11 d. In emergencies and during wartime – prompt foiling of the threat, limiting the damage to the State of Israel and maintaining Israel's regional deterrence. The Relation between National Goals and the Employment of Force 6. When the military needs to be deployed, it is recommended that the political level instruct the military, as follows: a. The goals and the required strategic End States. b. The military's role and how it should integrate into the achievement of these goals. c. The constraints involved in the use of military force. d. Defining additional efforts (political, economic, media, social) and the IDF's role in their context. 7. The political echelon's guidelines require an ongoing discourse between the senior military echelon (the Chief of the General Staff) and the political echelon. Political guidance is the basis for the General Staff's strategic thinking processes, but is also affected by these processes – the effect is mutual.