____________________________________________ 15 IICC Perspectives "The key word I'm very proud of is proactivity. That's the difference between how CED operates today and how it operated in the past." "The material that comes doesn't just provide for needs of the IDF, everyone comes hereto us. Shin Bet investigators use us for interrogations, police officers for preparing indictments, judicial advisors for building legal arguments, even Mossad personnel looking for evidence of activities and financial transfers of terrorist organizations abroad. And public diplomacy professionals use our materials to illustrate what the State of Israel faces, murderous terrorist organizations with no boundaries, moral or otherwise. "We're the weapon that loads the bullets into their guns. That's our proactivity. We push it in their faces in a way they can't ignore... For us, these things are secondary, we focus on saving lives, and on any information that can help regarding the hostages and the missing." Two reservists, H. and Y., who have served in the unit almost nonstop for a year, also participated in the interview: "There were so many reasons this whole CED operation could have failed. First, logistics. It would have been easy to say, 'There's nowhere to put all this.' Second, the conditions of the materials, 'We're not certified to handle it.' Third, transport. Who appointed us to move this stuff? How do you even move it? Can you use your own car? Fourth, classification, are you even allowed to tell a soldier or commander to send you something via WhatsApp? How did we overcome all of the above? By taking responsibility. "You could've just told soldiers and commanders, 'the Chief of Staff said to bring it here'... But honestly, would anyone has actually done anything with it after October 7 if people here hadn't stepped up? It happened thanks to people who were in the right place at the right time. Those two words that are so sorely lacking in this country, taking responsibility. How did it show? For example, no available real estate? No place to work? You don't complain. You knock down a wall, open a door. No way to securely transmit information? You send it via WhatsApp. Sure, a security officer from Military Intelligence could have said to D., 'Are you out of your mind? Commanders sending you maps via WhatsApp? What planet are you living on?' But he just said to shut up, send it on WhatsApp, and he'd explain to you why later. Oh, and who are you to say a convoy evacuating a wounded soldier should be delayed just to put a garbage bag on board? Who gave you that right? That's the story of this place. Taking full responsibility, end to end, for dozens of potential failure points.
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