I also strongly disagree with this piece. We've discussed the false analogy of the US in Iraq and the Israeli-Palestinian issue before on this board.
the IDF does not do COIN
The real difference is that Israel does not engage in what we call COIN. The IDF operates as a purely punitive/containment force; there is no such thing as CMO, IO as we call it, or fight for a population's loyalties.
They did not do COIN in Lebanon. They did not do COIN in Gaza and they do not do COIN on the West Bank.
Tom
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