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Informationen zum Autor Ami Pedahzur Klappentext While Mossad is known as one of the world's most successful terrorist-fighting organizations! the state of Israel has! more than once and on many levels! risked the lives of its citizens through unwise! intelligence-based interventions. The elimination of hundreds of Palestinians has not decreased the incidence of Palestinian terrorism! for example. In fact! it has become more lethal than ever! and there is ample evidence to suggest that the actions of Israeli intelligence have fueled terrorist activities across the globe.An expert on terror and political extremism! Ami Pedahzur argues that Israel's strict reliance on the intelligence community and its elite units is fundamentally flawed. Pedahzur explores these issues through Israel's past encounters with terrorists! specifically hostage rescue missions! the first and second wars in Lebanon! the challenges of the West Bank and Gaza! Palestinian terrorist groups! and Hezbollah. A complex synthesis of memoir! academic research! and print and online sources! Pedahzur's study brings a rare transparency to Israel's counterterrorist activities! highlighting their successes and failures and the factors contributing to these results. From the foundations of his analysis! he builds strategies for future confrontations that will be relevant not only to Israel but to other countries that have adopted its intelligence-based model. Zusammenfassung While Mossad is known as one of the world's most successful terrorist-fighting organizations! the state of Israel has! more than once and on many levels! risked the lives of its agents and soldiers through unwise intelligence-based intervention. An expert on terror and political extremism! Ami Pedahzur argues that Israel's strict reliance on the elite units of its intelligence community is fundamentally flawed. A unique synthesis of memoir! academic research! and information gathered from print and online sources! Pedahzur's complex study explores this issue through Israel's past encounters with terrorists! specifically! hostage rescue missions! the first and second wars in Lebanon! the challenges of the West Bank and Gaza! Palestinian terrorist groups! and Hezbollah. He brings a rare transparency to Israel's counterterrorist activities! highlighting their successes and failures and the factors that have contributed to these results. From the foundations of this analysis! Pedahzur ultimately builds a strategy for future confrontation that has relevance not only for Israel but also for other countries that have adopted Israel's intelligence-based model. ...
