How should Israel respond to the changing external threats that confront it? This paper argues that the country's traditional security concept is obsolete and must be reformulated. How this is achieved depends on developments within the Middle East and on the outcome of current shifts in Israel's politics and society.

Mark A. Heller

Chapter 1 The Traditional Security Concept; Chapter 2 The Evolution of the Threat after 1967; Chapter 3 Internal Challenges; Chapter 4 Adapting Defence Policy; Chapter 5 Alternative Futures;