According to the report, although the IDF and police took steps during the past year to prepare for such a possibility, senior sources have warned that those steps are far from being enough.
The wake-up call for such a possibility came last year, during May 2021's Operation Guardian of the Walls when Arabs rioted in mixed Jewish-Arab cities, on roads in southern Israel, and at several locations in northern Israel.
Following this, several joint staffs were set up by the IDF and Israel Police, and these decided on a list of steps, which has been publicized: Quick call-up for Border Police reserve units, moving regular Border Police units from operations in Judea and Samaria to operations under the command of Israel Police in mixed cities, and replacing them with regular or reserve IDF forces, and creating a reserve Border Police brigade already this year.
It is estimated that in any type of future conflict, there will be much greater levels of violence. The strength of the opposition depends on several factors: Deterrence and governance shown by Israel, the assertiveness show by Israeli Arab leadership, and moderate forces within Arab society. Above all, it depends on the type of war which is fought. READ MORE
