1. ORIGINAL ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF THE 2015 GADI EISENKOT IDF STRATEGY Author: Ahmad Samih Khalidi Publication Date: 12-2016 Content Type: Special Report Institution: Institute for Palestine Studies Abstract: ONE OF THE MANY REASONS for the humbling of the mighty Israel Defense Forces (IDF) during the 2006 Lebanon War was an Israeli combat doctrine named Systemic Operational Design, better known by its perhaps aptly abbreviated acronym SOD. Topic: Conflict Resolution and Military Strategy Political Geography: Middle East