Israel faces a unique geographic disadvantage compared to the US relationship with al-Qaeda: Hamas is located on Israel's border (analogous to eastern Afghanistan for the US), making the proximity problem far more acute and preventing extended over-the-horizon counterterrorism.

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Speaker

Aaon David Miller

Evidence Quote

keep in mind that this is an enemy who's on Israel's border right Eastern Afghanistan that's the point I wanted to make we didn't have a proximity problem with Al-Qaeda

Source

Is America Overstretched? A Conversation With General David PetraeusCarnegie Endowment
Created: 8/10/2026, 3:27:23 PM

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