"The attacks in Mumbai will force us to readjust ourselves to a new reality," diplomatic officials said following the infiltration of the Chabad center in India.

Israel will now begin working with governments around the world to expand the protection of sites and institutions identified with Jews or Israel.

Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has so far refrained from summoning a special meeting at the Counterterrorism Bureau on the Mumbai attacks.

However the overall impression apparent from the briefings Olmert received from the Mossad, the National Security Council, the Shin Bet and other bodies over the course of the weekend is that Israel must start relying on foreign governments to aid with the security of institutions abroad that are not protected by the Shin Bet.

In Jerusalem officials note that the government has recently held two discussions on the subject of the global Jihad in light of threats to harm Israeli and Jewish targets around the world.

"The infrastructure in place to protect Jewish and Israeli institutions is already in place," said senior state officials, "but it's clear that the events in Mumbai, which there was no advance intelligence about, require us to think about protecting these sites differently. And this is what we'll do.

"Obviously we can't protect Jews and Israelis everywhere and so we will need the help of foreign governments. And there are already places where that cooperation has begun. There are places where Jewish organizations, including Chabad, have sought help and received it. The Israeli government in recent months has already acted on threats received more than once," the officials added.

"This was the case when there were concrete alerts of terror attacks. Not just against Jewish or Israeli organizations, but even against one person."

Alongside this Jerusalem continues to praise the cooperation with the Indian authorities. The excellent relationship between Israel and India security officials allowed for an exchange of information on the highest levels. India politely rejected Israel's offer of aid following the Mumbai attacks. In Jerusalem the belief is that in the future India will make use of Israel's experience to study and learn from the Mumbai attacks.