The Counter-terrorism Puzzle

The need to contend with terrorism can be found in almost every sphere of life: Security, prevention and suppression of terrorism, legal and ethical dilemmas regarding democratic issues, such as the individual’s human rights, intelligence interrogations, the right of the public to know, as well as coping with social, psychological, and media-related issues. This book deals with all relevant aspects of counter-terrorism and analyzes decision-makers’ main dilemmas. It is based on accumulated experience in the field all over the world, particularly in the State of Israel. The method of presentation is to portray the main dilemmas in each sphere of counter-terrorism - defining the threat and appropriate countermeasures, evaluating intelligence, offensive and defensive action, legal and judicial issues, media coverage, international cooperation - and to analyze them in terms of Israel’s accumulated experience, comparing them, in many cases, to the experience of other countries.