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“In Amsterdam I Created the Idea of a Jewish State…”: Spinoza and National Jewish Identity (in Hebrew)

October 1, 2001 | Prof. Eliezer Schweid

Spinoza was the first philosopher to classify Judaism as nationalism according to the modern secular understanding of the term, and not as religion. He showed that the original laws of the Torah of Moses were as a state constitution directed exclusively toward down-to-earth objectives. God was the king, but the world was not theocratic because the kingdom of God was not established as a church; that is, Moses did not consider himself, nor did he appoint beneath him, a leader that presumed to personify the authority of God, who acts and supervises directly (or through the laws of nature).

Israel is Not the Issue: Militant Islam and America

October 1, 2001 | Amb. Dore Gold

After the September 11 terrorist assault on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, many American analysts have been seeking to understand the source of the intense hatred against the United States that could have motivated an act of violence on such an unprecedented scale.

Militant Islam’s Fury at America: The Israel Canard

September 20, 2001

After witnessing the September 11 terrorist assault on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, many American analysts have been seeking to understand the source of the intense hatred against the United States that could have motivated an act of violence on such an unprecedented scale. In that context, a new canard is beginning to run through repeated news reports and features: that somehow America's support for Israel is behind the fury of militant Islamic movements, like that of Osama Bin Laden, towards the United States.

Have the Palestinians Abandoned a Negotiated Settlement?

September 6, 2001

Occupied Territories or Disputed Territories?

September 2, 2001

Russian Policy Toward the Middle East Under Yeltsin and Putin

September 2, 2001 | Dr. Robert O. Freedman

Journalistic License: Professional Standards in the Print Media’s Coverage of Israel

August 15, 2001 | Jeffrey Helmreich

The Failure of UN Forces in Srebrenica

July 15, 2001 | Dr. Manfred Gerstenfeld

“Aid for Peace” — An Exhausted Paradigm?

June 15, 2001 | Saul Singer

Anti-Semitism Revived: The Impact of the Intifada on Muslim Immigrant Groups in Western Democracies

June 1, 2001 | Raphael Israeli

Untenable Linkages: Tying a Cessation of Palestinian Violence to an Israeli Settlement Freeze

May 15, 2001 | Amb. Dore Gold

CIVILIZATIONAL, RELIGIOUS, AND NATIONAL EXPLANATIONS FOR ETHNIC REBELLION IN THE POST-COLD WAR MIDDLE EAST

April 11, 2001 | Jonathan Fox

Failure of Perception and Self-Deception: Israel’s Quest for Peace in the Context of Related Historical Cases

March 15, 2001 | Joel Fishman

Apocalyptic Fears Now; Unforseen Risks Tomorrow: Israel’s Poorly Predicted Future

March 1, 2001 | Dr. Manfred Gerstenfeld

The Conflict Between Israel and the Palestinians: A Rational Analysis

February 15, 2001 | Professor Yakir Plessner