Abstract
This chapter presents Tfisat HaBitachon, the National Security Concept: the grand strategy that Israel has developed to fulfil the vision of its Zionist founders in the harsh geopolitical environment. We discuss the lasting role of science and technology in Israeli national security. The conscious thrust towards qualitative superiority, including harnessing IT, remains the central aspect of the Israeli grand strategy. The Israeli cybersecurity perspective, capabilities and policy have their roots in this grand strategy.
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Interestingly these riots started by what remains a recurring theme: false rumours that the Jews planned to build a synagogue on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem.
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Since 1948, the Israeli population has grown 11-fold; GDP per capita grew from $2000 to $33000.
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Strategic depth is a term in military literature that broadly refers to the distances between the front lines and the key centers of population.
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Tabansky, L., Ben Israel, I. (2015). Geopolitics and Israeli Strategy. In: Cybersecurity in Israel. SpringerBriefs in Cybersecurity. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-18986-4_2
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