Vol. 4: Defense and Home Front

DCJ fourth volume provides a critical investigation of IDF’s perception of defense and the Israeli home front. Mr. Saul Bronfeld opens this volume by providing an historic perspective and discussing IDF’s lesson-learning habits on defense doctrine development. Ms. Dana Preisler-Swery provides a systemic analysis of the implications of the Iron Dome system. Brigadier General Shachar Shohat and Mr. Yaniv Friedman offer an exhaustive historic overview of the development of air defense systems, noting challenges and opportunities for the future. Lt. Colonel Eli Michelson and the late Colonel Munir Amar complete the picture by discussing defense in the home front and the need to implement and adopt a systemic approach there. Lt. Colonel Roni Katzir integrates cyber warfare field as a new domain of defense IDF has to take into account. Brigadier General (res.) Dr. Meir Finkel, Dana Preisler-Swery and Yaniv Friedman review the current debate on the proper balance between defense and offense, as reflected in the aftermath of IDF Operation Protective Edge.