EFFECTIVENESS OF ISRAEL Counterterrorism Tactics

EFFECTIVENESS OF ISRAEL’S COUNTERTERRORISM TECHNIQUE
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The allegations presented in the post are accurate to some point in which indeed the techniques currently employed by Israel’s government of assassinating targeted terrorist are not feasible. In fact, there is currently no proof of the efficiency capability of this mechanism such that although the country has employed this method for some time now it is yet to be acknowledged that the strategy works.
The claim that targeted assassinations are Israel’s way of destabilizing terrorist groups and frustrating their efforts to ensure national security is true. In fact, the Israeli government believes that eliminating leaders of terrorist groups aids in preventing future atrocities. Nonetheless, Daniel Byman, a counter-terror professional, acknowledges that these targeted killings result in the rise of more energized, younger and radicalized, though less experienced, new recruits. Therefore, although the intentions are of this plan are valid, the method, nevertheless, is ineffective since rather than having positive and effective results, it leads to a more complicated status or increased threat from irrational and younger leaders.
The Bible verse section, however, is confusing on where it fits exactly in the context whereby it is unclear whether the post author wants Israel to engage in vengeance for terrorism victims or not based on the entire post. Although the Bible requires humans to leave vengeance to God, I assume that this virtue is relevant at a personal level between civilians and not instances involving a threat to national security.

The law of the land dictates justice for a people and, therefore, the Bible verse can only be an individual choice and not a universal adoption by a government. Moreover, the government has sworn to protect its population from all forms of threats including terrorism, and therefore, it cannot wait for God to uphold law and order since protecting citizens is an age-old mandate for all governments.
Bibliography
Waal, Alex. “Assassinating Terrorists Does not Work.” Boston Review. (2015).
Accessed October 23, 2018, from http://bostonreview.net/blog/alex-de-waal-assassinating-terrorists-does-not-work