Terrorism in Israel

We are now facing troublesome times, where threat and fear of terrorism is a fact and a reality which we have to face as communities, as businesses and as people.

I wanted to bring to your attention a recent event that had not caught the headlines as most terrorist activities do. This event must send a signal to all of us who are security professionals, law enforcement officers and members and leaders of communities.

On May 23rd, 2002 a diesel fuel truck entered a propane storage facility in Israel just outside of Tel Aviv. This truck was loaded with a bomb and a remote controlled detonator operated with a cell phone.

The fact that truck contained diesel fuel and not gasoline, had made the difference between a "successful" terrorist attack and a "failed" terrorist attack. The diesel fuel instigated a fire rather then creating an explosion. If the terrorists had the upper hand and were able to explode the propane storage - tens of thousands of people would have been killed, one of the major highway crossroads in Israel would have been blown up and many other critical infrastructures could have been destroyed or damaged.

This event points out the importance in fighting terrorism on all levels of governmental and private entities and the general public. Chameleon Associates assist communities and organizations in providing methods that empower people with awareness and detection techniques.

Terrorism is here, it is a hard task to fight it and only by cooperative communal efforts and different and more vigilant cognitive approach we will be able to reduce the threat and strengthen our home front security.

Chameleon Associates personnel understand what terrorism is through their Israeli and word-wide experience. We understand the questions that surround terrorism and have answers that can bring change to the grim and unfortunate situation:

How to react?
How to prepare?
How to Respond?
How to cooperate?
How to be Aware?
Who is the Terrorist?
What does he target?
How does he operate?
How should we behave?
How………?

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