Is There a Secret US-Iran Agreement?
Whether the U.S.-Iranian contacts that were reported this week are being handled as back-channel negotiations, despite all the known pitfalls of this approach, or as formal secret talks, the Obama administration probably would have preferred that they not have been revealed at this precise time.
Hizbullah’s Unspoken War in Syria
Hizbullah claims control of 18 Shiite villages in Syria along the border with Lebanon.
Examining a Non-Centralized Religoethnic Community
American Jewry shares the long-standing American commitment to noncentralized decision-making. Decision-making in the United States is not decentralized but noncentralized. That is, there is no single center that can determine how or where decision-making should be dispersed, as the notion of decentralization implies. Rather, there are many different centers of decision-making, each of which exists legitimately in its own right, while the existence of each is protected within the society in some “constitutional” way. In political life even the federal government, powerful as it is, is simply one center ? some would even describe it as a cluster of centers ? among many.
Benghazi’s Meaning for Israel and the Mideast
Clearly what happened in Libya did not stay a local phenomenon but radiated out to the entire region and beyond.
The Changing Mideast Power Structure
Ironically, Israel and the Arab states have growing mutual interests in seeing that their region is not dominated by either Turkey or Iran, but whether they can draw together to block these two powers remains to be seen.
Iran and Nuclear Deception
What is significant is that any future arrangement between the West and Iran must be based on an ironclad system of inspections, if such understandings are ever reached, given the role that outright deception continues to play in Iran’s diplomatic relations with the West.
Jerusalem: Correcting the International Discourse
How the West Gets Jerusalem Wrong
The Holy City of Jerusalem is one of the most contentious facets of the Arab-Israel conflict. In this volume, Nadav Shragai, who served as a journalist and commentator at Ha’aretz between 1983 and 2009 and has documented the dispute over Jerusalem for thirty years, offers a fresh perspective that seeks to correct the international discourse on the future of the city.
Iran: From Regional Challenge
to Global Threat
This anthology of 31 recent studies by eleven leading security and diplomatic experts outlines the Iranian threat to Israel, the Middle East region, and the West.
The Palestinians’ Dubious UN Move
It is a strategy that will ultimately backfire for it will remind key players in the international community that the Palestinian Authority does not want a negotiated peace with Israel, leading the U.S. and even the EU to question why they should continue to invest in it at all.
Hizbullah Threatens to Strike Strategic Israeli Targets
in Response to an Attack on Iran’s Nuclear Facilities
Iran has given a green light for the immediate use of Hizbullah’s military force against Israel in response to an attack.
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Major studies by leading Jerusalem Center experts in eBook format.
Egypt’s Shiite Minority: Between the Egyptian Hammer and the Iranian Anvil
Egyptian President Morsi is reported to have said the Shia are more dangerous to Islam than the Jews.
Dore Gold: How the Arab Spring exploded into a wave of violence
Last week’s latest wave of anti-American Muslim protests from the Middle East to Sydney, Australia was followed by dozens of articles in the international press which has been trying to explain its sources. Ostensibly, the rage emanated from an offensive anti-Islamic film clip that was produced in the U.S. and uploaded to YouTube last June. After the 9/11 attacks, there was a similar effort by commentators to understand what exactly motivated those who hijacked civilian aircraft to fly them into buildings in New York and Washington. It was repeatedly asked what was behind their rage. This time, was the reason for the outbreak of violence the film clip alone, as the Obama administration argued, or were there deeper causes?
Jerusalem and US Politics
While seeking bipartisan backing for its positions in the U.S., Israel should openly state its position on vital issues, like the future of Jerusalem, if they come up during the present U.S. political campaign
