Israeli Conceptualization of the Border´s Defensibility Time for Change? Cover Image

Izraelská konceptualizace hájitelnosti hranice Čas pro změnu?
Israeli Conceptualization of the Border´s Defensibility Time for Change?

Author(s): Libor Kutěj
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Univerzita obrany
Keywords: Israel; Arab Spring; State Border; Line of Armistice; Green Line; Blue Line; Conventional Threats; Terrorism; Missile Attacks

Summary/Abstract: The article deals with important aspects determining the defensibility of the State of Israel borderlines and its current conditions. It outlines trends and tendencies in Israeli approach to this burning issue and depicts important political and military - strategic factors concerning Israeli concept for countering military and paramilitary (i.e. terrorist, insurgent etc.) threats in border region. Particular focus is dedicated to the new regional security situation after the outbreak of the Arab Spring and its impact on securing the Israeli sovereignty. Furthermore, it depicts the question whether current unsatisfied security situation in surrounding Arab countries could eventually turn into an outbreak of conventional military conflict and/or whether the State of Israel could possibly face concentrated strain of radical Islamic groups operating in the border area. Last but not least, the article concludes an outline of Israeli doctrinal approaches and examines the impact of budgetary restraints into the development of IDF.

  • Issue Year: 14/2014
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 77-90
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Czech