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Source: http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/restoring-israeli-deterrence/
Restoring Israeli Deterrence
(Times of Israel) Gerald Steinberg - Israel owes its survival to effective and continuous deterrence. Confronted with uniquely narrow borders and destructive threats from all directions, the threat of large-scale response has been Israel's most effective insurance policy. When the IDF has acted effectively to deter the threats of conventional attacks from large armies, mass terror campaigns and missiles aimed at cities, Israeli citizens have been protected. But when the deterrence image has faded, and Israel was seen as unable to use its military force, partly due to international political restraints, attacks resumed. The writer is professor of political science at Bar-Ilan University and president of NGO Monitor.