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269 Introduction 1. Horowitz and Lissak 1984, p. 3. 1. Constraints and Players 1. Ben-Meir 1995, p. xi; Merom 1999, pp. 413–415; Dror 2011, pp. 6, 16, 35. 2. Dror 1992, p. 82; Dror 1978, p. 158; Maoz 2006, pp. 8, 545. 3. Sima Kadmon, Yediot Aharonot, Weekend Magazine, 11/18/06. 4. George 1969 and 1980, p. 45; Stein and Tanter 1976, p. 100. 5. Uzi Dayan interview, 5/23/06; Udi Dekel, lecture, Tel Aviv University, 6/15/06; Dror 1992, p. 82; Dror 2006, p. 55; Dror 1989a, p. 69. 6. Dror 2006, p. 47; Dror 1992; Dror 2011, p. 31. 7. Horowitz and Lissak 1984, p. 5; Dror 1978, pp. 159, 162–163; Peri 2006, p. 49; Heller 2000, p. 10; Maoz 2006, p. 557. 8. Heller 2000, pp. 10, 12, Uzi Dayan interview, 5/23/06; Dror 2011, p. 4. 9. Arian 2005, p. 264; Ben-Meir 1995, p. 59. 10. Ben-Meir 1995, p. 46; Yaari 2004, p. 32. 11. Ben-Meir 1995, pp. 46–47; State of Israel, Prime Minister’s Office, “Brodet Committee,” 2007, p. 73. 12. Peretz and Doron 1997, p. 188; Dan Meridor interview, 5/30/06. 13. Ben-Meir 1995, p. 38. 14. Arian 2005, p. 266; Peretz and Doron 1997, p. 188; Gideon Sheffer interview, 6/21/06. 15. Arian 2005, p. 266. 16. Gideon Sheffer interview, 6/21/06; Uzi Dayan interview, 5/23/06. 17. State Comptroller, Annual Report #52, 2002a, p. 7. 18. Nahum Barnea, Yedioth Aharonot, 7/27/03. 19. Yoram Turbovich, testimony before the Winograd Commission, 12/27/06, pp. 16–18, 32. 20. Ben Caspit, “Get Me Galant,” Maariv, 5/15/06 (NRG [Internet version]). Former CoS Yaalon also stresses the importance of the military secretary’s role, in Erez 2006, p. 17. Notes 270 NOTES TO PAGES 21–30 21. Giora Eiland article in Brom and Elran 2007; Giora Eiland, lecture, Jaffee Center, 10/31/06. 22. Ben-Meir 1995, p. 32. 23. Ben-Meir 1995, p. 50; Maoz 2006, pp. 528–530. 24. Peri 2006, pp. 47, 57, 156; Ben-Meir 1995, pp. 88, 90, 94, 157–159; Yaari 2004, p. 41; State Comptroller, Report on the National Security Council, 2006, p. 44; Ofer Shelah, Yediot Aharonoth, Weekend Supplement, 1/2/04, p. 9; Amnon Shahak interview, 6/15/06; Mike Herzog interview , 5/31/07; Udi Dekel interview, June 24, 2007; Amir Oren, Haaretz, 12/14/01; Shaul Mofaz, Testimony before the Winograd Commission, 12/6/06, p. 10. 25. Yaari 2004, pp. 41–42; Gideon Sheffer interview, 6/21/06; Peri 2006, pp. 47, 156, BenMeir 1995, pp. 88, 90. 26. State Comptroller, Annual Report #51, 2001a, p. 83; Udi Dekel, lecture, Tel Aviv University , 6/15/06; Amos Harel, Haaretz, 11/1/07; Avi Issascharoff, Haaretz, 7/22/08; Moshe Yaalon interview, 7/20/06 27. State Comptroller, Annual Report #52, 2001, p. 73; Dan Meridor interview, 5/30/06; Silvan Shalom interview, 6/13/06; Yehezkel Dror, Haaretz, 9/30/02; Ben-Meir 1995, p. 123. 28. Ben-Meir 1995, p. 98. 29. Maoz 2006, pp. 503–504, 511–512 ; Peri 2006, pp. 48–50; Ben-Meir 1995, p. 95. 30. Peri 2006, p. 49; Ben-Meir 1995, p. 87. 31. Aluf Benn, Haaretz, 9/4/03; Maoz 2006, pp. 504, 511–512; State Comptroller, Annual Report #46, 1995, p. 1. 32. Maoz 2006, p. 504. 33. For a full description of the role of the committee, see Gilon 2000, pp. 376–377. See also Maoz 2006, p. 503; Caspit, “Get Me Galant”; State Comptroller, Report on the National Security Council, 2006, p. 41. 34. State Comptroller, Annual Report #46, 1995, pp. 1–2; Yossi Melman, Haaretz, 11/11/00; Maoz 2006, p. 512. 35. State Comptroller, Annual Report #46, 1995, p. 3; Ben Caspit, Maariv, 8/26/02 (NRG); Silvan Shalom interview, 6/1306. 36. Amir Oren, Haaretz, 12/14/01. 37. Official website, Premier’s Office, www.pmo.gov.il/PMOEng/PM+Office/Bodies /depenergy.htm; U.S., Israeli Officials Confer over Iranian Nuclear Program, Nucleonics Week, 4/22/04; Janine Zacharia, “US Arms Expert Here over Iranian Nuke Threat,” Jerusalem Post, 6/8/03; Federal News Service, 5/24/07; U.S.-Israel Strategic Dialogue, Office of the Spokesman , U.S. State Department, 6/7/07. 2. The Decision-Making Process 1. Dean Acheson’s term, quoted in Jackson 1965. 2. Shlaim and Yaniv 1980, p. 242; Bilski 1980, p. 115...

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