Zion's Dilemmas: How Israel Makes National Security Policy

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309 Abbas, Mahmud, 38, 57, 179, 195 Agranat Commission, 24, 237 Air bases, Sinai, 82, 83, 86–89 Annapolis Conference, 44 Arab Spring, 14, 245 Arafat, Yasser, 156–158, 161, 172, 179 Camp David and Clinton Parameters, 14, 157–159, 165, 167 Intifada, 63, 155 negotiations, 32, 36, 59, 155–156, 160, 162–164, 170–171, 178, 195, 299 Arens, Moshe, 64, 108–109, 111, 115, 136, 149 Arrow missile system, 15, 34 Ashkenazi, Gabi, 65 Assad, Hafez, 14, 141, 155–157 Aswan Declaration, 81–82, 91 Atomic Energy Commission, 19, 26, 44, 69, 74 Auschwitz, 13, 134 Autonomy Plan, 30, 45, 81, 83–84, 87–88, 90–91, 96 Dayan’s involvement in, 84, 88, 93 Barak, Aharon, 15, 104 Barak, Ehud, 42, 53–54, 154–155, 163–164, 172–174, 178, 229 cabinet, 17, 42, 44, 47, 168, 170–171 Camp David, 14, 32, 155–166, 171–172, 174–175, 178 decision making, 31, 45, 53, 58, 149, 151, 162, 175 INSC, 240–241, 243, 249 Jerusalem, 162–163, 166, 169, 172 leaks, 51–52, 171–172 negotiating teams, 33, 59, 72 negotiations with Syria, 43, 51, 72, 141, 145, 156–157, 173 Operation Cast Lead, 59 politics, 19, 42–43, 48, 149, 166–170, 174 polls and public opinion, 43, 149, 168–169 United States, 157–158, 163, 168 withdrawal from Lebanon, 29, 53, 61, 64, 141, 144–147, 149–152, 156, 166, 173 Begin, Menachem Camp David, 30, 45–46, 81–93, 179, 229 decision making, 46, 85–86, 93, 96, 98 invasion of Lebanon, 125–139 Iraqi reactor, 61 Jerusalem, 90 Lavi, 36, 107, 109, 114–115, 117 leadership, 43, 46, 54–55, 61, 72, 85 Resolution 242, 82 Beirut, 122, 125–129, 131–133, 135–136, 199, 205, 210 Ben-Ami, Shlomo, 41, 158, 159–162, 167–169, 171–172, 174–175 Ben-Eliezer, Binyamin (Fuad), 33, 212, 214 Ben-Gurion, David, 39, 55, 95, 115, 173, 235, 255 Ben-Meir, Yehuda, 2, 64 Ben-Nun, Avihu, 120 Berger, Sandy, 157 Blue Book, 85, 97 Brodet Committee, 58 Index INDEX 310 Coordination and integration, 4, 19, 48, 58–60, 230, 232, 236–237 Camp David I, 97 Camp David II, 174 Gaza disengagement, 195–196 Lavi, 117–118 Lebanon, invasion of, 137–138 Lebanon, 2006 war, 219–220 Lebanon, unilateral withdrawal from, 151–152 VARASH, 25 Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories, 22–23 Council for Peace and Security, 149 Counterterrorism. See Terrorism Crisis management, 3, 33–34, 259, 264 Dagan, Meir, 12, 52, 65, 204, 209 Dahia neighborhood, 109, 206, 208, 210 Dayan, Moshe, 12, 30, 81, 83–91, 93–98, 130 Decision making. See Discreet decision making; Dysfunctional decision making; Idiosyncratic decision making; Incremental decision making; Reactive decision making; Sequential decision making; Uninstitutionalized decision making Declaration of war. See War powers Defense budget, 22, 38, 57–58 Defense establishment, 22, 45, 53, 55, 60, 233, 237, 253–254 Camp David I, 84, 98 Camp David II, 170, 174–175 Gaza disengagement, 190, 195–197 influence of, 4, 31, 66, 227, 230–232, 237 Lavi, 104, 107, 109, 117–120 Lebanon, invasion of, 127, 129, 131, 136–139 Lebanon, 2008 war, 119, 221 Lebanon, unilateral withdrawal from, 149, 152 roles of, 32–33, 51, 59, 67–68, 240, 243 See also Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Defense minister. See Minister of defense Demography, 32, 154, 178–180, 184, 194 Department of Defense (DoD), 102–103 “Deposit,” on Golan Heights (Rabin), 41, 51 Dichter, Avi, 205, 211 Diplomatic time, 202, 217 Director-general, 19, 22, 25, 62, 69, 70, 85, 91, 114–115, 249, 252, 253 Disconnect, policy of, 4, 56, 97, 117–118, 136, 138, 151, 174, 195–196, 217–219, 230 Discreet decision making, 4, 21, 47, 50–51, 169, 205, 215, 240 Disengagement Plan, 29–31, 36, 44–45, 52, 57, 65, 69, 79, 168, 177–198, 227–230 Bureaucratic politics, 37, 55, 74, 195–198, 232 Camp David I, 98 Camp David II, 174–175 defense establishment, 60 Gaza disengagement, 196–197 IAI, 118 IDF, 3–4, 60–62, 65, 67–68, 227, 230, 232 INSC, 237–238, 242–243, 249 Lavi, 118, 120 Lebanon, invasion of, 138–139 Lebanon, unilateral withdrawal from, 152 Lebanon, war in, 208, 221 MFA, 25, 71, 195 Bush, George W., 53, 178, 181, 183, 188 vision for Middle East peace, 172, 178, 180 Cairo Conference, 84, 88, 91 Camp David I, 17, 30, 45, 57, 122, 228–230 case study, 79–99 Camp David...