Israel's part in Western counter-terrorism is mostly invisible by design. Why the partnership matters, and how politics now puts it at risk.

Israel's lesson for Britain is not force or technology. It is prevention before response, and clarity about the threat. What transfers, and what does not.

Israel built dissent into its intelligence service after 1973. Before 7 October the warning came. What failed was the duty to listen.

Open sources have moved to the front line. The intelligence advantage now belongs to whoever analyses best.