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 How to Overcome Terrorism Threats & Strikes
The Israeli Approach to cop better with Homeland Security issues
During the years 2001-2004 Israel faced a dramatic increase in suicide terror attacks in
public areas (as many as 10-12 events monthly). Since 2005 there has been a massive
reduction such terror on the cities’ streets of Israel and it's roots have been mitigated and
rolled back on a very large scale. Let us look at how Israel has managed to cope with and
counter this terrible threat and analyse in particular one of the key factors in this fight, the
role of the civilian population itself in the greater security system.
Among the reasons for Israel’s tremendous ability to cope with such daily threats, we can
identify four main traits which have strengthened our resilience in the face of the
unrelenting terror and violence that has plagued us for so long.

Firstly is the presence of a strong leadership which has shown in the past that it can put
aside differences to steer the nation and give them strength when the security of the nation
as a whole is at risk.

Secondly the Israeli homeland security apparatus (Police, Military and Other Security
Services) is well trained and well equipped to deal with contemporary threats quickly and
effectively.

Thirdly is the presence of a very involved and dynamic private security sector that fills in
the gaps where the government cannot and contribute to completing a solid and steady
line against threats to the Israeli public.

The fourth factor is the civilian population itself. Israeli citizens have all done military
service and their level of preparedness aided in quick and effective response to acts of
violence, minimizing their effect, aiding in recovery afterwards and even contributing to
outright prevention. Their support for the leadership's solutions enabled us all to find the
strength to withstand and overcome terror and violence at its worst.

Israel’s secret weapon has been, and always will be, The Human Factor, or, more
precisely, the education, training and preparedness of Israelis which have time and again
defeated terrorism and violence, and have helped and will continue to help bring true
peace to the region.

My dear friends, hope and faith is very soothing in the face of crisis but the real
and only effective solution to defeat terror, violent crime and general lack of safety is for all
of you, from every level of society, to support your leaders and law enforcement agencies
and take action by discovering your own inner strength and physical abilities and putting
them to use in the struggle against the “evils” that try to terrorize your lives daily.

This analysis was carried out by Mr. Mirza David, Founder and CEO of the International
Security Academy - Israel, which provides solutions for domestic security related issues.
www.SecurityAxademy.com
Protection & Counter Terrorism Training Centres
INNER STRENGTH EMPOWERMENT PROGRAM

MASADA
THE QUEST FOR INNER STRENGTH
For
WOMEN, YOUTH, MEN
The ultimate Israeli training program for
Personal “Inner Strength” Development / Empowerment
INSIGTH
1. A person with a strong mental and physical condition will demonstrate a high level of
self-confidence, and is able to deal successfully with high-stress situations resulting from
a personal crisis or a violent event.
2. High self-confidence and self-esteem will guarantee improvement of personal behaviour,
self-motivation, situational awareness, and pro-activeness. Thus, those critical elements
will influence the individual’s quality of life.
3. Inner Strength prevents us from being victims of unfortunate circumstances. It is
intended for forward thinking people, who wish to advance further then they have
managed before.

WHAT IS INNER STRENGTH?

Studies have shown that Inner strength is one of the most important characteristics of
successful people.
Inner strength allows you to motivate and lead yourself and others from within. Inner strength
is the ability to withstand adverse situations based on mental and physical fitness. It
encompasses situational awareness, readiness and willingness to persist in difficult situations.
The sources for personal inner strength are: confidence, spirituality, and mental strength.
Inner Strength permits you to be more independent and take responsibility for events that
take place in your life; enabling a proactive mentality and risk-taking within the decision
making process.

Most importantly, leaders need to understand the responsibility of their decisions and
actions, and only leaders with inner strength will be guided from within. Due to the recent
growing importance of entrepreneurship in our daily lives, we need to explore the core
strength of our inner ability far more than ever before.
INNER STRENGTH EMPOWERMENT PROGRAM

MASADA
DEVELOPMENT OF THE INNER STRENGTH
There are numerous methods and techniques marketed to the public which promote Inner
Strength development programs. However, the most effective method of successful self-
development and personal life-enhancement technics has been developed in Israel.

