A SWJ article, which I missed:http://smallwarsjournal.com/jrnl/art/israel-winning-underground-fight
The author also has a book 'Underground Warfare', published in January 2018, for...
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A SWJ article, which I missed:http://smallwarsjournal.com/jrnl/art/israel-winning-underground-fight
The author also has a book 'Underground Warfare', published in January 2018, for...
An article from the Jerusalem Post on the IDF -v- tunnellers; topical as the IDF are working right up to the Lebanese border to dismantle tunnels that came south....
An insight into the underground war between the IDF and the Gaza tunnel diggers. It starts with:
Link:https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5370114,00.html
I thought there was a thread on...
Via the Australian think tank blog (ASPI) and a short article. Here is a key sentence:
It ends with:
Authors bio:https://www.aspi.org.au/bio/isaac-kfir...
Might this help to explain the claims?
Taken from an IISS Strategic Comment (mainly behind a paywall) and refers to the drone incident on 10 February 2018:...
A BBC report:Link:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-42566284
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:...
Without doubt an opinionated article on the IDF and politics; on a previously unheard of website:http://972mag.com/what-does-it-say-when-the-idf-is-the-sanest-voice-in-israel/114514/
Israel has attacked missiles in transit from Iran in Sudan before. This week's naval action in the Red Sea has yet to get mainstream media reporting here. IIRC it was an air strike last time in the...
In a moment I will merge the small thread on 'The Gatekeepers' documentary, which featured several directors of Shin Beth (internal security). Another four small threads have been merged; left alone...
Oddly there is not a thread on Israeli counter-terrorism and this appears to be the most appropriate place for this.
Via an alert on Twitter a book review of Daniel Byman's 'A High Price. The...
Taken from an email referring to an Israeli diplomat speaking:
This loyalty maybe under pressure, following Israeli government proposals for rehousing 40k Bedouin in formal settlements:
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Behind the story a Druze officer is to command the IDF's Golani brigade is a surprising aspect:
There is a downside to this commitment:
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A remarkable Australian interview with the film's director, with splices of the film (10 mins):
Hat tip to Lowy...
The Gatekeepers is superb, well worth watching and it is amazing that six Shin Bet (internal security agency) directors agreed to be interviewed on film. Several times being pressed gently, notably...
The gatekeepers is being shown in Birmingham (UK) next week for three days, a rare showing I expect beyond London:http://www.macarts.co.uk/event/the-gatekeepers--15
I will add a review next week.
In July 2009 on another thread I found Mike Innes referred to the author:
Hat tip to Zenpundit for his new thread 'Alice’s Wonderland Battlespace', which potentially gives rise to several issues, including MOUT and intellectual issues of mapping for...
Having watched the transfer of knowledge from Northern Ireland to the mainland UK, for the police primarily, it is interesting to note the similar process from Israel - primarily I suspect from the...