Summary
The author of Disproportionate Force: Israel’s Concept of Response in Light of the Second Lebanon War, INSS Insight No. 74, October 2, 2008, in which he prescribes a disproportionate strike against the enemy’s weak points as Israel’s primary war effort against rocket and missile threats from Syria, Lebanon and the Gaza Strip (Disproportionate Force: Israel’s Concept of Response in Light of the Second Lebanon War, lines 325-340).
Details
- The article carries his byline (line 330) and no other biographical or institutional information about him; the publisher’s notice states that the opinions expressed in INSS publications are the authors’ alone (line 350).
- Siboni argues that Israel’s immediate response after the July 2006 kidnapping attack significantly boosted its ability to deter Hizbollah and Syria, and reads Hassan Nasrallah’s quoted remark about attacking Lebanon as evidence that Nasrallah is internalizing a fundamental change in Israel’s approach (lines 334-336).
- His prescription: punishment aimed at decision makers and the power elite, assets damaged in priority over launchers, and a ceasefire attained on conditions that increase long-term deterrence and leave the enemy in expensive, long-term reconstruction (lines 340, 348).
Related pages
Disproportionate Force: Israel’s Concept of Response in Light of the Second Lebanon War, Disproportionate Force, Deterrence, Dahiyeh Doctrine