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Israel’s Security Doctrine and the Trap of “Limited Conflict”

March 1, 2004 | Colonel (Res.) Yehuda Wegman

The many classic examples of low-intensity conflict - in Indo-China, Malaya, Algeria, Cuba, and Northern Ireland - are irrelevant to the case of Israel. Not a single citizen in Britain, France, or the United States had his daily routine in his native country disrupted as a result of the low-intensity combat conducted by his country's army on a foreign battlefield.

Polling the Importance of Israel’s Rights to a United Jerusalem and Defensible Borders for Likely American Voters: A Nationwide U.S. Survey

March 1, 2004 | John McLaughlin

The survey results clearly show that American voters, regardless of party affiliation, ideology, and religion, trust Israel in a peace agreement to protect the freedom of religion for all faiths and that Israel has the right to protect itself with defensible borders. Conversely, American voters don't trust the Palestinian Authority in any future agreement to protect the freedom of religion for all faiths.

Should the International Court of Justice Give an Advisory Opinion on Israel’s Separation Fence?

February 23, 2004 | Prof. Ruth Lapidoth

Since the Palestinians could not sue Israel in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) as a contentious case - because the Palestinians are not a state and because Israel has not agreed to the jurisdiction of the court - the Palestinians used their influence in the General Assembly, which then asked for an advisory opinion.

Israel’s Redeployment and Economic Relations with Its Arab Neighbors

February 19, 2004 | Ehud Olmert

Israel’s Anti-Terror Fence: The World Court Case

February 15, 2004 | Laurence E. Rothenberg, Abraham (Avi) Bell

21st Century Threats Facing Israel

February 3, 2004 | Lieutenant Gen. Dan Haloutz

Lessons from the Or Commission: Rethinking the Ideological and Religious Dimensions of the Israeli Arab Riots of October 2000

February 1, 2004 | Dr. Dan Diker

The Security Fence: An Imperative for Israel

January 15, 2004 | Uzi Landau

After Ghadafi’s Declaration: The Impact of Changes in Libyan and Iranian WMD Policies on Israel and the Region

December 22, 2003 | Prof. Gerald M. Steinberg

Lethal Gestures

December 18, 2003 | Dr. Dan Diker

Lethal Gestures

December 18, 2003 | Dr. Dan Diker

The Growing Threat to Israel’s Qualitative Military Edge

December 11, 2003 | Dr. Yuval Steinitz

The Growing Threat to Israel’s Qualitative Military Edge

December 11, 2003 | Dr. Yuval Steinitz

The Geneva Accord: A Strategic Assessment

December 4, 2003 | Maj.-Gen. (res.) Yaakov Amidror

Balancing IDF Checkpoints and International Law: Teaching the IDF Code of Conduct

November 19, 2003 | Lt. Col. Amos Guiora