Title: Israeli CounterTerrorism Strategies
1Israeli Counter-Terrorism Strategies
- Fighting terrorism is like boxing
- You usually win by points.
- General Meir Dagan
2Goals
- Prevent terrorists from influencing national
agenda - Preserve the psychological resilience of civilian
population - Psychological and physical survival - existential
3Israeli Terrorism Brief History
- Aircraft hijacking of El Al in 1968
- Target progression of terrorism
- Airplanes
- Embassies
- Civilian targets buses markets, pedestrians
- Suicide terrorism Hizbollah Oct 23 1983
- First Intifada 1987 - 1993
- Second Intifada Sep. 2000
4Strategies
- Intelligence collection and analysis
- Military operations to disrupt terrorist
infrastructure - Commercial aviation security
- Chemical and biological attacks defense
- Strengthening of psychological endurance
5Intelligence Collection and Analysis
- Vigilance highly aware
- 80 of attacks are thwarted
- Investments are invisible
- Shin Bet Israel Security Agency
- Domestic intelligence, counterespionage, internal
security, prevention of terrorist attacks - Arab Affairs Division political subversion and
surveillance - Protection and Security Division government
buildings and embassies, defense contractors,
scientific installations, industrial plants, El
Al - Mossad Foreign Intelligence Agency
- Aman Military Intelligence Agency
- Undercover agents, local informants police
operations - Technology
- Explosives detection, eavesdropping and signals
recovery, unmanned aerial vehicles
6Military Operations to Disrupt Terrorist
Infrastructure
- Israeli Defense Forces
- Air Force
- Navy
- Army
- Sayeret Matkal
- Frontier Police
- Duvdevan, Shimshon
- Israeli Police Force
- Yamam - 1974 - hostage rescue specialization of
professionals
7Military Operations to Disrupt Terrorist
Infrastructure
- Minimize extent of terrorist activity and
resulting damage - Eliminate recruiters, leader, planners
- Assassination
- Eliminate information network
- Logistical support
8Commercial Aviation Security
- El Al national airline
- Security budget of 80 million
- 1985 Ben-Gurion International Airport assault
- Components
- Single access road checkpoint
- Plainclothes security officials
- Passenger screening system
- Psychological profiling - intelligence and
observation - High-tech security equipment -
- Luggage conciliation
- Invision
- Chemical sniffers
- Compression chamber
- Sky marshals
- Flight Guard - 1 mil per aircraft
9Chemical and Biological Attacks Defense
- Passive defense
- Civil defense program 1980s
- Free kit of gas mask, auto-injector containing
nerve-agent antidotes - IDF Home Front Command
- Sealed body in a sealed room
- New construction incorporates a protective room
10Strengthening of Psychological Endurance
- International Policy Institute for
Counter-Terrorism - Visits schools to immunize against the
personalization of terror
11Defensive Security Fence
- Constructed under the Ministry of Defense as a
strategic, defensive measure to combat terrorism - Approved July 23, 2001
12IDF Low Intensive Conflict Conference 2004
- Land Forces Development
- Digitized Land Forces -200 mil program to
modernize entire land forces - Situational awareness
- Communications
- Navigation(GPS)
- Geographic Survey
- All-terrain fighting vehicles
- Infantry weapons
- Cornershot system
- Situational Orientation Systems
13IDF Low Intensive Conflict Conference 2004
- Door/wall breaching systems
- Unmanned systems
- Aerial vehicles
- Ground systems
- Precision attack
- Mortar munitions
- Missiles
- Integrated radar/surveillance
14Israel Export International Cooperation
Institute
- Security and safety companies
- 600
- Start-Ups involved in security and safety
- 50
- Exporting countries (2004)
- 300
- Non-defense/military related export
- 850 mil (20 increase expected per year)
15Segments of Israeli Counter-Terrorism Export
- Perimeter Security
- Consulting
- Barriers
- Sensors
- Video Motion Detector
- Access Control
- Tracking
- Surveillance
- Biometrics
- Integration
- Training
- IT Security
- Authentication
- Detectors
- Counter-Terrorism
- Consulting
- Training
- Weapons
- SWAT products
- Equipment
- Physical protection
- Communications
- CBRN/NBC
- Consulting
- Products
- Detectors
- Crisis Management
- Command/Control/Comm/Computers/Intelligence
16International Cooperation
- Athens Olympic Games - 12 companies generating
200 mil - Border Control EU
- Jails, stadiums, amusement parks, nuclear sites,
critical infrastructure, private housing,
airports, seaports, trains, federal sites - HLS Masterkey IEICI
- Assist and promote Israeli companies in US and
abroad
17International Education
- Institute for Counter-Terrorism Lauder School
of Govt, Diplomacy and Strategy at the
Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya - Executive Certificate Program in
Counter-Terrorism Studies - Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs
(JINSA) - Flag and General Officers Trip to Israel
(Admirals Generals) - Nathan Golden Lectures in Middle East Security
- (Security Professionals)
- Law Enforcement Exchange Program (LEEP)
- Gottesman Lecture Series (students in military
academies and universities)