The most neglected yet critical component of international terror is the element of incitement. Incitement is the medium through which the ideology of terror actually materializes into the act of terror itself. But if indeed incitement is so obviously and clearly a central component of terrorism, the question remains: why does the international community in general, and international law in particular, not posit a crime of incitement to terror? Is there no clear dividing line between incitement to terror and the fundamental right to freedom of speech? With such questions in mind, the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs and the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung held an international conference on incitement. This volume presents the insights of the experts who took part, along with a Draft International Convention to Combat Incitement to Terror and Violence that is intended for presentation to the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
Contents
Introduction – Alan Baker
Beyond Radical Libertarianism: Internet Freedom and the Rule of Law – Michael Mertes
The Hybrid Terrorist Organization and Incitement – Boaz Ganor
From Big Lies to the Lone Wolf: How Social Networking Incubates and Multiplies Online Hate and Terrorism – Rabbi Abraham Cooper
Anti-Zionism, the Left, and the Islamists in Britain – Robert Wistrich
On Anti-Zionism and Anti-Israelism – Elhanan Yakira
The Delegitimization of Israel in Schools in the Western World – Manfred Gerstenfeld
The Incitement and Culture of Peace Index: Methodology and Trends – Yosef Kuperwasser and Asher Fredman
Deception: The Palestinian Authority’s Public Commitments and Its Actual Activities and Messages – Itamar Marcus
Palestinian Incitement and Peace: An Insurmountable Incompatibility – Joel Fishman
Anti-Jewish Sentiments and Stereotypes in Arab and Muslim Schoolbooks – Yohanan Manor
The Smarter Bomb: Women and Children as Suicide Bombers – Anat Berko
Incitement in Rwanda: The Path to Genocide – Gregory S. Gordon
Incitement, Hate Language, and Terror: An Epidemiologic Perspective – Elihu D. Richter and Yael Stein
Incitement to Terrorism in International Law – Yaël Ronen
Palestinian Incitement as a Violation of International Legal Norms – Alan Baker
Appendix
Draft International Convention for the Prevention of Incitement to Terror
