Malcolm F. Lowe on The Classical Foundations of the American Constitution: Prevailing Wisdom, by David J. Bederman
Constitutional Lessons from Antiquity
The Classical Foundations of the American Constitution: Prevailing Wisdom, by David J. Bederman, Cambridge University Press, 2008, 358.
Reviewed by Malcolm F. Lowe
How the Changing Nature of Threats to Israel Affects Vital Security Arrangements
How do we resolve the dilemma of a peace agreement that includes handing over the Golan Heights to the Syrians, while facing the fact that Israel cannot be defended without the Golan Heights? The way around this was supposed to be a peace agreement with specific security arrangements. This approach was based on a number of misguided assumptions.
Ahmadinejad in Lebanon
Iranian President Ahmadinejad’s visit to Lebanon constitutes an additional stage in the process of the Lebanese state’s collapse. From now on, Hizbullah supporters will find it difficult to argue that theirs is a national Lebanese party operating in the Lebanese reality on behalf of Lebanese objectives.
Averting Palestinian Unilateralism: The International Criminal Court and the Recognition of the Palestinian Authority as a Palestinian State
Executive Summary The Palestinian Authority’s January 22, 2009, declaration to the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court amounts to an official request to confirm that the PA can be considered as a state for purposes of ICC jurisdiction. Yet the 1995 Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement which created the PA established a fundamental principle: […]
JCall Discourse: A Semantic Analysis
The year 2010 has witnessed a turning point in the way that Jews and Israel are treated. Through the JCall phenomenon, a part of the world Jewish community has become the partisan of a changed attitude toward the state of Israel. A call for "pressure" on Israel is voiced by a part of the Jewish elites who claim to be doing so out of affection.
Malcolm Lowe on Behind the Humanitarian Mask: The Nordic Countries, Israel and the Jews
Unfinished Business
Behind the Humanitarian Mask: The Nordic Countries, Israel and the Jews, edited by Manfred Gerstenfeld. Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs and The Friends of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, 2008, 256 pp.
Reviewed by Malcolm Lowe
Israel’s Blockade Stands the Test of International Law
What does international law have to say about blockades against rogue enterprises?
The Controversy on the Lost Jewish Accounts in Swiss Banks and Its Aftermath
The affair of the dormant, or lost, Jewish accounts in Swiss banks is still seen today by a large part of the Swiss population not as an attempt to achieve historic justice, but as an outright attack not only on Swiss banking but on Swiss identity and on Switzerland as a whole. The notion of "Jewish blackmail" is still rampant.
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What Israel Has Learned about Security: Nine IDF Officers Discuss by The Jerusalem Center Some of Israel’s top military leaders in recent years have used the unique public platform provided by the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs to present their views on a myriad of issues – in English. This volume brings together fourteen studies […]
Israel as the Nation-State of the Jewish People: From the San Remo Conference (1920) to the Netanyahu-Abbas Talks
According to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the real root of the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians had been their ongoing refusal to recognize “the right of the Jewish people to a state of their own in their historic homeland” and he has singled out this issue as a key “prerequisite for ending the conflict.” Netanyahu’s proposal puts back on the global agenda a fundamental Jewish national right that was once axiomatic but today is rarely mentioned.
Highly Engaged Young American Jews: Contrasts in Generational Ethos
Many engaged Jews under the age of forty emphasize, more than their elders and predecessors, Jewish purpose. They have created new minyanim, expanded social justice activities, engaged in various cultural endeavors, undertaken Judaic learning singly and in groups, and established a powerful and significant presence on the Internet and other new media.
The Gaza Flotilla: Facts and Official Reactions
The Gaza flotilla was a well-thought-out provocation against Israel. The flotilla was falsely presented as an enterprise of humanitarian aid to a needy population. If that were indeed the case the organizers would have accepted Israel’s offer to dock the flotilla at the port of Ashdod.
Anti-Semitic Cartoons on Progressive Blogs
Political cartoons often have more of an immediate impact in reinforcing negative stereotypes about Jews than a lengthy essay. By far the largest output of anti-Semitic cartoons nowadays comes from the Arab and Muslim world. A yet uncharted field of hate cartoons against Jews is that in progressive blogs.
Demography, Geopolitics, and the Future of Israel’s Capital: Jerusalem’s Proposed Master Plan
The planned inventory of Jewish housing in Jerusalem does not meet expected needs for 2020, while the planned inventory of Arab housing will suffice until at least 2030.
An Alternative Diplomatic Process: A Renewed Regional
Framework for Cooperation in the Middle East
