Polling the Importance of Israel’s Rights to a United Jerusalem and Defensible Borders for Likely American Voters: A Nationwide U.S. Survey
The survey results clearly show that American voters, regardless of party affiliation, ideology, and religion, trust Israel in a peace agreement to protect the freedom of religion for all faiths and that Israel has the right to protect itself with defensible borders. Conversely, American voters don’t trust the Palestinian Authority in any future agreement to protect the freedom of religion for all faiths.
Restitution Issues and the Activism of American Jews
Stuart Eizenstat has influenced American government policy over the years in various areas. He served in several high-level positions under Presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton, the last of which was deputy secretary of the treasury. Jewish communities abroad will remember his major contributions as special representative of the president and secretary of state for Holocaust-era issues.
Should the International Court of Justice Give an Advisory Opinion on Israel’s Separation Fence?
Since the Palestinians could not sue Israel in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) as a contentious case – because the Palestinians are not a state and because Israel has not agreed to the jurisdiction of the court – the Palestinians used their influence in the General Assembly, which then asked for an advisory opinion.
Israel’s Redeployment and Economic Relations with Its Arab Neighbors
If Israel comes to the inevitable conclusion that the Palestinian Authority is not ready, prepared, or willing to make the necessary efforts to implement the road map through an agreement, then we will take unilateral steps in this direction. The purpose will be to reduce the number of Palestinians with whom we are in direct contact on a daily basis to the minimum, and to shape a line of disengagement.
Israel’s Anti-Terror Fence: The World Court Case
The UN General Assembly (GA) resolution asking the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for an advisory opinion is actually a request for an endorsement of an already-stated political opinion of the GA. The ICJ lacks jurisdiction over the case because the GA has dictated the desired result. The court is not authorized to make endorsements of the GA’s political opinions dressed in legal garb.
21st Century Threats Facing Israel
Israeli society is the first place where legitimacy is needed for military actions. Many of the questions raised regarding our actions come from the Israeli people. Being raised on democracy and pluralism, being raised as an open society, Israeli society asks questions that we must answer with the right answers.
Language as a Tool against Jews and Israel
Discourses are formulated on the basis of ideological views. The idea that speech is transparent is a belief rather than a scientific fact. When analyzing Judeophobia, one finds an archive of words to be used against the Jew, which aims to criminalize all forms of Jewish identity.
Lessons from the Or Commission: Rethinking the Ideological and Religious Dimensions of the Israeli Arab Riots of October 2000
In mid-September 2000, two weeks before Ariel Sharon’s Temple Mount visit and the outbreak of widespread Israeli Arab violence, Israeli Knesset member Abdel Malik Dehamshe told a meeting of the Supreme Monitoring Committee of the Israeli Arab Leadership that "the Arab public is on the verge of a new, massive, and popular intifada.
What Went Wrong at the BBC: A Public Monopoly Abusing Its Charter Through Bias Against Israel
Trevor Asserson, a leading British litigation lawyer, has undertaken three well-documented studies detailing the BBC’s systematic bias against Israel. The BBC is increasingly developing from an organization that reports news into an organization that manufactures it. Where Israel is concerned, the BBC is in breach of all or most of the guidelines set forth in its Agreement with the Government to which its material must conform.
The Security Fence: An Imperative for Israel
After 35 years of living with the Palestinians and facing this blatant, ugly, terrorist wave, Israel had no choice but to put up a barrier as an important element in an overall defensive system that would intercept those on their way to blow themselves up among us. When the Palestinians speak among themselves about occupation, they speak about Israel occupying Tel Aviv and Haifa, not Judea and Samaria.
Is Hamas Preparing to Inherit the Palestinian Authority?
There is growing evidence that Fatah, the Palestinian faction that today dominates the PLO, may not remain the power center of Palestinian politics in the post-Arafat era. Hamas is preparing itself to inherit the Palestinian Authority. At the Cairo talks in December 2003, for the first time, Hamas openly and confidently challenged the basic Palestinian view that the PLO is the sole and exclusive representative of the Palestinian people.
European Anti-Americanism and Anti-Semitism: Similarities and Differences
Anti-Semitism in Europe goes back a thousand years. Anti-Americanism emerged more than 200 years ago among European elites. Current European prejudices are enhanced by the Europeans’ perception of how America and Israel use power.
Learning the Lessons of the of the European Union’s Failed Middle East Policies
The European Union’s massive investments (financial and political) in Middle East peace efforts in the past three decades have failed to produce positive outcomes. Relations between Israel and Europe, as reflected in official channels and public opinion polls, reflect unprecedented hostility. From the Israeli perspective, European political officials, NGOs, journalists, and academics are perceived as contributing to the demonization of Israel and Jewish sovereignty.
Is There an Alternative to Arafat’s Leadership?
Arafat is not a nationalist. If he was, he could have had a state in 1968, in 1979, at several points in the 1980s, and certainly in the year 2000. But he is not interested in the well-being of the Palestinian people, he’s interested in the Palestinian cause. In many ways, one of the keys to understanding Arafat is that he is basically an old-fashioned Islamist, influenced by his early connections with the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt.
After Ghadafi’s Declaration: The Impact of Changes in Libyan and Iranian WMD Policies on Israel and the Region
The Libyan declaration that it was ending its pursuit of weapons of mass destruction, dismantling existing capabilities and facilities, and opening up its territory for inspection marks an important step in reducing threats and instability in the region. As in the case of the recent Iranian declaration that it has accepted the conditions of the International Atomic Energy Agency, the main test lies in the implementation of the Libyan pledge of transparency, both immediately and in the long term.
