EVENTS & ACTIVITIES

June 13, 2016

High Level Home Front Group Assessment Mission to Israel

FOII has led a Home Front High Level Group, from June 13 to 17, made up of top intelligence, counter terrorism and police officials from the US, UK, Spain, Netherlands, Australia, Italy, and Colombia, which has evaluated the Israeli experience in preventing and stopping indiscriminate attacks in cities as well as the recruitment of terrorists.

Following the success of the Lawfare Military Project and the creation of the High Level Military Group, the Friends of Israel Initiative (FOII), due to the knife intifada in Israel and after the wave of terrorist attacks in Paris, Brussels, Copenhagen, and Orlando, took the decision of forming a group of top Western Home Front officials to evaluate Israel’s expertise in this matter. Hence, FOII has led a Home Front High Level Group, from June 13 to 17, made up of top intelligence, counter terrorism and police officials from the US, UK, Spain, Netherlands, Australia, Italy, and Colombia, which has evaluated the Israeli experience in preventing and stopping indiscriminate attacks in cities as well as the recruitment of terrorists. The outcomes of this project will help Western countries to find and apply the best measures to halt these waves of terrorism and radical recruitment. The High Level Home Front Group (HLHFG) met with top Israeli intelligence and homeland security officials and with Israel’s PM Benjamin Netanyahu. As it happened with the HLMG, the level of access granted to the HLFG was unprecedented for a foreign group.


After this assessment, the HLHFG is going to elaborate a final report on how to effectively fight jihadist terrorism and radical recruitment at home and abroad. The conclusions of the High Level Home Front Group and the publication of the report will be available worldwide in the media and will also be promoted at top decision levels in the security and intelligence community in the West.