Uri Bar-Joseph
Introduction
The term “national security,” which emerged after World War II, refers to the protective measures that a state takes to defend its core values, also known as national interests. These include the state’s sovereignty, its territorial integrity, and the security of its citizens. The national security doctrine forms the most comprehensive and intellectual foundation for all issues related to national security, first and foremost, defining the values that must be defended, the nature of threats, and the methods of achieving defense. The national security concept is the dominant framework guiding policy decisions.
Unlike the United States and other countries, Israel does not have a written national security doctrine; instead, it has an oral doctrine, known as the “national security concept.” However, some view the document written by David Ben-Gurion in October 1953 as a formal security concept based on Jabotinsky’s “iron wall” idea from the 1920s (Ben-Israel, 2013). In practice, Ben-Gurion’s document was more of a strategic situation assessment, focusing on questions related to the force buildup of the Israel Defense Forces (Bar-On, 2017, p. 297; Bar-Zohar, 1978, p. 955; Segev, 2018, p. 486). The only significant attempt to address this gap was the establishment of the Meridor Committee, in response to a mandate from Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Minister of Defense Shaul Mofaz. Although the committee submitted its conclusions and recommendations in 2006, and they were adopted by the minister of defense, they were not formally approved by the Ministerial Committee on National Security.
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