# Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs: Strategic Alliances for a Secure, Connected, and Prosperous Region

> Leading think tank focusing on Israeli security, regional diplomacy, and international law\.

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## Pages
- [The Status of Jerusalem in International and Israeli Law](https://jcfa.org/the-status-of-jerusalem-in-international-and-israeli-law/): This monograph shows that Israel has valid legal status in Jerusalem\.
- [About the Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs](https://jcfa.org/about/)
- [Defensible Borders](https://jcfa.org/defensible-borders/)
- [Israel's Critical Requirements for Defensible Borders:\<br /\> The Foundation for a Secure Peace](https://jcfa.org/requirements-for-defensible-borders/)
- [The JCFA Center for Security, Diplomacy, and Communications](https://jcfa.org/the-jcfa-center-for-security-diplomacy-and-communications/)

## Posts
- [Israel’s Contribution to the Modern Evolution of International Law](https://jcfa.org/israels-contribution-to-the-modern-evolution-of-international-law/): Discrimination against Israel continues in international law institutions
- [Iran Unifies Its Command, but Hormuz Remains Almost Closed to Shipping](https://jcfa.org/iran-unifies-its-command-but-hormuz-remains-almost-closed-to-shipping/): Trump says the mines have been cleared and the U\.S\. Navy controls the strait, but Iran is still negotiating with Oman over a safe shipping lane\. At the same time, the new leader is centralizing military command and placing IRGC figures in key positions\.
- [Iran’s Economic Breaking Point: Why the West May Be Missing a Historic Opportunity](https://jcfa.org/irans-economic-breaking-point-why-the-west-may-be-missing-a-historic-opportunity/): With inflation nearing 80%, a contracting economy, and mounting pressure on ordinary Iranians, the regime’s greatest vulnerability may lie not in street protests but in economic paralysis, nationwide strikes, and sustained pressure on the financial foundations of its security apparatus\.
- [Most Israelis Say Security Must Precede Territorial Withdrawal and That Buffer Zones Are Vital for Defense](https://jcfa.org/most-israelis-say-security-must-precede-territorial-withdrawal-and-that-buffer-zones-are-vital-for-defense/): A new nationwide survey shows that most Israelis support maintaining buffer zones in areas like Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, and the Jordan Valley\. They oppose withdrawing from the West Bank unless Israeli\-controlled security is ensured, and do not trust international forces to protect Israel’s borders\.
- [Mohsen Rezaei Returns to the Center of Power and Sets New Conditions for Reopening Hormuz](https://jcfa.org/mohsen-rezaei-returns-to-the-center-of-power-and-sets-new-conditions-for-reopening-hormuz/): Rezaei’s appointment could provide security establishment backing for an arrangement with Oman, but it could also prevent a reopening that fails to meet Tehran's demands of the United States\.

## Video
- [Iran ‘Ceasefire’: The Dangerous Detail the West Is Missing](https://jcfa.org/video/iran-ceasefire-the-dangerous-detail-the-west-is-missing/): This discussion, featuring JCFA President Dr\. Dan Diker and Senior Fellow and Arab and Palestinian Affairs expert Khaled Abu Toameh, flips everything you think you know about “ceasefires” on its head, revealing why what the West calls peace is, in reality, just a strategic pause in a Middle Eastern long game\.
- [At the Brink: War, Strategy, and a Fracturing Middle East](https://jcfa.org/video/at-the-brink-war-strategy-and-a-fracturing-middle-east/): The Middle East stands at a critical juncture\. The situation remains fluid, but one reality is increasingly clear—this is not just another regional conflict\. It is a confrontation that could reshape alliances, redefine power structures, and expose deep fractures within the Arab world itself\.
- [Terrorist Financing and Regulatory Tools during Wartime](https://jcfa.org/video/terrorist-financing-and-regulatory-tools-during-wartime/): JCPA Daily Wartime Briefing featuring Ella Rosenberg
- [Jerusalem Center Seeks International Antisemitism Convention](https://jcfa.org/video/jerusalem-center-seeks-international-antisemitism-convention/): Criminalize acts of antisemitism and incitement that lead to violence
- [Analyzing the Aftermath of the October 7th Massacre and Its Impact on Global Security](https://jcfa.org/video/analyzing-the-aftermath-of-the-october-7th-massacre-and-its-impact-on-global-security/): The first comprehensive study of the challenges confronting Israel while under multifront attack

