Israeli defensive forces (IDF) announced extensive changes in their intelligence training, which makes the Arab language and Islamic studies mandatory for all its officers in the wing.
Changes come in response to the failure of news, which occurred around 7 October 2023, IDF confirmed the Jewish report Syndicate (JNS).
Why change
The long-term goal is for future commanders to be smoothly Arabic and well known in Islamic culture, which significantly strengthened their analytical abilities-in their officials bring “doubts and deep observation”.
“We cannot transform soldiers and officers of intelligence divisions into Arab children who grew up in the village, but by studying language and culture, we can instill doubts and deep observations,” said the higher Israeli intelligence official, JNS said.
Arabic and Islamic Studies Training Mandatory – Key Highlighting
According to the Jerusalem contribution, it is now expected that Islamic intelligence employees will achieve Arabic training.
- The change was ordered by the head of Aman – General Binder.
- New courses will also focus on the Arabic dialect Houthi and Iraqi and solve operating challenges in understanding regional communication. Teachers from the relevant environments were accepted to ensure authentic teaching, JNS said.
What was the situation before?
Previously, training in Arab language and Islamic studies was not compulsory for intelligence units. Now the training is mandatory for all intelligence workers, including those in technological roles that have not previously been associated with Arab language or Islamic study.
When a military unit for Arabic language was set up
In 1986, a military unit was created in Israel, which supported Arab teaching in schools, but in 2001 was dissolved in budget cuts, mentions the research article Taylor and Francis called “Military Intelligence and Securitization of Arabic expertise in Israel: The boundaries and curse of unintended consequences”.
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