The Israelis development method allows an individual to withstand lifetime predicaments

and extreme situations. The Israeli system is a blend of three elements: mental power,
physical strength, and practical “know-how”.

The secret of the Israelis perseverance is the lifestyle in which continuing life threatening
environment and rigorous daily stress has developed strong personal inner strength from
their own life experiences in sixty years of hardships. From these experiences of tension,
conflicts, and psychological tortures Israel have demonstrated what personal inner-strength
can do.

This is an extensive practical training program initiated by ISA-Israel, based on the real
Israeli expertise, concepts, and methods to strengthen people when coping with high
pressure situations. It deals with self-empowerment and team-empowerment.

WHAT IS SO SPECIAL ABOUT THIS PROGRAM?

Israel is continually under threat of terrorist attack from within and from outside the country,
therefore the Israeli population have been trained and given the ability to overcome
unexpected attacks and to adapt to high threat situations of extreme violence. The program
combines simulated and dynamic training, and hands-on drills infused with psychological
solutions and emotional resiliency training.
Our primary objective is to provide our trainees with an unforgettable experience thatis
unique, a magnificent opportunity to develop and apply solid leadership strengths
The program is based on models developed by ISA-Israel, Leveraging ISA core
expertise has created a unique avant-garde development program concentrating on
personal inner strength based leadership.

DURATION — 7 DAYS

LOCATION —
INNER STRENGTH EMPOWERMENT PROGRAM

MASADA
WHAT IS MASADA?
Masada is the name for a fortress of ancient palaces and fortifications in the South District
of Israel.
Masada is located on top of an isolated rock plateau, or horst, on the eastern edge of the
Judean Desert overlooking the Dead Sea (the lowest and one of the most desolate regions
on earth).
Masada is a place of stark majestic beauty. It is also the site of one of the most dramatic
episodes in history; nineteen centuries ago a group of freedom fighters on Masada chose
death over enslavement in the hands of the mighty Roman Empire.
The freedom fighter’s leader, Eleazar ben Ya'ir, realising that the end was near, asked his
followers to remain true to the cause for which they had fought so long and so valiantly.
"Let us rather die", he cried, "than be enslaved by our enemy. Let us leave this world in
freedom". Nine hundred and sixty men, women and children died by their own hands. The
men embraced their wives and children and put them to the sword. Next, lots were cast,
and ten men were chosen to take the lives of their comrades. Finally, the last surviving
warrior set fire to the palace and fell upon his own blade. The defenders had left abundant
supplies of food and water untouched, so that the Romans might know that they had
preferred death to enslavement.

THE MESSAGE OF MASADA

The symbol of the Jewish freedom fighters choosing death over enslavement to the Romans
continues today to be a legend very much alive in the identity of the Jews.
Israeli school children learn about and visit the site as part of their curriculum. Until recently,
new members of the Israeli Defence Force were sworn in atop Masada.
Today the beautiful remains of the Herodian structures and the haunting ruins of the Roman
camps and siege ramps, as well as the symbol of fierce determination and courage embodied
in the slogan "never again", draw tourists to Masada's mighty form.
 Join the “Personal Counter Terrorism Awareness Training”
And
Take part in the Global preparations to overcome
Terrorism, Violent Crime Strikes & “Modern” Catastrophes
We are certain that each and every one of the definitions appearing in the title is understood
and is one of your objectives too. We also believe you have noticed the many changes, the
threats, the bloodshed Terrorism strikes and the increasing violent crime that have occurred in
our Modern Human Society: whether in your region, your country or worldwide, in the last
decade.
Even countries that did not see a significant rise in Terrorism and crimes of this kind have
undergone various changes in the character and intensity of violence.

One does not have to be a specialist to notice and understand the influences and socio-
economic changes that are taking place around us due to the Global demographic changes in
this decade.

One of the results of these changes, and perhaps the most influential on our quality of life, is the
significant rise in violent crime in general and in that defined as “Terrorism action”, in particular.
We are all aware of numerous cases in countries and large cities all over the world in which the
amount of “Violent crimes” are depicted as special terrorism that takes its toll on the public,
without distinction between Religion, Gender, Race or Nationality.

The State of Israel and its citizens have unfortunately been forced to cope with various security
problems for many years.

