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Moshe Kamionski

Oct 11, 2026, 12:53 PM

From Challenger to October 7: Israel Needs More Than a Commission of Inquiry

Figure 13.1 — Proposed Israel National Risk Management Board (NRMB). Source: Moshe (Murray) Kamionski, Ignored Warnings, Chapter 13.

On January 28, 1986, the space shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after liftoff, killing all seven astronauts aboard. The disaster was not simply a technical failure. Engineers had warned about the dangers posed by the shuttle’s solid rocket booster...

Oct 4, 2026, 1:24 PM

“Even Then, We Didn’t Understand”: The Risk-Governance Lesson Israel Must Learn

On the morning of September 11, 2001, I left home for shul after hearing that an airplane had struck one of the World Trade Center towers. When I arrived, I asked someone, “Did you hear what happened? A plane hit...

Sep 29, 2026, 3:33 PM

Eight Days Before October 7: What DoD 5000 Could Have Forced Israel to Do

Eight days from now, Israel will again mark October 7. We will remember the murdered, the wounded, the kidnapped, the devastated communities, and the soldiers and civilians who fought under extraordinary circumstances. But remembrance must also produce institutional learning. In my previous...

Sep 23, 2026, 3:53 PM

October 7 was not only an intelligence failure, but also a failure of strategic risk governance

Purpose: To explain how Israel’s failure to identify Hamas’s invasion capability as a catastrophic RED risk—and to apply disciplined DoD 5000 risk-governance principles—enabled the October 7 massacre. The phrase “intelligence failure” has become a familiar explanation for October 7. It...

About Me

Moshe (Murray) Kamionski is an American attorney, former RAND Corporation researcher, and national-security risk-management professional with more than 40 years of experience in defense analysis, systems engineering, and strategic risk assessment. Born in Israel and now residing in Jerusalem, he is the author of Ignored Warnings: How Israel’s Failure to Apply DoD 5000 Risk Governance Enabled the October 7 Massacre*, which examines the strategic risk-governance failures preceding October 7, 2023. The book is available internationally in print and eBook editions through Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Google Play Books, Kobo, and other online booksellers. Amazon: [https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HGB88TL4](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HGB88TL4) Contact: [mkamionskiauthor@gmail.com](mailto:mkamionskiauthor@gmail.com)