1、THE WAR DOCTRINE ISRAELDOES NOT TALK ABOUTRON TIRASEPTEMBER 13,2016COMMENTARYEditors Note:This is adapted from the authors recently published article,“Israels Second War Doctrine,”pdf fromthe Institute for National Security Studies(Strategic Assessment;Vol.19,No.2,July 2016).The Israel Defense Force
2、s(IDF)is renowned for its war doctrine:a succession of rapid decisive operations based onsurprising combined arms offensives.In the Six-Day War and Yom Kippur War,Israeli tanks broke world records intempo in terms of miles penetrated per day(depth of offensive).Yet the IDF operated in a manner incon
3、sistent withits official doctrine over the course of its last six major campaigns:Operation Accountability(1993),Operation Grapesof Wrath(1996),the Second Lebanon War(2006),Operation Cast Lead(2008-2009),Operation Pillar of Defense(2012),and Operation Protective Edge(2014).I call these six campaigns
4、“accountability-rationale campaigns”(seebelow table).I take this name from the original Operation Accountability campaign design in 1993,when Israel intervened inLebanon to fight Hizballah.These six operations all sought to shape the future behavior of the adversary by striking ablow or causing attr