As a result of this need, we have had to develop (and we still do) unique security concepts, up-
to-date security methods, modern security techniques, sophisticated tactics, efficient instruction
methods, in order to successfully deal with the different tasks, which confront us in the various
Governmental and the Civilian sectors.
Our secret weapon has always been our entire society strength
We give priority to the qualifications and involvement of our entire population in the struggle
against Terrorism; we do not consider it as the concerns of the Law Enforcement only.

Our preparation methods for this struggle resembles a vaccine against viruses, which is actually
a weakened dosage of the cause of the illness, which causes the immune system to strengthen
without damaging it, thus achieving future inoculation against similar diseases.
The aim of these training programs is not the “Rambo”-type training of civilians. They include
many topics, intended to improve the mental and physical functioning of women, men and
teenagers.
Effective instruction, knowledge and practice improve the mental and physical abilities, which
affect the Self-confidence of the trainees. Self-confident enables them to perform their duties
better; their awareness and motivation are significantly enhanced.
Our experience dictates that a person in a stronger mental and physical condition feel more
self-confident, functions and cops much better with high stress situations resulting from crises
and violence.

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The main goal of the “Counter Terrorism Personal Awareness Training” is to prevent us from
becoming” Potential Victims” of violence, crises or disasters.

Personal Counter Terrorism training

As our contribution to the “Free World” struggle against the increasing Terrorism & Violent
Crime activities and as we are aware of objectives of the Terror to frighten, to bring fear and
awe.

Israeli Instructors (males & Females) will begin from March 2011! To run Modular short term
training programs in Germany & Switzerland

Starting from 2012 we will run in Israel special programs for candidates wishing to become
Instructors of "Personal counter Terrorism Awareness trainings" These Instructors will train
and prepare the entire population in their own countries.

We decided to use this mode of operation in order to speed the instruction and preparation of
as more as possible civilians in order to strengthen their societies worldwide.

The Entire Course Objectives (all 3 levels)

Preparatory training that geared towards enhancing the participants` ability to protect
themselves and their families. Through professional and simple training, they will attain a level
of self-defense and response abilities that will save lives when necessary.

Instruction Methods

In order to improve the ability to deal with various situations of terrorism threats, violence and
high pressure, we combine practical training, simulations of unusual situations, drills and
training related to the emotional and psychological stress.

Coordination of subjects that develop Thinking and Initiative, Motivation and Self-Confidence.

We realized that self-confidence improves the participant's character and behavior in their
family, their awareness and desire to contribute, to be more involved and to influence the quality
of life in the entire society, the lack of self-confidence turns people into aggressors or potential
victims, who look and behave accordingly.

The Entire Course Syllabus (all 3 levels)

 Threat Assessment (theory)

 The Potential Adversary-Motives & Modus Operandi
 Emergency situations - identification & reaction
 Preventive behavior methods
 Security & Protection actions
 Security situations-in residence, office, hotel, restaurant, transit (vehicle &flight
 Suspects identification, location and treatment
 Identifying the adversary's information gathering
 Evading the adversary's information gathering
 Installations Security & Protection basic principles
 Identifying and evading being followed and tailing
Experiencing new levels of mental and physical challenges.

 Learning and practicing mental techniques for coping with various high-pressure and
high risk situations.
 Learning “victim behavior” through live exercises (outdoors) and practicing preventative
measures.
 Learning techniques for improving concentration and self-control.
 Live exercises (out-door) to identify potential aggressors and taking effective preventative
measures.
 Learning through simulation practical methods of self-rescue in various emergency
situations.
 Learning and implementing methods of non-verbal communication including body
language.
 Learning and exercising methods that helps to improve and retain physical fitness and
ability.
 Practicing assertive behavior by simulating various forms of threatening or violent
confrontations.

Operational Fitness

 Strength training
 Endurance training
 Speed training
 Agility drills
 Determination drills
 Aggressiveness & Hand to Hand Combat
 Types of attack
 Attack & Defense techniques
 Disarming the assailant - firearms, knifes, clubs, hand grenades etc
 Controlling, Restraining and Taking-down techniques
 Passage through a crowd
THE ISRAELI UNARMED RESPONSE METHOD - KRAV MAGA

The best training programs for improving the functions under high stress situations, resulting
from crises or violence. This method has been taught to thousands of civilians in Israel from all
walks of life. Businessman and housewives, old and young have all successfully learned this
method, and through experience it has proven itself time after time to be extremely well suited
for the private citizen, as well as the law enforcement officers or soldiers.