## Programs
- [Combating Delegitimization and BDS](https://jcfa.org/program/combating-delegitimization-and-bds/): Combating Delegitimization and BDS is a major multilingual public diplomacy program exposing forces questioning Israel’s very legitimacy\.
- [Jerusalem in International Diplomacy](https://jcfa.org/program/jerusalem/): Analyzing the legal and historic rights of Israel in Jerusalem and the security threats of the potential division of Israel's capital\.
- [Institute for Global Jewish Affairs](https://jcfa.org/program/institute-for-global-jewish-affairs/): The Institute for Global Jewish Affairs, established in 2008, includes the Post\-Holocaust and Anti\-Semitism Project as well as Changing Jewish Communities\.
- [Institute for Contemporary Affairs](https://jcfa.org/program/institute-for-contemporary-affairs/): The Institute for Contemporary Affairs \(ICA\) was founded by the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs jointly with the Wechsler Family Foundation in 2001\. The Institute provides a forum for discussion of Israel’s strategic, diplomatic, legal and national security challenges\. 
- [Defensible Borders for Israel](https://jcfa.org/program/defensible-borders-for-israel/): Defensible Borders for Israel is a major security and public diplomacy initiative that analyzes current threats and Israel’s corresponding territorial requirements that Israel must maintain to fulfill its existential needs\.

## Articles
- [The Fantasy of Hizbullah Moderation](https://jcfa.org/article/the-fantasy-of-hizbullah-moderation/): Hizbullah is not a national Lebanese movement, as has been frequently claimed in the West\. Hizbullah’s leader, Hassan Nasrallah, and his men are not loyal to the president of Lebanon or to the government of Lebanon, but rather to Iranian leader Ayatollah Khamenei\.
- [Who Are the Palestinians?](https://jcfa.org/article/who-are-the-palestinians/): Claims that they are descendants of the Canaanites are ridiculous
- [The Failure of the International Criminal Court \(ICC\)](https://jcfa.org/article/the-failure-of-the-international-criminal-court-icc/): Is there an alternative to the ICC?
- [A Proposal for a Trump Initiative for the Economic Development of the West Bank and Gaza](https://jcfa.org/article/proposal-trump-initiative-economic-development-west-bank-gaza/): How to create an atmosphere of cooperation for the economic development of the West Bank and Gaza
- [Investigating the Psychological Profile of the Palestinian "Lone Wolf" Terrorist: Preliminary Findings](https://jcfa.org/article/investigating-psychological-profile-palestinian-lone-wolf-preliminary-findings/): Are there behavioral differences between refugee camp residents and residents of other villages?

## Books
- [Undermining the International Criminal Court](https://jcfa.org/book/undermining-the-international-criminal-court/): This monograph details the extent of the political abuse and manipulation of the International Criminal Court by the Palestinians\.
- [Combating Jihad on Campus](https://jcfa.org/book/jihad-on-campus-unmasked/): How Pro\-Hamas Students for Justice in Palestine Hijacked U\.S\. Universities
- [The State of Israel’s Legal Right to Judea and Samaria](https://jcfa.org/book/the-state-of-israels-legal-right-to-judea-and-samaria/): Pursuant to \<em\>Uti Possidetis Juris\</em\>, when Israel declared its independence, it inherited the borders previously set by the Mandate\. Accordingly, Israel’s geographic area included the Gaza Strip, Judea, Samaria, and all of Jerusalem\.
- [Draft International Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Antisemitic Hate Crimes](https://jcfa.org/book/draft-international-convention-on-the-prevention-and-punishment-of-the-crime-of-antisemitism/): It has now become acceptable and even fashionable to express antisemitic sentiments openly\.
- [October 7, Antisemitism and the War on the West](https://jcfa.org/book/october-7-antisemitism-and-the-war-on-the-west/): Israel’s present war will decide the fate of the free world\.

