Intelligence and security institutions and the national security of Israel

Abstract

The subject of the analysis of this paper is the research of the intelligence and security system of Israel in the context of the historical development and geopolitical position of this state and the complex political and security situation in the region of the Middle East. The current security situation in the region, and especially in the immediate environment, has dictated the appropriate organizational and functional structure of the Israeli intelligence and security system, which has been dialectically modified to new political and security challenges and risks. The history of the Jewish people has shown that the formation of the national and independent state of Israel until these days is accompanied by numerous open problems, endangering factors that are manifested through various forms of organized violence, wars, terrorism, etc. In the context of the continuos struggle for the survival of the Israeli state and nation, intelligence activities, which are the cornerstone in the process of providing intelligence information that defines the national security strategy of Israel, national interests and foreign policy priorities, have significant and perhaps the key place. The focus of the paper is on the structure and function of the Israeli intelligence and security system in correlation with the internal and external security of this country.

Keywords

• israel
• intelligence and security system
• intelligence services
• national security