Interesting post. Thanks. Appears to be from a reputable source.
Col. (Ret.) Jonathan Fighel
ict.org.il
Col. Jonathan Fighel is a senior researcher at the International Institute for Counter Terrorism (ICT) and also head of “The Prosecuting Terrorism Intelligence Unit” at ICT.
Senior Researcher, Institute for Counter-Terrorism, IDC Herzliya, Israel Col. Jonathan Fighel is a senior researcher at the International Policy Institute for Counter Terrorism also head of “The Prosecuting Terrorism Intelligence Unit” at ICT. His expertise covers the Palestinian Authority, Islamist terror groups (Hams, PIJ, al-Qaeda) and the Palestinian suicide terrorism phenomenon, which he has studied in both academic and governmental frameworks in Israel. Col. Fighel has an academic and operational knowledge in counter terrorism, Islam, Arab culture and his fluent in Arabic language. In recent years deals with the Internet as a tool for propaganda, recruitment and fundraising for radical Islam.
He is also a member of the International Academic Counter Terrorism Community (ICTAC). A media commentator on security counter-terrorism, he has lectured in a number of universities around the world, including the US, India, Singapore and Germany. He has also studied the use of the Internet and a tool for propaganda, recruitment and fundraising.
Col. Fighel served in various operational and field posts of intelligence gathering and research at the IDF Intelligence Corps, and held several command positions in the West Bank, among them Governor of Ramallah, Jenin and Tul-Karm. During the 1990’s, Col. Fighel was a member of the steering committee for the implementation of the Oslo Accords and the transfer of power to the Palestinian Authority. He was also active in obtaining donations from international NGO’s and agencies for the establishment of joint Israeli-Palestinian industrial parks.
He was a member of academic and governmental research teams on Palestinian suicide bombers and the Minister of Transportation’s Middle East advisory team. |
