ABSTRACT
The issue's complexity derives, inter alia, from the very fact that terrorism is, essentially, an interdisciplinary phenomenon that touches on a range of spheres. The coordinator defines the intelligence gaps that must be filled with regard to counter-terrorism, and assigns tasks to the relevant bodies in charge of implementation. An example of the slant of an oral counter-terrorism doctrine can be seen from Yitzhak Rabin's attitude between 1993 and 1995, when he stated that Israel should fight terrorism as if there were no peace process, and make peace as if there was no terrorism. The most prominent disappointment of Israel's counter-terrorism activities has been the failure to understand the phenomenon as morale-psychological warfare. And consequently, no tools have been developed to neutralize or, at least, to reduce the morale damage caused by terrorism, and almost no morale-psychological considerations are taken into account in choosing the counter-terrorism actions Israel undertakes.