Introduction
For thousands of years the mankind has been aided by various and special methods for
protection. Most of these methods were important for man’s need to defend himself from the
dangers characteristic of the various areas around the world and of each period in the history of
the human race.

Similar to the evolution that the world underwent, the unarmed protection methods are also
going through an evolutionary process.

The Israeli unarmed protection methods are also going through this evolutionary process.
Emerged in an environment where violence, mostly of a political nature, was rife. It has had
ample opportunity to be tested and improved under real-life conditions, proving itself to be an
ideal means of defending oneself in the face of extreme danger.

This unique method has received International recognition as an innovative and highly practical
unarmed protection method, and more recently has been taught to, law enforcement agencies,
and security personnel worldwide.

According to experts around the world the most important and most striking characteristics of
the method are:
1) The techniques are extremely practical and effective for the violence expected in the street in
these days.
2) Individuals can attain a high level of proficiency within a relatively short period of instruction.
These are crucial factors to be considered in the implementation of a defensive tactics program,
because most people in our society cannot afford the luxury of prolonged training periods for
themselves or for their personnel.

The Israeli Unarmed Protection method is a modern method characterized by a logical and
practical approach. It is an easy to perform, natural system featuring simple movements of the
human body.

The ultimate goal is to keep the trainee safe from harm and to give him or her confidence and
security they need. The method curriculum is designed to prevent injury to one’s self and also
limit injury to the other party only as required to stop the aggression.

Easy to learn, Practical & Effective, Easy to Retain

THE ISRAELI ARMED TACTICAL RESPONSE METHOD

A radically different from other combat techniques; Success is based solely on actual
performance.

This combat system has the distinct advantage of providing itself effective time after time,
possibly more than any other. It has been developed and refined over many decades of conflict
in the Middle-East.

The guiding principle of the method is to neutralize the threat quickly, in the simplest and
most instinctive way possible.

Aggressiveness, decisiveness, and speed are all integral elements in Israeli tactical response
methods. To this end, proper mindset is heavily stressed.

Stress is introduced onto the training regimen in order to accustom trainees to the pressures
associated with actual events. This common-sense approach is specifically geared for deadly-
force situations rather than shooting competition, where often times techniques that bring X-ring
accuracy on the range simply fail under stress.

The refinement of this system began in 1975, when, for the first time in Israel’s history, the
Israel National Police established a specialized counter-terrorism/hostage rescue unit. Called
the Yamam (A Hebrew acronym for “Special Police Unit”), this was the first time in Israel’s
history that a unit was dedicated solely to this purpose.

Because of the Yamam’s specialty in counter terrorism, hostage rescue & and violent crime
combat, they are frequently involved in actual conflicts, particularly in urban settings.

This vast experience enabled warriors in the Yamam to develop a comprehensive training
regimen and small arms doctrine that was so effective, reliable, and user friendly, that it is
universally accepted by all branches of the Israeli security apparatus, including the General
Security Service (Israel’s counterpart to the FBI and whose function, among other things, is the
protection of official VIPs), the elite Naval Commandos, the Mossad, and all of the other elite
military units in Israel, as well as the rest of the Israel National Police force.

This very same system has been taught to thousands of civilians in Israel from all walks of life.
Businessman and housewives, old and young have all successfully learned this method, and
through experience it has proven itself time after time to be extremely well suited for t he private
citizen, as well as the law enforcement officer or soldier.

Key advantages of our system:

1. Simple and easy to learn

2. Enhances the body’s muscle memory
3. Prepares the operator for combat in unexpected situations
4. Fast and effective CQB techniques
5. Prepares the operator to work both independently and as a team
6. Elevates fighting spirit and determination
7. Elevates confidence of self and weapon
8. Innovative and unique training methods
9. Releases the operator from thinking about shooting techniques
10. Trains the operator not to depend on the instructor or supervisor