Training the IDF to confront Israeli Arab fifth column

Kan English · Jun 20, 2023 · 11m

Israel Defense Forces are reportedly training 10 battalions to confront Israeli Arabs who could turn into a lethal fifth column and attack the country from within in a future multi-front conflict. Reserve Maj. Gen. Gershon Hacohen served with the IDF for 42 years, as a battalion, brigade, division and corps commander, as head of the military doctrine and training department, and as head of the National Defense Colleges. He told reporter Arieh O’Sullivan that this wasn’t a sign that Israel strategic doctrine was changing, but rather the realization of a new threat. Hacohen, who is a senior…