9 Chapter 1 Strategic Framework 1. The IDF Strategy is the theoretical and practical infrastructure for all other military documents. As such, it is based on vital national interests, on the conventions of national security and on the foundations of military theory and practice. It provides a guideline to combining the elementary conventions of national security with the principles and rules of military theories. National Goals 2. The following are the national goals of the State of Israel:2 a. Safeguarding the existence of the State of Israel, and protecting its territorial integrity and the security of its citizens and residents. b. Preserving the values of the State of Israel and its character as a Jewish and Democratic state and the home for the Jewish People. c. Securing the State of Israel's social and economic power. d. Strengthening the international and regional status of the State of Israel, while striving for peace with its neighbors. Threat Factors 3. The threats to the State of Israel are as follows: states – far (Iran) and near (Lebanon), failed, disintegrating (Syria); sub-state organizations (Hezbollah, Hamas); or terrorist organizations with no connection to a specific state or community (Global Jihad, Palestinian Global Jihad, Islamic State and others). Principles of National Security Concept 4. The military aspect of the security concept – Detection, Deterrence, Defense, and Defeating the Enemy – is expressed in the following principles: 2 From the working paper on "Development of the National Security Concept" (Dan Meridor Document, 2007).