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‘National Resilience' Victory on the Home Front

‘National Resilience' Victory on the Home Front. January, 2009. Need: Rising importance of the Home Front. Goal: Victory on the Home Front. Strategy: National Resilience. Policy: ‘Culture of Preparedness’. Rising importance of the Home Front.

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‘National Resilience' Victory on the Home Front

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  1. ‘National Resilience' Victory on the Home Front January, 2009

  2. Need: Rising importance of the Home Front Goal: Victory on the Home Front Strategy: National Resilience Policy: ‘Culture of Preparedness’

  3. Rising importance of the Home Front Israel’s National Security (Tal, 1996):“Almost total concession of civil resilience in favor of military superiority” Hizbullah (2/2008): “Israel is a cardboard country which will be destroyed” 1991 Gulf War Designing a Relevant Strategy for the Home Front 2000- 2005 Second Intifada International Front MilitaryFront HomeFront 2001- Sderot and around Gaza 2006 Second Lebanon war 2009 Cast Lead Int.Front HomeFront

  4. The Home Front - Relevancy Gaps The State is responsible for the Home Front Partnership btw State & Civilian Network Local Governments as building blocks Weaknesses of Local Governments Scenario based response Difficulty to define scenarios and responses Israeli Home Front is not ready for a National Crisis The Response: regular army & reserves Scope of needs larger than reserves The Home Front ‘play defense’ The Home Front ‘victory narrative’ Superiority of the Military Front Rising importance of the Home Front Current Mindset Changing Reality

  5. The Israeli Home Front Mobilizing a network of ‘nodes’ with core capacities to work automatically Third Sector Communities Communities Business Third Sector Third Sector State Institutions Business Communities Business Jewish World Civilian Network Media Gov. Jewish World Households Jewish World Communities Households H.F.C Police L. Gov Media Media Households Third Sector Business Third Sector Jewish World Households Media Business Media Households Jewish World

  6. The Home Front’s Victory Narrative Preparedness Immediate Response • Legislation & enforcement • Training & Infrastructure • Cross-sector partnerships • Into state of emergency • Rescue efforts • Trafic NationalResilience The Victory Narrative = National Resilienceclear and common principles How to ‘Win’ in the Home Front? Defining a common goal The Day After During the Crisis • Basic services in emergency • Maintaining ‘routine’ under fire • Restoring & rebuilding • Learning & implementing lessons • Decorating heroes; Measures against offenders

  7. National Resilience Model Culture of Preparedness Civilian Network State Institutions Legislation & Enforcement Training Infrastructure & budgets Resources & Infrastructure National deploymentManpower Partnerships

  8. Implementing the model Law & Order Education Social Services Media Transportation Economic Sector Local Governments Health

  9. Recommendations • National and Local Preparedness Forums • National Preparedness Days • Special sessions at Government level • Improving Preparedness for Arab-Israeli sector • Defining policy towards Jewish World StateInstitutions Businesses • Emergency Preparedness in every organization • Corporate Social Responsibility Third Sector • Involvement of NGO’s in Preparedness efforts • Encouraging partnerships • Training civilians Households • Emergency kit in every household • Voluntarism

  10. "Israel has nuclear weapons and the strongest air force in the region, but the truth is that it is weaker than a spider's web“ (Hassan Nasrallah, May, 2000) "The durability of spider webs enable them to absorb the concentrated pressure of a weight ten times that of the most durable artificial fiber" (P. Hillyard, The Book of the Spider, 1994)

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