Manfred Gerstenfeld on The Anti-Jewish Riots in Oslo, by Eirik Eiglad
2009: Norway’s Most Violent Anti-Semitic Riots Ever
The Anti-Jewish Riots in Oslo, by Eirik Eiglad, Communalism, 2010, 103 pp.
Reviewed by Manfred Gerstenfeld
Wolfgang G. Schwanitz on Nazis on the Run: How War Criminals Escaped Overseas via Italy
Nazis on the Run
Nazis auf der Flucht. Wie Kriegsverbrecher über Italien nach Übersee entkamen (Nazis on the Run: How War Criminals Escaped Overseas via Italy), by Gerald Steinacher, StudienVerlag, 2008, 380 pp. [German]
Reviewed by Wolfgang G. Schwanitz
Manfred Gerstenfeld on Pius XII and the Destruction of the Jews
A Controversial Pope on the Way to Beatification
Pius XII: en de vernietiging van de joden (Pius XII and the Destruction of the Jews), by Dirk Verhofstadt, Houtekiet, 2008, 510 pp. [Dutch]
Reviewed by Manfred Gerstenfeld
Manfred Gerstenfeld on The Romantic Bookkeeper
Dutch Minister Reviews Renewed Holocaust-Assets Restitution
De Romantische Boekhouder (The Romantic Bookkeeper), by Gerrit Zalm, Uitgeverij Balans, 2009, 402 pp. [Dutch]
Reviewed by Manfred Gerstenfeld
Wolfgang G. Schwanitz on Die Deutschen und der Iran. Geschichte und Gegenwart einer verhängnisvollen
Germans, Nukes, and Mullahs
Die Deutschen und der Iran. Geschichte und Gegenwart einer verhängnisvollen
Freundschaft (The Germans and Iran: The History and Present Status of a Fateful Friendship), by Matthias Küntzel, Siedler, 2009, 320 pp. [German]
Reviewed by Wolfgang G. Schwanitz
Mikael Tossavainen on They’ll Die Anyway: Ten Years in the Swedish Intelligence Service
An Anti-Israelism Rooted in Terror
De ska ju ändå dö: tio år i svensk underrättelsetjänst (They’ll Die Anyway: Ten Years in the Swedish Intelligence Service), by Gunnar Ekberg, Fischer, 2009, 407 pp. [Swedish]
Reviewed by Mikael Tossavainen
A Crisis in U.S.-Israel Relations: Have We Been Here Before?
As a result of the June 1967 Six-Day War, Israel entered the eastern parts of Jerusalem and the West Bank in a war of self-defense. It is very important to recall that Israel entered these areas after it was attacked, and after it requested that the Jordanians not join the Egyptian war effort.
Is Israel Facing War with Hizbullah and Syria?
In February, Syrian President Bashad Assad hosted President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Hizbullah leader Hassan Nasrallah in Damascus. Afterward, Hizbullah’s online magazine suggested that war with Israel was on the horizon. Damascus’ support for "resistance" was on full display at the Arab Summit in Libya in late March, where Assad urged Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas to abandon U.S.-supported negotiations and “take up arms against Israel.”
The Dangerous Bias of the United Nations Goldstone Report
Last year’s report by the U.N. Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza War, known more popularly as the Goldstone Report, is not going away. Originally, it was the initiative of the Geneva-based U.N. Human Rights Council, which named South African Justice Richard Goldstone to head it. It was promoted at the time by Cuba, Egypt, and Pakistan—not exactly the beacons of human rights—and had no support from Western democracies. However, the number of states backing the report has been growing. And yet, it
Diplomatic Dispute Obscures Israel’s Invaluable Help to U.S. Military
Even after the Cold War, Israel continues to be a vital American strategic partner. In 2007, the U.S. ambassador to Israel revealed that Israeli technology was being used by the U.S. armed forces in Iraq to protect them from Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) that were responsible for most U.S. casualties in the Iraq War. In short, Israel was helping save American lives in Iraq.
The Future of Conservative Jewry
■Conservative Jewry faces three major challenges. These concern its message, its quality control, and its structure. The definition of the message has become a priority in part because of the blurring of the boundaries with other movements.
Scotland’s Jews: Community and Political Challenges
The Jewish community in Scotland numbered eighteen thousand in the 1950s but has now shrunk to around ten thousand, largely through emigration. The community is overwhelmingly concentrated in the Greater Glasgow area with around a thousand Jews in Edinburgh and smaller numbers scattered around the country.
Facing Iran: Lessons Learned Since Iraq’s 1991 Missile Attack on Israel
The Iranians learned a great deal from the destruction of Iraq’s Osirak reactor by the Israel Air Force in 1981. They dispersed their nuclear program, putting much of it deep underground. There is no single target which, if destroyed, would substantially set back the Iranian nuclear program.
Is Israel a Colonial State? The Political Psychology of Palestinian Nomenclature
Israel’s creation, far from being a foreign colonial transplant, can actually be seen as the vanguard of and impetus for decolonialization of the entire Middle East, including a significant part of the Arab world, following the fall of the Ottoman Empire.
Analyzing the Durban II Conference
From 20-24 April 2009, the Durban Review Conference took place in Geneva. It is also known as Durban II, a follow-up to the infamous "Durban I" World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance in the late summer of 2001. At Durban I, an NGO Forum accepted what can be summed up as a declaration of war against Israel. Participating nongovernmental organizations adopted a strategy for the complete isolation of Israel through boycotts, divestment,
