What does it say when the IDF is the sanest voice in Israel?
Without doubt an opinionated article on the IDF and politics; on a previously unheard of website:http://972mag.com/what-does-it-say-w...israel/114514/
Why is Israel so Cautious on the Islamic State? A Recent War Game Explains Why.
Why is Israel so Cautious on the Islamic State? A Recent War Game Explains Why.
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Intelligence and Decision Making: the IDF Leaving Lebanon as a Case Study
A new book, 'The True Story of How Israel Left Lebanon (May 2000) Code Name “Dawn” ', has been published in Hebrew, so the Meir Amit Centre has a useful summary. It ends with:
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Gilboa sums up the insights pertaining to intelligence, saying: “There is no doubt that the primary function of intelligence is to point out the risks. This is its duty, and it did so. The problem with the assessments by Military Intelligence was that they failed to point out the prospects".
Link:http://www.terrorism-info.org.il/en/article/20961
From Maneuver to Attrition: The Transformation of the Israel Defense Forces’ Approach
Fauda: The drama lifting the lid on Israeli snatch squads
A BBC report:
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Fauda, the Israeli television thriller that portrays the murky world of Israeli undercover army units and Palestinian militants during the Second Intifada (Palestinian uprising against Israeli occupation)...The Israeli border police have an undercover unit called Yamas which has been operating for 25 years but had never been filmed before we gained exclusive access to them.
Link:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-42566284
Did Israeli F-35s fly into Iranian airspace undetected?
From The Jerusalem Post: http://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Rep...er-Iran-547421
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Two Israeli F-35 fighter jets entered Iranian airspace over the past month, Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Jarida reported on Thursday. The act is a signal of heightened regional tensions, especially in light of recent Israeli military attacks in Syria, including against Iranian bases in the country.
Sources quoted in Al-Jarida stated that two stealth fighters flew over Syrian and Iraqi airspace to reach Iran, and even targeted locations in the Iranian cities Bandar Abbas, Esfahan and Shiraz.
The report states that the two fighter jets, among the most advanced in the world, circled at high altitude above Persian Gulf sites suspected of being associated with the Iranian nuclear program.
It also states that the two jets went undetected by radar, including by the Russian radar system located in Syria. The source refused to confirm if the operation was undertaken in coordination with the US army, which has recently conducted joint exercises with the IDF...
Israel’s approach to counterterrorism
Via the Australian think tank blog (ASPI) and a short article. Here is a key sentence:
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Israel has taken a more organic, holistic approach to CT that relies on innovation and creativity and is aimed at deterring and creating divisions within terror groups, and between the groups and their constituencies through coercion and/or persuasion.
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What Israel has shown is that terrorism is not something that can be defeated, but it is something that one can learn to live with. If Israelis are to move towards a world in which they needn’t worry about terror attacks and the continued cycle of violence, a solution to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict must be found.
Authors bio:https://www.aspi.org.au/bio/isaac-kfir
Link:https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/the-israeli-approach-to-counterterrorism/
We spend days and nights in the field until we find the tunnel'
An insight into the underground war between the IDF and the Gaza tunnel diggers. It starts with:
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Based in three trailers near the Gaza border, with advanced computers and technologies, is 'the lab': 10 soldiers—some of whom finished their physics degree in high school—who already found 15 terror tunnels, the latest neutralized this week; when the need arises, they go out to the field and under the ground; 'finding a tunnel is not a scavenger's hunt. It's a game of chest against Hamas,' says one.
Link:https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,...370114,00.html
I thought there was a thread on the underground war, the search function does not help; perhaps earlier posts are here?
Is Israel Winning the Underground Fight?
A SWJ article, which I missed:http://smallwarsjournal.com/jrnl/art...erground-fight
The author also has a book 'Underground Warfare', published in January 2018, for details:https://global.oup.com/academic/prod...cc=us&lang=en&
Reviews are on the previous link; there is only one on Amazon. Her bio:https://www.ict.org.il/Worker.aspx?ID=13#gsc.tab=0
There are three post-publication video talks by her via Google / YouTube.