ABSTRACT
This chapter presents a detailed set of recommendations for the reform of the national security decisionmaking process in Israel. The central recommendation is the adoption—within the context of cabinet government—of a multiple advocacy model of decisionmaking: a ministerial committee for national security acts as the senior national security decisionmaking forum; it is serviced by a permanent staff, headed by a chief of staff who also bears the title of national security advisor to the prime minister. This restructuring of the decisionmaking process can be put into effect by implementing the specific recommendations. The restructuring involves changes in the Ministerial National Security Committee (MNSC) or the Ministerial Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee (MDFAC), the organization of the Prime Minister’s office, and The MNSC Staff—Composition and Organization.
