Articles

The Islamist Challenge from North Africa

The fall of Mali would directly threaten neighboring Niger, the sixth largest producer of uranium ore in the world.   Read More »

The Abuse of Holocaust Memory in 2011-2012

The Holocaust has become a symbol of absolute evil in Western society.  Read More »

The North African Threat To Europe

Not long after the French offensive against African jihadists in Mali got underway, a leader of one of the offshoots of al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) declared that his organization would “strike at the heart of France.”  Read More »

The Role of Hate Education in Promoting Violent Conflict

Populations with lifetime exposures to messages demonizing other groups are more likely to engage in genocidal violence than populations not so exposed.  Read More »

Operation Pillar of Defense (Gaza – November 2012): Objectives and Implications

In its Nov. 2012 military operation, Israel focused on enhancing deterrence rather than dismantling Gaza’s terror infrastructure or toppling the Hamas government.  Read More »

A Code Of Conduct For The Middle East

In 1996, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan convened an international forum at the Hashimiyya Palace in Amman with guests from the entire Middle East as well as noted statesmen from outside the region.   Read More »

Iranian Policy Toward Direct Nuclear Talks with the U.S.

Iran will not hasten to renew the dialogue with the United States, and will want to engage in such talks only from a position of strength.  Read More »

What’s Behind Abbas’ New Tone?

Mahmoud Abbas delivered a speech on Jan. 4, on the anniversary of the founding of Fatah, that may have marked a turning point in the relations between the Palestinian Authority president and the State of Israel.  Read More »

Abbas Reinstates a Radical Political Doctrine

In his speech on January 4, 2013, in honor of Fatah’s anniversary, Mahmoud Abbas was not preparing the Palestinian people for making peace.  Read More »

European Settlements and Double Standards

Anyone flipping through cable television channels with his or her remote control has undoubtedly come across programs about British and other retirees from Northern Europe seeking to escape the harsh climate where they live by venturing to one of the well-known vacation spots along the Mediterranean coast.   Read More »

Haaretz Resurrects The Khazar Jews Theory

When the Khazar kingdom collapsed in the 13th century, according to the believers in the Khazar theory, its population fled into Eastern Europe and served as the core of European Jewry.  Read More »

The “Day After” Scenario in Syria

The Assad regime will seek to transfer loyal forces and strategic (including chemical) weaponry to the Alawite enclave to deter acts of revenge.  Read More »

The Postponed Iranian Crisis

At the end of October, Defense Minister Ehud Barak gave a revealing interview to London’s Daily Telegraph in which he explained why the urgency around the Iranian issue had changed.   Read More »

Views of the Israeli Public on Israeli Security and Resolution of the Arab-Israeli Conflict – 19 Dec 2012

83% of Israeli Jews believe that a withdrawal to the 1967 lines and a division of Jerusalem would not bring about an end of the conflict.  Read More »