The document argues that Prime Minister Netanyahu's assertion that continued bombardment of Gaza will create security and peace for Israel is not backed by scientific evidence. It proposes an alternative approach called Invincible Defense Technology (IDT) that uses Transcendental Meditation to reduce stress and violence, which has been successfully implemented and shown to reduce conflict and violence in over 50 studies and real-world applications in countries like Mozambique. The document concludes that adopting IDT would allow Israel to assure lasting peace through a scientifically-validated means without continued violence.

1. PM Netanyahu: 'Show Me the Science!'
25.08.2014
By Dr. David Leffler
Remember "Show me the money," from the film
Maguire? We ask Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: "Show me the
Science!" He asserts that bombardment of Gaza will continue... . "We are
determined to continue the campaign with all means and as is needed. We
will not stop until we guarantee full security and quiet for the residents of
the south and all citizens of Israel."
Can PM Netanyahu cite any scientific research published in reputable peer-reviewed
journals showing that bombardment will create full security and
quiet?
Is bombing going to create lasting peace? There is no statistically-validated
guarantee that this non-scientific strategy will work. It certainly has not in
the past. Why should it now?

2. Albert Einstein is famously quoted as saying, "Insanity is doing the same
thing over and over again and expecting different results." History shows
that using violence to quell violence ultimately just ratchets up the spiral of
violence.
PM Benjamin Netanyahu should be commended for his lofty goals of "full
security and quiet." They are statistically viable, if he supports his words
with a proven, advanced military technology for Israel's military arsenals.
Lasting peace and prosperity are a consequence of the scientifically-validated
approach of Invincible Defense Technology (IDT). Extensive in-field
military experience, coupled with peer-reviewed research shows that
IDT can effectively, efficiently, and quickly end the current turmoil, and
eliminate the rising spiral of violence. If the defense forces of Israel quickly
deploy this statistically-verified approach it will not be necessary to base
Israeli defense operations on guesswork or to risk the lives of non-combatant
citizens on either side of the border.
This IDT approach to reducing stress and violence is already part of the
training of America's future commanders at Norwich University, and has
been field-tested by other militaries. It is validated by 23 peer-reviewed
studies carried out in both developed and developing nations.

3. IDT Reduces Societal Stress
They include the Middle East, Africa, Southeast Asia, and Latin America.
Independent scientists and scholars endorse it, based on 25 years of
research.
A specially trained military unit, an“IDT Prevention Wing of the Military"
uses IDT to reduce stress in the national collective consciousness. IDT could
also be introduced into other large groups such as the police forces, militias
or the national guard. As the cross-border stress and frustration ease, the
combatants are more capable of finding orderly and constructive solutions
the issues that have separated them for generations.
Experience with IDT in other war-torn areas of the globe have demonstrated
increased economic incentive and growth of prosperity. Entrepreneurship
and individual creativity increase. With increased civic calm, people's
aspirations are raised and a more productive and balanced society emerges.
Such a society abhors violence as a means for change or as an expression of
discontent. With this the ground for terrorism is eliminated. What is more
fascinating is that this change takes place within a few days or weeks after
IDT is introduced.

4. The changes are measurable from such statistics as crime rates, accidents,
hospital admissions, infant mortality, etc. The changes are measurable from
such statistics as crime rates, accidents, hospital admissions, infant mortality,
etc.
The IDT soldier's daily routine includes the practice of the Transcendental
Meditation® technique and its advanced "TM-Sidhi program." As a societal
coherence-creating military unit, soldiers practice these techniques together in
a group twice a day, seven days a week, preferably in a secure location near
the targeted population. Their presence need not be disclosed to achieve the
effect of violence reduction and conflict resolution. Such coherence-creating
groups have achieved positive benefits to society, shown experientially, in just
48 hours.
Modern statistical methods demonstrate a consistent causal influence of the
IDT group on reducing the conflict and preclude chance or coincidence. The
IDT approach has been used during wartime, resulting in reduction of
fighting, reduced war deaths and casualties, and in speeding the progress
toward resolving the conflict through peaceful means.

5. An Israeli civilian IDT group decreased the intensity of war in Lebanon in
1983 in a dramatic way in 48 hours, to name only one of 50 successful
demonstrations. (See a summary of the Israel study published in the
Journal of Conflict Resolution and summaries of follow-up studies in
the Journal of Social Behavior and Personality and the Journal of Scientific
Exploration).
Documented Transformation in Mozambique
In 1992, the Mozambique military carefully analyzed the IDT research and
decided to try it. As predicted, violence disappeared by 1993 and
Mozambique became more self-sufficient. Economic growth reached 19%.
Once the world's poorest country in 1992, it had moved up to be the world's
fastest-growing economy by 2000. Former Mozambique President Joaquim
Alberto Chissano, who learned Transcendental Meditation himself,
introduced it to his cabinet and then the armed forces. 19 years of civil war
and drought ended and President Chissano is the first to give credit to IDT for
this effect.

6. Mozambique continues to be a shining star for Africa and a model for
development. President Chissano was awarded the inaugural Ibrahim
Prize in recognition of the unprecedented positivity that unfolded throughout
all Mozambique under his unique and wise guidance.
CONCLUSION
Real and lasting peace and prosperity for both sides can be assured, not by
guesswork bombardment and rocket retaliation, but by a scientifically-verified
means to end the decades-old cycle of violence. When the Israeli
military adopts IDT it will become even more powerful and respected
worldwide because this will be a demonstration of a peace technology the
whole world can apply, for the betterment of all humanity.
It is important to note that the
IDT defense technology supersedes all other known defense
technologies (which are based on electronic, chemical, and/or nuclear
forces).

7. IDT creates genuine and lasting reconciliation and friendship where there was
once only hatred and conflict. The military that deploys this powerful human-resource-
based technology disallows negative trends and prevents enemies
from arising. No enemies means full security and a normal, productive life for
Israel and her neighbors.
If Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu arranges for his defense forces to establish
Prevention Wings of the Military, they will ease the current high tensions,
reverse centuries of mistrust and hatred and permanently prevent future unrest.
Extensive scientific research objectively says, "Yes, the approach works."
This is a military "campaign" that should be championed with "all
means." It is desperately needed. There is truly no other solution.
Now is the best time to act, before the storm clouds of Middle East tensions
explode.

8. David Leffler
Dr. David Leffler is the author of "A New Role for the Military: Preventing
Enemies from Arising - Reviving an Ancient Approach to Peace." He was a
member of the US Air Force for nearly nine years. Dr. Leffler served as an
Associate of the Proteus Management Group at the Center for Strategic
Leadership, US Army War College. He now serves as the Executive Director at
the Center for Advanced Military Science (CAMS) in Fairfield, Iowa and teaches
IDT. He is on Twitter and Facebook.