Historical Association, National Board for Historical Service, National Board for Historical Service, National Council for the Social Studies|year=1969|publisher=McKinley Pub. Co.|isbn=|pages=82|quote=|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=W8AnAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Israeli+Outposts%22+date:1700-1930&dq=%22Israeli+Outposts%22+date:1700-1930&pgis=1]

References

Further reading

* http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/729064.stm
* http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7523348.stm
* http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/942129.html
* http://www.poica.org/editor/case_studies/view.php?recordID=480
* http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25827303/