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Terrorism
Changing Forms of Incitement to Violence
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. This volume presents insights of experts regarding incitement, as well as a Draft International Convention to Combat Incitement to Terror and Violence intended for presentation to the Secretary-General of the United Nations. Read More »
Draft International Convention for the Prevention of Incitement
The draft international convention proposed in this paper represents an effort to place before the international community a draft comprehensive instrument that attempts to address the issue of incitement and to criminalize it in international law. Read More »
Iran, Hizbullah, Hamas and the Global Jihad: A New Conflict Paradigm for the West
Iran’s primary vulnerability is the economic sphere. Although half of the Iranian government’s revenues come from the export of crude oil, without foreign investment, production of crude oil will falter. In order to convince Iran to give up the nuclear program, the U.S. and its allies must exploit their economic leverage, backed up by a credible threat of military force against the nuclear program and other targets in Iran as necessary. Read More »
Iran’s Race for Regional Supremacy: Strategic Implications for the Middle East
Iran has accelerated its quest for regional supremacy through its mobilization of both Shiite and Sunni terror surrogates, including Hizbullah in Lebanon, Shiite militias in Iraq and in the Gulf, the Taliban in Afghanistan, and Hamas, Islamic Jihad, and the Al Aksa Martyrs’ Brigades in the Palestinian territories. These actions could destabilize the entire region, creating a threat to global security. Read More »
Hatred’s Kingdom: How Saudi Arabia Supports the New Global Terrorism
Saudi Arabia’s support for terrorism is examined in this book. The Saudi kingdom has supplied the radical ideology that compels terrorist action, as well as providing terrorists with manpower and money. Read More »
Conference: Hamas the Gaza War and Accountability under International Law
Hamas failed in its duty to serve its citizens by developing the economy and society. Instead, Hamas built an arsenal of weapons and engaged in terror attacks against the Israeli state, forcing Israel to engage in a defensive operation. The goal of this conference is to contribute to clarifying the legal challenges to fighting terrorist organizations like Hamas, as well as serving as a starting point for a dialogue between Israel and Germany about how to combat terror groups and to adhere to international standards. Read More »
Hamas is not the IRA
Critiques the strategy of negotiating with terrorist groups, using the Northern Ireland peace process as a model. Read More »
Hizballah’s Rocket Campaign Against Northern Israel:
A Preliminary Report
From July 13 to August 13, the Israel Police reported 4,228 rocket impacts inside Israel from rockets fired by Hizballah. No geographical area in the world has sustained such a large quantity of rocket strikes since the Iran-Iraq war in the early 1980s.One-fourth of the rockets that landed within Israel landed within built-up areas. Israel suffered great numbers of fatalities and injuries, as well as extensive damage to infrastructure. This article discusses the challenge to national security posed by this type of weapon, and identifies areas where defense may be improved. Read More »