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Banging Square Pegs Into Round Holes

December 24, 2008 | Amb. Dore Gold

Throughout 2008, U.S. mediation on the outlines of a settlement were once again the equivalent of banging a square peg into a round hole: the territorial demands of the Palestinian leadership did not fit into the territorial space Israel could afford to vacate without compromising its minimal security needs as well as its most important historical rights, especially in Jerusalem.

The Muhammad Al-Dura Blood Libel: A Case Analysis

November 16, 2008 | Richard Landes

On 30 September 2000, Charles Enderlin, the Jerusalem-based head of the Middle East Bureau of the French television station France 2, presented sixty seconds of footage of what he described as the killing of a twelve-year-old Palestinian boy named Muhammad al-Dura targeted by Israeli soldiers. Enderlin claimed that he had additional film material of the boy's "death throes" that was too shocking to be shown.

Secondary Anti-Semitism: From Hard-Core to Soft-Core Denial of the Shoah

November 2, 2008 | Dr. Clemens Heni

The core principle of secondary anti-Semitism is the refusal or rejection of remembrance of the unprecedented crime which Germans committed during the Second World War, namely the Shoah.

The Influence of Christian Interests in Setting the Route of the Security Fence in Jerusalem

November 1, 2008 | Col. (Res.) Danny Tirza

Israel’s Current Strategic Environment

October 28, 2008 | Maj.-Gen. (res.) Amos Gilad

The Muhammad Al-Dura Blood Libel: A Case Analysis

October 6, 2008 | Richard Landes

Israeli Approvals for Medical Entry in the Shadow of Terror Attacks at the Erez Crossing

October 1, 2008 | Dr. Elihu D. Richter

Muslims and Jews in Switzerland

September 21, 2008 | Dr. Simon Erlanger

Palestinian Crimes against Christian Arabs and Their Manipulation against Israel

September 19, 2008 | Justus Reid Weiner

Jordan’s Outreach to Hamas: The Politics of Distress

September 17, 2008 | Pinhas Inbari

A New Strategy for the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

September 2, 2008 | Lt.-Gen. (ret.) Moshe Yaalon

The Hamas Regime in the Gaza Strip: An Iranian Satellite that Threatens Regional Stability

August 30, 2008 | Lt. Col. (ret.) Jonathan D. Halevi

Hamas: “Glocal” Islamism

August 30, 2008 | Dr. Martin Kramer

The Global Range of Iran’s Ballistic Missile Program

August 30, 2008 | Dr. Uzi Rubin

Iran’s “Second” Islamic Revolution: Its Challenge to the West

August 30, 2008 | Dr. Dan Diker