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Covid-19 and the securitization of national crises in Israel's strategic approach: reliance on the security community as a "comfortable necessity"
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Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik -SWP- Deutsches Institut für Internationale Politik und Sicherheit
Abstract Israel's first response to the Covid-19 crisis demonstrated a security-based approach to a non-military national crisis. Faced with a first-of-its-kind non-military crisis of national magnitude, the government reactivated a pre-established, well-rehearsed policy protocol. It assigned the security co... view more
Israel's first response to the Covid-19 crisis demonstrated a security-based approach to a non-military national crisis. Faced with a first-of-its-kind non-military crisis of national magnitude, the government reactivated a pre-established, well-rehearsed policy protocol. It assigned the security community with the operational management of the crisis and responsibility over key strategic roles. Israel’s reliance on this community is an outcome of both the health system's weakness as well as an overarching mindset - shared by both the leadership and the public - that perceives the security community as the optimal manager of national crises. This approach curtails the development of civilian crisis capacities and enhances future dependency on the security community in national crises. It bears consequences on Israel’s performance in future civilian crises: first, on its ability to devise an optimal response, second on its level of readiness to confront security threats during such crises, and third on public transparency. (author's abstract)... view less
Keywords
Israel; epidemic; crisis management (econ., pol.); military; national security; health care delivery system; public opinion; Middle East
Classification
Peace and Conflict Research, International Conflicts, Security Policy
Free Keywords
Pandemie; COVID-19; Sicherheitsorgane; Streitkräfte/militärische Verbände; Israel Defense Forces; Bedeutung/Rolle; Verhalten in Krisenzeiten; Strategie; Seuchenbekämpfung; Konzeption; Sicherheit; Einschätzung/Abschätzung; Krankenversicherung; Shabak
Document language
English
Publication Year
2020
City
Berlin
Page/Pages
8 p.
Series
SWP Comment, 63/2020
DOI
https://doi.org/10.18449/2020C63
ISSN
1861-1761
Status
Published Version; reviewed
Licence
Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications