Israeli Intelligence, the Second Intifada, and Strategic Surprise: A Case of “Intelligence to Please”?

מאת: Barnea A.
פורסם ב: International Journal of Intelligence and CounterIntelligence
תיאור: The challenge of this article is on deciding the two-decade-old controversy among Israeli intelligence scholars and practitioners over what caused the outbreak of the Palestinian uprising in October 2000. The question remains: Was it preplanned by the Palestinian Authority or a spontaneous response to the violence that ensued following the visit to the Temple Mount by Israeli opposition leader Sharon, which was seriously escalated by Israel’s excessive military response? Drawing on a theoretical framework of two types of strategic surprises, the article clarifies the controversy and explains the outbreak of what became a long and bloody Israeli–Palestinian confrontation. © 2021 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
SDGs : SDG 16  |  יחידות:   | מועד: 2021 |  קישור