Maria Alvanou: New wave of attacks in Israel: comments on the Sicaris-Assassin model

[Picture: Motti Bucutcheen, ZAKA] Dr. Maria Alvanou is a Criminologist and a Security Expert Recently a barrage of violent attacks has started to take place in Israel and many speak about the outbreak of the "Third Intifada". Palestinians and Israeli Arabs have been perpetrating mainly knife attacks against Israelis, including civilians (non combatants / not in actual military service…

Dr. Maria Chr. Alvanou: The attack against the Israeli Embassy in Athens: considerations in the context of Greek security

[ΑΠΕ-ΜΠΕ/ΟΡΕΣΤΗΣ ΠΑΝΑΓΙΩΤΟΥ] Dr. Maria Chr. Alvanou is a Criminologist & a Counter-terrorism Expert The UN Security Council "condemned in the strongest terms the terrorist attack against the Embassy of Israel in Athens, Greece, on 12 December, involving dozens of shots fired at the Embassy building, and underlined the need to bring its perpetrators to justice".[1] Indeed…