JNS
Rising from the ruins of a generation of Israeli doctrine
Caroline B. Glick
December 22, 2023

…As Maj. Gen. Yitzhak Brick, (retired) who served as the IDF ombudsman for ten years, has documented, operating under the spell of [Ehud] Barak’s doctrine, the IDF shut down multiple reserve divisions. It cut its artillery forces by 50%. Armored brigades were shut down. The reserve force was reduced by 80% between 2003 and 2017. The non-commissioned officer corps was gutted. The bulk of the IDF budget and nearly all the U.S. military aid were diverted to the Air Force—the strategic arm of the “small, technological and lethal” IDF. The doctrine was repeatedly exposed as a farce. But to no avail. READ MORE

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