From the Editor Col. (ret.) Dr. Jacques Neriah Israel and the World of Catholicism(s) Arno Tausch U.S.-Israeli Ties: The 400-Year-Old Unique Foundations Amb. Yoram Ettinger The State of Israel: A Partner in the Development of the African Continent Robert Dussey The Complexity of the Relations between European Jewry and Israel Amb. Freddy Eytan Indo-Israeli Relations: A Quest for Great-Power Status Since 1991 Sunil Kumar Anti-Zionism and Anti-Semitism – African Style David Gakunzi Don’t Confuse the People of Iran with Its Islamic Regime Michel Taubmann Agricultural Settlement: Up to the Present and into the Future Avraham Katz-Oz On the Roots of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Pinhas Inbari The Palestinian Authority as a Post-Soviet “Frozen Conflict” Jamie Berk Book Reviews Edward Kritzler, Jewish Pirates of the Caribbean Amb. Dore Gold Michelle Mazel, Julius Matthias: A Pact with the Devil Rivkah Fishman-Duker