IDF Intel chief predicts year of regional instability, sudden flare-ups

In his annual report to the chief of staff, Military Intelligence chief Maj.-Gen Aviv Kochavi evaluated the coming year as confronting Israel with an unstable, tense and Islamist environment. External and internal crises will render all the region’s players prone to unpredictable conflagrations. The annual evaluation produced by the MI Research Division is designed as a working tool for future IDF policy.