## Updates
- [JCFA President Dr\. Dan Diker Meets with Israel’s Ambassador to the U\.S\. Dr\. Yechiel Leiter](https://jcfa.org/update/jcfa-president-dr-dan-diker-meets-with-israels-ambassador-to-the-u-s-dr-yechiel-leiter/): A productive meeting with Israel's Ambassador to the United States, Dr\. Yechiel J\.M\. Leiter, focused on advancing strategic priorities for Israel's security and the future of the U\.S\.\-Israel alliance\.
- [JCFA President and U\.S\. Director Meet with U\.S\. Congressman Abraham Hamadeh](https://jcfa.org/update/jcfa-president-and-u-s-director-meet-with-u-s-congressman-abraham-hamadeh/): JCFA President Dr\. Dan Diker and JCFA U\.S\. Director Ceng Sagnic met with Congressman Abraham Hamadeh at the U\.S\. Capitol for a substantive discussion on the Middle East, Israel, and the region’s minority communities\.
- [JCFA and Knesset Caucus for Combating Antisemitism and Delegitimization Announce Joint Initiative to Combat Antisemitism and Delegitimization](https://jcfa.org/update/jcfa-and-knesset-caucus-for-combating-antisemitism-and-delegitimization-announce-joint-aim-to-combat-antisemitism-and-delegitimization/): Members of Knesset and JCFA experts explained that “Israel has become a leading force in the Middle East\. Advancing a vision of partnership with the United States will benefit both sides\.”
- [\<em\>The 10 Lies about Israel\</em\> by Fiamma Nirenstein](https://jcfa.org/book/the-10-lies-about-israel/): Telling the truth about Israel is an urgent necessity after the October 7\<sup\>th\</sup\> massacre and the unexpected wave of antisemitism that we witnessed afterward\.
- [\<em\>October 7, Antisemitism and the War on the West\</em\> by Fiamma Nirenstein](https://jcfa.org/book/october-7-antisemitism-and-the-war-on-the-west/): After the October 7, 2023, Hamas massacre, a global wave of depraved antisemitism has inverted victims and aggressors and confused good with evil\. Israel’s present war will decide the fate of the free world\.

## Author's Chat
- [The Failures of French Diplomacy in Lebanon](https://jcfa.org/authors-chat/the-failures-of-french-diplomacy-in-lebanon/)
- [This is How Hamas Opened a Front in Europe](https://jcfa.org/authors-chat/this-is-how-hamas-opened-a-front-in-europe/)
- [The Digital Panopticon: How Iran’s Central Bank Aims for Financial Legitimacy and Absolute State Control](https://jcfa.org/authors-chat/the-digital-panopticon-how-irans-central-bank-aims-for-financial-legitimacy-and-absolute-state-control/)
- [Why Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Is “Slow\-Walking” Normalization With Israel](https://jcfa.org/authors-chat/why-saudi-crown-prince-mohammed-bin-salman-is-slow-walking-normalization-with-israel/)
- [Between Hitler and Hamas: The Dangers of Appeasement and Genocidal Aggression](https://jcfa.org/authors-chat/between-hitler-and-hamas-the-dangers-of-appeasement-and-genocidal-aggression/)

## Categories
- [Israel](https://jcfa.org/main-issues/israel-2/)
- [Antisemitism](https://jcfa.org/main-issues/anti-semitism/)
- [Palestinians](https://jcfa.org/main-issues/the-middle-east/palestinians/)
- [Iran](https://jcfa.org/main-issues/iran/)
- [World Jewry](https://jcfa.org/main-issues/world-jewry/)

## Tags
- [Antisemitism in Canada](https://jcfa.org/tag/anti-semitism-in-canada/)
- [Israel](https://jcfa.org/tag/israel/)
- [Iran](https://jcfa.org/tag/iran/)
- [Gaza](https://jcfa.org/tag/gaza/)
- [Antisemitism](https://jcfa.org/tag/anti-semitism-2/)

## JPSR Volumes
- [Volume 25, Numbers 1–2](https://jcfa.org/jpsr-issue/volume-25-numbers-1-2/)
- [Volume 28, Numbers 1–2](https://jcfa.org/jpsr-issue/volume-28-numbers-1-2/)
- [Volume 27, Numbers 3–4](https://jcfa.org/jpsr-issue/volume-27-numbers-3-4/)
- [Volume 27, Numbers 1–2](https://jcfa.org/jpsr-issue/volume-27-numbers-1-2/)
- [Volume 26, Numbers 1–2](https://jcfa.org/jpsr-issue/volume-26-numbers-1-2/)

## Homeland Security Portal
- [Iran](https://jcfa.org/homeland-security-portal/area-studies/iran-2/)
- [Terrorism](https://jcfa.org/homeland-security-portal/terrorism-2/)
- [Palestinian Affairs](https://jcfa.org/homeland-security-portal/area-studies/palestinian-affairs/)
- [Israeli Strategy and Security](https://jcfa.org/homeland-security-portal/israeli-strategy-and-security/)
- [Nuclear and Non\-Conventional Weapons](https://jcfa.org/homeland-security-portal/nuclear-and-non-conventional-weapons/)

## Publication
- [Jewish Political Studies Review](https://jcfa.org/publication/jpsr2/)
- [Jerusalem Issue Briefs](https://jcfa.org/publication/jerusalem-issue-briefs/)
- [Jerusalem Viewpoints](https://jcfa.org/publication/jerusalem-viewpoints/)
- [Post\-Holocaust and Antisemitism](https://jcfa.org/publication/phas/)
- [Dore Gold Articles](https://jcfa.org/publication/dore-gold-articles/)

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