Boaz Ganor Quotes
Americans ask me if I think it is dangerous to visit Israel. They are surprised that I tell them that it is. The Israelis are very bad drivers. Six hundred people die a year from automobile accidents. Since the intifada began, in over 3 years, 300 people have been killed by terrorists. Now is anyone afraid to visit Israel because of fear of auto accidents. No. This is an example of the irrational aspect of terrorism.
Boaz Ganor, Israeli Counter-Terrorism Expert, Director, Institute for Counter-Terrorism, Speech, George Washington University, April 21, 2005
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to Arab terrorism and the violent Israeli reprisals and prevention
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Boaz Ganor (Hebrew: בועז גנור) is the former dean of the Lauder School of Government and Diplomacy at the Interdisciplinary Center. He is the founder and the executive director of the International Policy Institute for Counter-Terrorism, and is a member of Israel’s National Committee for Homeland Security Technologies, of the International Advisory Board of Institute of Defense and Strategic Studies (IDSS) in Singapore, and of the International Advisory team of the Manhattan Institute (CTCT) to the New-York Police Department (NYPD).
