Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, addressing a graduation ceremony for Israeli Defense Force office cadets, explained to them that occasional beat-downs of their neighbors was no longer adequate in the brave new world. The Times of Israel reported that he spoke on the theme “that Israel now actively confronts threats beyond its borders. ‘If you don’t come to the jungle, the jungle comes to you'](https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/netanyahu-there-is-no-more-containment-of-threats-if-you-dont-come-to-the-jungle-the-jungle-comes-to-you/).”
He announced: “There is no more containment of threats. There is no more Mabam.” His reference was to the opportunistic policy from 2013, when during the Syrian civil war, its military could not defend the nation and Israel exploited a freedom of action to operate within Syria, without having to commit an army in any significant fashion. The Times adds: “The IDF effort that emerged from that understanding was called Mabam,” standing for the Hebrew acronym for this “campaign between wars.”