“We see great opportunity in the fact that the international community recognizes the threat of IS and the threat of Al Qaeda. That there is a coalition operating in the Middle East against this, is – I think – the most dramatic change [in the region] and the realization in the world that there is a problem that we have to fight together… Back in the past it was easy to look at somebody and say, ‘Okay, he is a friend.’ It’s very tricky. It’s not easy to tell who’s a friend and who’s an enemy. You’ll find a friend that has a different agenda or different attitudes around you, so we’ve developed a concept of ‘frenemies’. Some enemies can be friends. It depends on the context.” (IDF Planning Directorate head, Maj.-Gen. Nimrod Shefer speaking at the Jerusalem Post Diplomatic Conference, 11/12/2014)