Syria’s Role in Regional Destabilization: An American View
In the aftermath of Israel’s air operation over Syria, Dr. Andrew Semmel, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Nuclear Nonproliferation Policy and Negotiations, warned that Syria might have a number of “secret suppliers” for a covert nuclear program. Syria is reported to have thousands of rockets with ranges of up to 56 miles positioned along Syria’s southern border with Israel.
Where is the Issue of Education for Peace in the Olmert-Rice-Abbas Initiative?
The Roadmap insists in Phase I that “all official Palestinian institutions end incitement against Israel.” The current effort of Secretary of State Rice to facilitate Israeli-Palestinian negotiations for a November 2007 joint declaration in Washington over the parameters of a future Palestinian state essentially circumvents the Bush administration’s own 2003 Roadmap sequence.
Bosnian Jewry: A Small Community Meets a Unique Challenge During the 1990s War
During wars, Jewish communities often become scapegoats and victims of the combatants. In the war in Bosnia-Herzegovina in the early 1990s, the opposite happened. The Jewish community in the country’s capital Sarajevo extended humanitarian services indiscriminately to people of all religions and was respected by the three warring parties, Muslims, Orthodox Serbs, and Roman Catholic Croats. At present, six Jewish communities remain in Bosnia-Herzegovina with a total of a thousand members.
Linking the Gaza Strip with the West Bank: Implications of a Palestinian Corridor Across Israel
On March 27, 2007, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza
Rice reiterated her call for a “viable” Palestinian
state. The idea of a territorial link between
the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, commonly called
the issue of “safe passage,” is often overlooked.
Recent Developments on the Academic Boycott: A Case Study
The late-May anti-Israeli resolution at the first conference of the University and College Union (UCU) in the United Kingdom launched a new round in the debate on boycotting Israel. The anti-Israeli actions do not seem to derive from genuine concerns about the Palestinians’ fate. This can be gauged by the boycotters’ indifference to what happens to Palestinians elsewhere. The battle over the academic boycott has now been internationalized, as many consider that major academic issues rather than
Anatomy of Syrian-Israeli Tensions: A Background Analysis
Syria served as a primary conduit for the build-up of Iranian-backed Hizbullah prior to the outbreak of the Second Lebanon War in July 2006. Damascus supplied the majority of the heavy-payload rockets Hizbullah fired at Israel
Israel and the European Union
From Manfred Gerstenfeld: European-Israeli Relations: Between Confusion and Change?
Israel and the European Union Interview with Oded Eran
The Suit Against Sharon in Belgium: A Case Analysis
From Manfred Gerstenfeld: European-Israeli Relations: Between Confusion and Change? The Suit Against Sharon in Belgium: A Case Analysis
Irit Kohn
Joel Fishman on Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid by Jimmy Carter
The 1930s: Déjà Vu All Over Again
Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid, by Jimmy Carter, Simon & Schuster, 2006, 265 pp.
Reviewed by Joel Fishman
Israel Should Become a Member of the Council of Europe
From Manfred Gerstenfeld: European-Israeli Relations: Between Confusion and Change?
Israel Should Become a Member of the Council of Europe
Robbie Sabel
Legal Divergences Between the European Union and Israel with Regard to Jerusalem
From Manfred Gerstenfeld: European-Israeli Relations: Between Confusion and Change?
Legal Divergences Between the European Union and Israel With Regard to Jerusalem Interview with Ruth Lapidoth
European-Israeli Relations: Between Confusion and Change? Part II
European-Israeli Relations: Between Confusion and Change? Part II
Manfred Gerstenfeld
European-Israeli Relations: Between Confusion and Change? Part I
European-Israeli Relations: Between Confusion and Change? Part I
Manfred Gerstenfeld
Deconstructing Apartheid Accusations Against Israel
The accusation that Israel is an apartheid state is an insidious tool in the hands of those who deny the entitlement of Jews to a viable national home. The tool is so effective because it contains within it the precedent of the use of boycotts as a method of attack as was the case against apartheid South Africa. Even Israel’s relinquishment of all of the occupied West Bank would not dispel the fallacious Israel=apartheid accusation because it is rooted in a priori denial of Jewish nationalist n
Understanding the U.S.-israel Alliance: An Israeli Response to the Walt-Mearsheimer Claim
Contrary to the assertions of Professors Stephen Walt and John Mearsheimer, who claim that no compelling strategic argument can explain American support for Israel, the two countries have, in fact, developed strong strategic ties over the years that have evolved into a unique alliance. USEUCOM commander General Bantz J. Craddock stated on March 15, 2007, that Israel was America’s “closest ally” in the Middle East and that it “consistently and directly” supported U.S. interests.
