Message from the Editor
The current issue of the Jewish Political Studies Review brings the reader a selection of articles which deal with a wide range of issues and ideas.
Jay Solomon, The Iran Wars: Spy Games, Bank Battles, and the Secret Deals that Reshaped the Middle East
The Iran Wars effectively exposes and criticizes the remarkable naiveté of US policy makers in their approach to the Middle East.
Georges Bensoussan, Hijacking the History of the Destruction of the Jews of Europe
Despite the occasional lack of rigor and tendency toward repetition, L’histoire confisquée provides much food for thought, but little hope.
Jacques Neriah, Between Rabin and Arafat: A Political Diary, 1993-1994
Rabin emerges as a solid analyst, capable of reaching decisions, and a man of integrity.
Lebanon’s Army and Hizbullah Join Ranks
Risking Lebanon’s future
Yemen Has Become Iran’s Testing Ground for New Weapons
Iran’s drones and naval weapons also threaten Israel
Chaim Weizmann and the Balfour Declaration:
“A Unique Act of World Moral Conscience”
Weizmann called Balfour Declaration “the righting of a historical wrong,” and an “act of justice.”
Winston Churchill’s Defense of the Balfour Declaration in 1921
“It is manifestly right that the Jews … should have a national centre and a National Home where some of them may be reunited.”
Why a New Academic Discipline of Post-Holocaust Studies Should Be Established and What Its Content Should Be
Post-Holocaust studies is a huge field of study that merits becoming a defined, formal area of study.
Iranian Official and Social Media Call for the
Destruction of Israel after the JCPOA
The signing of the nuclear agreement with Iran has not stopped its religious, political, and military establishment – and Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei – from propagating Israel’s destruction.
“The Two-State Solution”: What Does It Really Mean?
Any Palestinian state must recognize Israel as the nation state of the Jewish people
Hamas Prepares for the Next Round of War
The false quiet in the Gaza Strip
Can the Palestinians Mobilize the Arab World on the U.S. Embassy Issue?
Do the Arab states support them?
The Revival of British Jewry
British Jewry in the 21st century is more buoyant than expected.
Russia Seeks Another Mediterranean Naval Base in Libya
Russia expands areas of influence in the Middle East
