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| Israel's Present And Future Security Challenges In The Field Of Counter-Terrorism |
| 2014-07-03 |
| [Jpost] Israel has been forced to cope with waves of terrorism of various types and intensities since its founding and to this day. These waves of terrorism are carried out by various terrorist organizations (Paleostinian and Shi'ite) in various arenas (internal, along the borders, overseas) and using various methods (suicide kabooms, bombs, kidnappings and negotiations, shootings and more). In the decade since the end of the second Intifada, and since the death of Yasser Arafat and his replacement by Abu Mazen, there has been a significant lull in the number of terrorist attacks on Israeli soil, the wave of suicide attacks has subsided and the number casualties from terrorist attacks has diminished. On the other hand, there has been a significant increase in the scope of the threat of high trajectory fire from terrorist organizations in the northern arena (Leb) and the southern arena (the Gazoo Strip and Sinai peninsula). There have been several developments in recent years that have had a direct impact on the scope and nature of terrorism today and in the immediate future. The first development is reflected in the tectonic changes that have taken place in Arab countries in recent years, known as the "Arab Spring." The most important changes being reflected in the revolutions taking place in the countries bordering Israel as well as in those in the second and third cycle. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #3 #1 A few years ago a car sticker "have Arabs, have terrorism" appeared on a lot of cars in Israel. It was, of course, outlawed as racist. Somehow, the deleterious effects of political correctness, the tool the left loves to use to squelch debate, needs to be weakened to defend a country. Looks like Israel as well as the U.S. suffers from this. Catherine Herridge, came out with a book in 2011 entitled "The Next Wave." In it, she makes a case for the growing internal terrorist threat of home-grown jihadists. Both Israel and the U.S. needs to address this threat. Israel, through necessity, has addressed this to the extent they seem to have minimized suicide boomer threats. Maybe the U.S. not so much because of PC and a huge bureaucracy that hamstrings effectiveness. Another aspect, of recent in the U.S. is the lack of transparency and trust that has been growing in the U.S. during this administration and to some extent during the last administration. It creates a us (government) against them (citizens) mentality. You see some of this pushback occurring now. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2014-07-03 10:59 |
| #2 Strange is it not? We accept the givens and variants of Sudoku and Kakuro, but reject the facts of behavior, human genetics, and DNA. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2014-07-03 06:13 |
| #1 A few years ago a car sticker "have Arabs, have terrorism" appeared on a lot of cars in Israel. It was, of course, outlawed as racist. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2014-07-03 02:57 |