The past year's military events have rewritten Israel's defense doctrine - opinion
Israel stuck to its defense doctrine for another 45 years, failing to understand the fundamental change in its strategic surroundings and the doctrinal adjustment it required.
NOW THAT ISRAEL revised its doctrine, neighboring states’ armies should be deterred in peacetime and preempted in wartime, but jihadist militias should be fought anytime, because Israel cannot afford their presence anywhere along its borders. Here, Houthi supporters raise their rifles along with th(photo credit: ABDALLAH ADEL/AFP via Getty Images)ByAMOTZ ASA-EL