Three works shared the annual Lt. Col. Meir and Rachel Tshetshik Prize for Strategic Studies on Israel's Security: Dr. Dani Asher's book on the intelligence system and its assessment of Egypt prior to the Yom Kippur War; Prof. Arnon Sofer's study on the demographic challenge facing Israel; and Dr. Avi Kober's book on the failure of Arab anti-Israel coalitions. A panel discussion on military intelligence today, chaired by Maj. Gen. (ret.) Shlomo Gazit, followed the award ceremony. The panelists were Dr. Yuval Steinitz, chairman of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee; JCSS Deputy Head Dr. Ephraim Kam; and Maj. Gen. (res.) Yaakov Amidror, formerly head of research in Military Intelligence and commander of the IDF Military Colleges.
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