Strategic Assessment

Turning Point 4, held in May 2010, was the fourth annual nationwide emergency exercise of its type. Described as the largest ever to have taken place to date, it involved over 150 organizations at all echelons, from government ministries, the IDF, rescue organizations, and local government authorities. The exercise represents the implementation of one of the important lessons derived from the Second Lebanon War,which in the case of the management of the civilian front was defined as a chain of misconduct and failure on the part of the different echelons. The article reviews the results of the exercise and looks at the issues that will likely be dealt with in the future.