Get email notification for articles from Alon Pinkas Follow May. 16, 2021 2:32 PM The “tacticalization of strategy” is a term that, while it isn’t uniquely Israeli, captures Israel’s often flawed strategic thinking. It was conceived of by Yehoshafat Harkabi, a former chief of Military Intelligence and for many decades a professor of International Relations and War Studies at the Hebrew University. Used frequently by Harkabi, the term was developed as an explanatory and cautionary concept in his magnum opus, “War and Strategy” (1999). Why Israel can’t win and Hamas can’t lose: LISTEN to Amos Harel and Muhammed Shehada Play audio