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Israel’s Asymmetric Wars

Part of the The Sciences Po Series in International Relations and Political Economy Book Series

DOI: 10.1057/9780230112971

ISBN: 978-1-349-28896-0

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US - Springer Journals

Oct 12, 2015

1 - 10 of 11 Chapters

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Introduction

Cohen, Samy

Pages: 1 –8

[The IDF (Israel Defense Forces) is a young army that has gained considerable military experience through the prosecution of seven wars in over six decades: the Independence War (1948), the Sinai War (1956), the Six-Day War (1967), the War of Attrition (1968–1970), the Yom Kippur War (1973),...
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Asymmetric Warfare: A Challenge for Democracies

Cohen, Samy

Pages: 11 –26

[What is asymmetric warfare and what are the challenges it poses for states? Is there an appropriate way to deal with it? It is certainly one of the most difficult forms of warfare to handle, having little in common with a conventional war between two opposing armies that are physically distanced...
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The Roots of a Doctrine

Cohen, Samy

Pages: 27 –42

[Israel has been confronted with irregular armed groups and terrorism for more than the past 60 years of its existence. This is one of the longest experiences of counterinsurgency struggle in recent history. Still today it faces Hamas (partial acronym for Harakat al-muqâwama al-‘islâmiya [Islamic...
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“Peace for Galilee” or the Making of a New Insurgency

Cohen, Samy

Pages: 43 –56

[On June 3, 1982, Israeli Ambassador to London Shlomo Argov was seriously injured in an attack perpetrated by the Palestinian Abu Nidal group. The Menachem Begin government thus decided to embark on Operation Peace for Galilee, the largest operation ever launched against the PLO in Lebanon. The...
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How the IDF Popularized the First Intifada

Cohen, Samy

Pages: 57 –70

[For the first 20 years of IDF occupation of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip that began in June 1967, no major confrontation occurred between the army and the Palestinian population. There was no rebellion or general uprising. Palestinian nationalist activities were quickly thwarted. Militants...
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Botched Engagement in the Intifada

Cohen, Samy

Pages: 73 –91

[The al-Aqsa Intifada ushered in an era with a new brand of violence.1 It began with a popular uprising following Ariel Sharon’s visit to Temple Mount on September 28, 2000. But unlike the first Intifada, which was basically a civil uprising against the symbols of an occupation that has lasted...
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Tightening the Screws

Cohen, Samy

Pages: 93 –108

[The arrival of Ariel Sharon as head of the Israeli government in February 2001 ended the vacillation between pursuing negotiations with the Palestinian Authority and crushing the uprising. The policy conducted from that point on, in agreement with the army high command, was devoid of ambiguity:...
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The Counterproductive Virtuosity of Targeted Killings

Cohen, Samy

Pages: 109 –125

[Targeted killings are not specific to the second Intifada. The first Israeli operations of this sort were carried out by Haganah (Jewish paramilitary organization) during the 1948 Independence War. Just after the UN passed the Partition Plan for Palestine in November 1947 and hostilities ensued,...
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The Resilience of Israeli Democracy

Cohen, Samy

Pages: 127 –138

[What conclusion can be drawn from the way the IDF has conducted war during the al-Aqsa Intifada, the starting point of which is known, although there is no telling whether it has ended? Did it handle the fight against terrorism in a satisfactory manner? Many specialists of Israel see it as an...
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Strategic Inconsistencies

Cohen, Samy

Pages: 139 –150

[Radical Palestinians may not have managed to destabilize Israeli democracy, but it would be nevertheless excessive to talk about an “overall success” in the fight against terrorism during the years 2001–2005. Careful scrutiny reveals a more mixed and less optimistic appraisal.]

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