Module 3. In this third installment of the four-part series regarding the nature of Homeland Security in Israel, Dr. Nadav Morag turns to the issue of Israel’s counterterrorism policies, specifically focusing on deterrence, intelligence, prevention, executive action, and public cooperation efforts. The measures taken to neutralize threats specifically on the West Bank and in Gaza are used as examples of Israel’s success in counterterrorism. Statistically speaking, there has been a significant decrease in the number of fatalities over time, as well as a marked improvement in the amount of attacks thwarted. Israel’s strategy for coping with terrorism respects that terrorism can only be reduced, and cannot be completely eradicated.
