The deal with Iran contains “many risks, but also opportunities,” Eisenkot says at the INSS.
“The agreement to remove sanctions and the nuclear deal with Iran constitute a strategic turning point, considering what the IDF will face in the coming decade,” he adds.
The IDF’s top general says the unconventional threat against Israel [nuclear and chemical or biological weapons] will decrease in the coming years for two reasons relating to the deal — monitoring; and Iran’s own will to stand by the agreement.
Eisenkot says the IDF’s main enemy today is Hezbollah in Lebanon. He says the army is still struggling to understand the undercurrents in Palestinian society that have driven a recent spate of terror attacks,
He adds that it takes “humility” to understand the undercurrents that lead a different people.
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