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Europe Seeks to Divide Jerusalem

December 10, 2009 | Amb. Dore Gold

According to the 1993 Oslo Agreements, Jerusalem is one of the issues to be discussed in future permanent status negotiations. The Swedish move to have the European foreign ministers back a declaration recognizing eastern Jerusalem as the capital of a future Palestinian state clearly pre-judges the outcome of those talks.

Syria and Turkey: Walking Arm in Arm Down the Same Road?

December 1, 2009 | David Schenker

Two factors have led to Turkey’s shift away from Israel and toward Syria. First, Turkey no longer needed Israeli assistance to pressure the Syrian government to change its policy of providing safe-haven to the terrorist Kurdish Worker’s Organization (PKK). Second, in the past seven years, once secular Turkish politics have undergone a profound Islamist transformation.

How to Fight the Campus Battle against Old and New Anti-Semites: Motifs, Strategies, and Methods

November 24, 2009 | Dr. Manfred Gerstenfeld

The battle against old and new campus anti-Semitism is usually fought with classic methods. These include public debate, op-eds, letters to the editor, petitions, letters to university administrations or efforts to persuade them to take action, requests for the investigation of incidents, legal actions, and the mobilization of allies. These approaches alone are not adequate in the current circumstances.

Mainline American Christian “Peacemakers” against Israel

November 5, 2009 | Dexter Van Zile

Wolfgang G. Schwanitz on Nazism in Syria and Lebanon. The Ambivalence of the German Option, 1933-1945

October 19, 2009 | Dr. Wolfgang G. Schwanitz

Letter to Richard Goldstone

October 19, 2009 | Trevor Norwitz

Prime Minister Salam Fayyad’s Two-Year Path to Palestinian Statehood

October 9, 2009 | Pinhas Inbari, Dr. Dan Diker

Kazakhstan: Israel’s Partner in Eurasia

September 28, 2009 | Ariel Cohen

Blocking the Truth of the Gaza War:
How the Goldstone Commission Understated
the Hamas Threat to Palestinian Civilians

September 18, 2009 | Lt. Col. (ret.) Jonathan D. Halevi

Palestinian “Policemen” Killed in Gaza Operation Were Trained Terrorists

September 13, 2009 | Lt. Col. (ret.) Jonathan D. Halevi

The Arab Peace Initiative: A Primer and Future Prospects

August 27, 2009 | Dr. Joshua Teitelbaum

Defensible Borders on the Golan Heights

August 27, 2009 | Maj.-Gen. (res.) Giora Eiland

Curbing the Manipulation of Universal Jurisdiction

August 27, 2009 | Justus Reid Weiner, Diane Morrison

Why Is Israel’s Presence in the Territories Still Called “Occupation”?

August 27, 2009 | Avinoam Sharon

Iran’s Nuclear Aspirations Threaten the World

August 6, 2009 | Amb. Dore Gold