The Irish Republican Army
“Like a chain its strongest point is the weakest link, so all volunteers should regardthemselves as links within an organized chain, bearing in mind that the continuity of struggle, the object of resistance, the confidence in victory depends on the individual himself” The Green Book
The Irish Republican Army
“Before we go on the offensive politically or militarily we take the greatest defensive precautions possible to ensure success.”
The Green Book
Since the abduction of three settlers in the West Bank on June 12, there has been no evidence of whether the abduction was made by an Arab or Palestinian party yet. Still Israel excluded any criminal element and launched a military campaign that included the arrest of 300 Palestinians. More over the Israeli government legal advisor, Yehuda Weinstein, has authorized the security forces to interrogate the arrested Palestinians under the “Ticking Bomb” protocol, in order to find the kidnapped in the right time, according to a report on Israel Army Radio.
This paper intends to examine the phenomena of modern political collaboration of individuals in occupied societies with the occupying security forces.
This is, undoubtedly, one of the pivotal events of the last century, as it transformed World War II, which was the main element leading to the Cold War and the Soviet domination of Eastern Europe for half a century.
In the case of the Jewish people there have been several historical events and circumstances that have shaped the collective strategic culture of the modern Israeli state. The most significant of these have been the subjection to exile and persecution, particularly in the late 19th century and the Nazi Holocaust. The latter, cataclysmic event claimed the lives of an estimated six million Jews. Such an event inevitably, and dramatically, affects collective attitudes. In other words, it is the collective memory of the Diaspora that has shaped the current Israeli Siege Mentality, and which is now one of the cornerstones of Israeli strategic culture.
