This argument was similar to a position developed in the 1980s by the right-wing Likud party in Israel. The argument went that Israel should fragment, dissolve, or otherwise weaken the neighboring Arab states as a way to shore up its own safety.

XREF: Connects to the earlier argument being compared — likely about how weakening neighbors can backfire or is a geopolitical strategy. QUESTION: Worth probing whether this strategy actually achieved its aims, given the later trajectories of these neighboring states.

Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politi…, loc. 391