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xiii CAPS Comprehensive Agreement on Permanent Status CoS Chief of Staff DMP decision-making process DoD US Department of Defense DoP declaration of principles FADAC Knesset Foreign and Defense Affairs Committee FAPS Framework Agreement on Permanent Status FMM Four Mothers Movement FMS foreign military sales (i.e., US military assistance funds) GAO US General Accounting Office GWOT global war on terror IAF Israel Air Force IAI Israel Aircraft Industries IDF Israel Defense Forces INSC Israel National Security Council ISA Israel Security Agency (“Shin Bet” or “Shabak”) LPA Lavi Project Administration MCoD Ministerial Committee on Defense MFA Ministry of Foreign Affairs MI Military Intelligence MK Member of Knesset MoD Ministry of Defense MoF Ministry of Finance NSA National Security Adviser NSC National Security Council NSU National Security Unit Acronyms ACRONYMS xiv ORBAT Order of Battle (i.e., size and structure of military formations) PA Palestinian Authority PLO Palestine Liberation Organization PMB Prime Minister’s Bureau PMM Prime Minister’s Ministry PR proportional representation electoral system SAM surface-to-air missile SLA South Lebanese Army UNIFIL UN Interim Force in Lebanon UNSCR UN Security Council Resolution VARASH Committee of the Heads of the Intelligence Services ...

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