Yoram Schweitzer

From 1987 to 1998, Schweitzer intermittently headed the International Terrorism{{cite web|title=Yoram Schweitzer|url=http://www.israelispeakers.co.il/110277/Yoram-Schweitzer|website=israelispeakers}} Section of the Israeli Defense Force's Military Intelligence Directorate. During these years, he also served as a ranking member of the Israeli prime minister's MIA task force. Subsequently, Schweitzer served both as the director of education at Herzliya's Institute{{cite web|title=Schweitzer, Yoram Senior Research Fellow, INSS, Israel|url=https://www.ict.org.il/Worker.aspx?ID=488|website=ict}} for Counter-Terrorism, and as a private consultant to the Prime Minister's office on matters of counter-terrorism. In 2003 he joined the INSS, then the Jaffe Center for Strategic Studies. . Schweitzer holds the rank of lieutenant colonel (Lt-Col) in the IDF, and continues to serve in the IDF's reserve forces in his field of expertise.

Schweitzer is currently researching and publishing in the following areas:

Salafiya Jihadia: . Schweitzer is analyzing the brand of global terrorism launched by groups adhering to this belief and its attendant ideology.

Suicide attacks: Schweitzer has explored and probed the mind of the suicide bomber as well as the aims and strategies of those who dispatch them. He conducted a three-year-long project comprising in-depth studies, analyses and interviews with attempted suicide bombers,{{cite book|title=Narratives of Gendered Dissent in South Asian Cinemas|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v9_fCgAAQBAJ&q=Yoram+Schweitzer++failed+suicide+bombers&pg=PA137|via=books.google|isbn = 9781136466717|last1 = Kurian|first1 = Alka|date = 21 August 2012| publisher=Routledge }} suicide-bombing dispatchers, and leaders of Palestinian terror organizations. This included leaders in Israeli prisons, and others who were released as part of the exchange deal to secure the freedom of Gilad Shalit. Mr. Schweitzer is an authority on female and underage suicide bombers.

Hostage Negotiation/MIA: Pursuant to his service in official capacities in these areas, Schweitzer continues to conduct research on the related topics of hostages and negotiations for their release.{{cite web|title=Held to ransom|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/1081130/jsp/7days/story_10185720.jsp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090129235404/http://telegraphindia.com/1081130/jsp/7days/story_10185720.jsp|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 29, 2009|website=telegraphindia}}

Psychological warfare: Schweitzer is currently studying and analyzing the propaganda campaigns being deployed by the Islamic State as well as by Al-Qaeda and its affiliates.{{cite web|title=Al Qaeda odyssey to Global Jihad|url=https://www.academia.edu/20373896|website=academia}}{{cite web|title=ISIS battles al-Qaeda for leadership of global jihad|url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4569362,00.html|website=ynetnews|publisher=Yoram Schweitzer, Shani Avita}}{{cite web|title=Yoram Schweitzer|url=https://www.inssconference.com/schweitzer|website=inssconference}}

Sub-conventional warfare: Mr. Schweitzer is currently exploring the tactical and strategic lessons from the campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan.{{cite web|title=GARDEZ, TRIBAL AREA OF EASTERN AFGHANISTAN, MAY 2007 —|url=http://www.mepc.org/journal/mullah-omars-missiles-field-report-suicide-bombers-afghanistan|website=mepc|publisher=Brian Glyn Williams}}

• The Islamic State: How Viable Is It? (co-editor, 2016){{cite web|title=The Islamic State: How Viable Is It?|url=https://www.futureworldfoundation.org/Content/Article.aspx?ArticleID=16925|website=futureworldfoundation}}
• Al-Qaeda's Odyssey to the Global Jihad (coauthored with Aviv Oreg 2014).{{cite web|title=Al-Qaeda's Odyssey to the Global Jihad|url=http://www.css.ethz.ch/en/services/digital-library/publications/publication.html/179077|website=css}}
• Ed: Female Suicide Bombers: Dying for Equality? (2006).
• Al-Qaeda and the Internationalization of Suicide Terrorism (2005)
• The Globalization of Terror: The Challenge of Al - Qaida and the Response of the International Community (co-authored with Shaul Shay, 2003).{{cite web|title=The globalization of terror : the challenge of Al-Qaida and the response of the international community|url=https://www.buffalolib.org/vufind/Record/1219203/Reviews|website=buffalolib}}

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• [https://web.archive.org/web/20071109055150/http://www.labat.co.il/ labat.co.il]
• [http://www.inss.org.il/experts.php?cat=0&incat=&staff_id=21 inss]
• [http://www.inss.org.il/programs.php?cat=130 inss]
• [https://books.google.com/books?id=uRMHSlG5YR8C&pg=PA81&lpg=PA81&dq=Yoram+Schweitzer on Google Books]
• [http://www.fpri.org/article/2011/09/in-their-own-words-al-qaedas-view-of-the-arab-spring/ fpri]
• [http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Op-Ed-Contributors/ISIS-the-image-and-the-actual-threat-372035 jpost]
• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ms4wodQqrhk youtube]
• [http://www.newsweek.com/user/25589 newsweek]
• [http://www.cija.ca/yoram-schweitzer-israeli-expert-on-terrorism-interviewed-on-saskatchewans-john-gormley-show/ cija]
• [http://mepc.org/journal/gaza-israel-hamas-and-lost-calm-operation-cast-lead?print= mepc.org]

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