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The security imperative in counterterror operations: the Israeli fight against suicidal terror

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posted on 2023-06-07, 17:41 authored by Sergio Catignani
Israel has had a long tradition of fighting international and Palestinian terror. This article looks at how Israel counterterrorism strategy and tactics have developed since the establishment of the State in 1948. By initially providing a working definition of terrorism, the article then goes to show how Israel has sought to defend itself from different Palestinian terror tactics. This article shows how Israeli security forces have struggled safeguarding, and sometimes disregarded Palestinian human rights. This article concludes by arguing that given the responsibility of democratic governments of defending their citizens from imminent terror attacks, such governments often find themselves paradoxically violating human rights. Despite attempts to reduce such human rights abuses, governments will never do so at the expense of their own security.

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Publication status

  • Published

Journal

Terrorism and Political Violence

ISSN

09546553

Publisher

Routledge

Issue

1-2

Volume

17

Page range

245-264

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  • International Relations Publications

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  • No

Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2012-02-06

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