Diplomatische und rechtliche Aspekte der Siedlungsfrage
Institut für Zeitgeschichtliche Fragen gegründet von der JCPA und der Wechsler Family Foundation Die Jerusalem-Frage Ausgabe 2, Nr. 16 Man kann die israelischen Siedlungen in den umstrittenen Gebieten legitimerweise unterstützen oder in Frage stellen, aber sie sind nicht illegal und haben weder die Größe, noch die Einwohnerschaft oder die geographische Lage um auf den […]
Diplomatic and Legal Aspects of the Settlement Issue
One may legitimately support or challenge Israeli settlements in the disputed territories, but they are not illegal, and they have neither the size, the population, nor the placement to seriously impact upon the future status of the disputed territories and their Palestinian population centers.
The Beleaguered Christians of the Palestinian-Controlled Areas
The Christian community in the areas administered by the Palestinian Authority (PA) is a small but symbolically important one. About 35,000 Christians live in the West Bank and 3,000 in Gaza,1 representing about 1.3 percent of Palestinians. In addition, 12,500 Christians reside in eastern Jerusalem. This population is rapidly dwindling, however, and not solely as a result of the difficult military and economic situation of the past two years.
Fünfzig Jahre intellektueller französischer Vorurteile gegen Israel
Published January 2003 In den letzten Jahren hat Frankreich negativ heraus geragt, nicht nur durch viele gewalttätige Angriffe auf Juden und ihre Einrichtungen, sondern auch wegen der oft antisemitischen intellektuellen und Medien-Attacken auf Israel. Simon Epstein, Forscher am Vidal Sassoon International Center for Study of anti-Semitism [Vidal Sassoon – Internationales Zentrum für Antisemitismus-Studien] an der […]
Fifty Years of French Intellectual Bias against Israel
In recent years France has stood out negatively, not only because of its many violent assaults on Jews and their institutions but also due to the often anti-Semitic intellectual and media attacks on Israel. Simon Epstein, researcher at the Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of anti-Semitism at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, points out that the origins of French intellectual anti-Israelism date back almost to the creation of the Jewish state.
Turkey’s Elections and Israel
The recent Turkish elections were more a protest vote against economic difficulties and corruption, not a wish to embrace Islamic radicalism. When the Islamist prime minister Necemettin Erbakan took power in 1996, the Turkish military, which regards itself as the ultimate guardian of the secularist democratic tradition of modern Turkey’s founder, Kemal Ataturk, elegantly eased Erbakan out of power.
The Evolution of International Law and the War on Terrorism
A country — whether it be Israel, or the United States in its fight with al-Qaeda — whose army is involved in fighting a terrorist organization which has no state and no boundaries, has to be able to carry out those acts necessary to deal with terror. What happens if the police see a suicide bomber who opens his jacket and shows his explosive belt? Can the Israeli police kill him? He hasn’t done anything.
Sunni and Shiite Terrorist Networks: Competition or Collusion?
The Palestinian assertion that Sunni and Shiite terrorist groups do not cooperate is baseless and historically wrong. Recent history has demonstrated that there are few religious-ideological barriers in the world of international terrorism. The secular Ba’athist regime in Syria works closely with Hizballah, as a secular Ba’athist regime in Iraq has developed ties to al-Qaeda.
The Assad Visit to London: Background and Implications
Syria remains one of the worst state-sponsors of international terrorism, providing a haven for leaders of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, Islamic Jihad, and Hamas. Syria sponsors Hizballah in Lebanon, an international terrorist organization with a global reach that, before 9/11, had killed more Americans than any other terrorist group.
The Quartet, the Road Map and the Future of Iraq: A Realistic Assessment
The Middle East "road map," designed to implement the peace initiative presented by President Bush on June 24, 2002, is based on a number of extremely optimistic assumptions, and successful implementation depends on fundamental changes in the environment.
From Propagating Myths to Research: Preparing for Holocaust Education
The publicity focus on Holocaust issues in the last decade may cause one to mistakenly assume that its main aspects have, by now, been well researched. Yehuda Bauer, the director emeritus of the International Institute for Holocaust Research at Yad Vashem explains: "To comprehend where Holocaust research is at, one must assess three very roughly defined categories of interest to the historian: the attitudes of the criminal perpetrators, the victims and the bystanders."
Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and the War on Terrorism
The recuperation of Iraq’s oil industry could prove a major threat to the oil-dependent Saudi economy. Saudi per capita income has fallen from about $23,000 in the early 1980s to about $7,000 last year. Prince Abdallah has attempted to reform the Saudi economy and reduce expenditures on subsidies and perks, including the costly stipends paid to 7,000 royal princes.
Second Herbert Berman Memorial Symposium on New and Recurring Trends in Contemporary Anti-Semitism
Arab anti-Semitism is nowadays the major source of anti-Semitism in the world, the borders between anti-Semitism and anti-Israelism are in the process of being blurred, new centers of anti-Semitism have emerged in the Western world. These were major recurrent themes discussed at the 2nd Herbert Berman Memorial Symposium on Wednesday, November 13, 2002.
Needed: Leadership for Growth
Israel’s economy has contracted for two consecutive years, and a third such year may well be in prospect.1 Savings and investment are down, unemployment has risen sharply,2 and Israelis’ standard of living has dropped sharply since the end of 2000. Poverty and welfare payments are on the rise, together with defense expenditures occasioned by war with the Palestinians.
The Jews in Plans for Post-War Germany
Many of the Anti-Nazi political exiles who prepared plans for postwar Germany believed that it would not be easy to remove the Nazi anti-Semitic laws. While the postwar projects of socialists included the full restoration of citizenship to all German Jews, the planning of other exiles was based on prevalent stereotypes of Jewish “otherness” and
rejected the return of Jews to Germany. They basically approved, on pragmatic grounds, legal discriminatory measures against the Jews, and articulated them in schemes which were similar to those drawn up by the German conservative opposition in the Third Reich. In the postwar plans of both of them?the exiles and the conservative opposition? The Jews were considered a foreign body which should not be reintegrated in a future German society, but given a territory beyond the borders.
