Dr Mark Silinsky

Kensington Security Consulting

Bio

Mark Silinsky, Ph.D., is a retired senior analyst of the US Department of War. He focused on Middle Eastern terrorism. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Southern California, earned an M.Phil. from Oxford University, and a Ph.D. from Tulane University. He is the author of five books on the greater Middle East, the most recent of which is Cauldron of Terror - Hamas, Israel and the World - 500 Days in Gaza.

Israeli Counterterrorism – Lessons from Orde Wingate

Abstract

October 7, 2023, was the bloodiest day for Jews in Israeli history. It was a day of unremitting slaughter during which Hamas operatives fired on anything that moved. Many observers of the Middle East struggle to understand how Israel could have been caught unprepared after decades of skirmishes with Hamas. Perhaps the answers lie in the evolution of Israeli counterterrorism doctrine. Listen to Mark during this conference for some answers.