The terrorist attack on October 7th was also due to mistakes made by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. This is what Israeli military expert Amos Gilead says in star-Interview – and predicts a long war.
By Verena Hölzl
Hardly anyone knows the Israeli military and its strategies as well as Amos Gilead. He worked in the army and the Ministry of Defense for more than three decades, most recently as a major general. From 2001 to 2003 and again in 2006, he was responsible for the Israeli state’s relations with the Palestinian Authority. He was also a military advisor under Yitzhak Rabin’s government. Today, Gilead teaches security studies at the Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy and is director of the Institute for Policy and Strategy (IPS). His work these days is also determined by the events and consequences of October 7th.