Israel’s Return to Security-Based Diplomacy
The Risks of Foreign Peacekeeping Forces in the West Bank
Control of Territorial Airspace and the Electromagnetic Spectrum
Key Principles of a Demilitarized Palestinian State
The U.S. and “Defensible Borders”
Defensible Borders to Secure Israel’s Future
Restoring a Security-First Peace Policy
Israel’s vital security requirements and a conditional endorsement of a Palestinian state were laid out by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in his first major policy speech at Bar-Ilan University, just two months after he took office in April 2009.
Israel’s Continuing Requirements for Defensible Borders in a Rapidly Changing Middle East
Leading Israeli security experts present Israel’s critical security requirements.
The Search for a ‘Smoking Gun’ on Iran
As the report’s summary states: “The information indicates that Iran has carried out activities relevant to the development of a nuclear explosive device.”
The Significance of the November 2011 IAEA Report
Iran already has enough uranium on hand for at least four or five nuclear bombs. Iran is determined to obtain nuclear weapons and the means to deliver them to target.
Belgium’s Attitudes toward Israel and the Jews
In Wallonia the Socialists are the leading party and often take hostile positions toward Israel. Israel’s friends there are mainly among the Liberals, even if some of their leaders are also anti-Israeli. The major Walloon media also frequently display very problematic attitudes toward Israel.
Anti-Semitism and Anti-Israelism in Western Schools
No. 112, 1 November 2011/ 4 Heshvan 5772 Anti-Semitism and anti-Israelism in schools or places related to them are significant problems in a number of Western countries. A third related topic concerns Holocaust education in a variety of European schools. When such education is part of the curriculum in some schools, problems may emerge with students. […]
Hizbullah Discusses Its Operational Plan for War with Israel: Missile Fire on Tel Aviv and Conquest of the Galilee
The next military conflict with Israel, Hizbullah will hit Tel Aviv with missiles at the outset of the war, while dispatching forces to conquer the Galilee.
The American Internal Debate over the Iranian Nuclear Threat
Perhaps, given the present environment in U.S.-Iranian relations, that’s what happened this time, as well.
Did the Libyan Leadership Deceive the West?
The political debate in Libya will be within an essentially Islamist universe, with different leaders distinguished by the degree to which they seek to implement their Islamism. It seems that the strategy of the democratic states that trusted the promises of the rebel forces to adopt and implement the principles of democracy has collapsed, and that Western aid to overthrow Gaddafi’s tyrannical regime prepared the groundwork for the establishment of an Islamic state, which eventually may become hostile to the West.
