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WHERE DID COVID-19 REALLY COME FROM? The questions of the true genomic origin as well as the direct source of the initial SARS-CoV-2 strain that infected Patient Zero in China, an event that ultimately unleashed COVID-19 on the world to devastating effect, are hotly debated and highly consequential. Both science and intelligence will contribute to uncovering the evidence needed to answer these questions conclusively. ECONOMIC GLOBALIZATION AFTER THE PANDEMIC A “mood swing” that negatively affected economic globalization started well before the COVID-19 pandemic broke out. When Donald Trump began his term as president in 2016, he established a more confrontational US policy toward China. From the former ”feel good” one-world attitude, the world has been moving toward morefragmentation.
CHINA AND VIRUSES: THE CASE OF DR. XIANGGUO QIU In July 2019, a rare event occurred in Canada. Suspected of espionage for China, a group of Chinese virologists was forcibly evicted from the Canadian National Microbiology Laboratory (NML) in Winnipeg, where they had been running parts of the Special Pathogen Program of Canada’s public health agency. One of the procedures conducted by the team was the infection of monkeys with the most THE PENTAGON’S UAP TASK FORCE The Begin-Sadat (BESA) Center for Strategic Studies The Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies is an independent, non-partisan think tank conducting policy-relevant TAIWAN AND ISRAEL: DON’T RECOGNIZE, BUT COLLABORATE More than 8,300 km separate Taiwan and Israel, but there are nevertheless important connections between the two small countries. They do not officially recognize each other, but over the past two and a half decades, they have found ways to collaborate. WHY DO THE ARABS HATE THE PALESTINIANS? This is a simplistic and incomplete view. While it is true that many, perhaps even the majority, of Arabs and Muslims hate Israel, there are a good many who hate the Palestinians just as much. Their hatred of Israel stems from its success at surviving despite wars, terror, boycotts, and constant enmity. It stems from the fact that a Jewish AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT OF UAP TECHNOLOGY: A FAIT ACCOMPLI? The Begin-Sadat (BESA) Center for Strategic Studies The Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies is an independent, non-partisan think tank conducting policy-relevant POSTS BY DR. EADO HECHT ON BEGIN-SADAT CENTER FOR Dr. Eado Hecht. (Ph.D. Hebrew University) Defense analyst specializing in military theory and military history. Lectures at Bar-Ilan University, Haifa University and at the IDF Command and General Staff College. Serves on the Editorial Advisory Panel of The Journal of Military Operations. Email: eadohecht@walla.com.GIORA EILAND
The Begin-Sadat (BESA) Center for Strategic Studies The BESA Center for Strategic Studies at Bar-Ilan University was founded by Dr. BEGIN-SADAT CENTER FOR STRATEGIC STUDIESABOUTRESEARCHERSPUBLICATIONSVIDEOMEDIACONTACT US Dr. Doron Matza April 27, 2021 Dr. Ardavan Khoshnood April 26, 2021 Prof. Eytan Gilboa April 25, 2021 Dr. Jiri Valenta April 23, 2021 Dr.Ardavan
WHERE DID COVID-19 REALLY COME FROM? The questions of the true genomic origin as well as the direct source of the initial SARS-CoV-2 strain that infected Patient Zero in China, an event that ultimately unleashed COVID-19 on the world to devastating effect, are hotly debated and highly consequential. Both science and intelligence will contribute to uncovering the evidence needed to answer these questions conclusively. ECONOMIC GLOBALIZATION AFTER THE PANDEMIC A “mood swing” that negatively affected economic globalization started well before the COVID-19 pandemic broke out. When Donald Trump began his term as president in 2016, he established a more confrontational US policy toward China. From the former ”feel good” one-world attitude, the world has been moving toward morefragmentation.
CHINA AND VIRUSES: THE CASE OF DR. XIANGGUO QIU In July 2019, a rare event occurred in Canada. Suspected of espionage for China, a group of Chinese virologists was forcibly evicted from the Canadian National Microbiology Laboratory (NML) in Winnipeg, where they had been running parts of the Special Pathogen Program of Canada’s public health agency. One of the procedures conducted by the team was the infection of monkeys with the most THE PENTAGON’S UAP TASK FORCE The Begin-Sadat (BESA) Center for Strategic Studies The Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies is an independent, non-partisan think tank conducting policy-relevant TAIWAN AND ISRAEL: DON’T RECOGNIZE, BUT COLLABORATE More than 8,300 km separate Taiwan and Israel, but there are nevertheless important connections between the two small countries. They do not officially recognize each other, but over the past two and a half decades, they have found ways to collaborate. WHY DO THE ARABS HATE THE PALESTINIANS? This is a simplistic and incomplete view. While it is true that many, perhaps even the majority, of Arabs and Muslims hate Israel, there are a good many who hate the Palestinians just as much. Their hatred of Israel stems from its success at surviving despite wars, terror, boycotts, and constant enmity. It stems from the fact that a Jewish AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT OF UAP TECHNOLOGY: A FAIT ACCOMPLI? The Begin-Sadat (BESA) Center for Strategic Studies The Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies is an independent, non-partisan think tank conducting policy-relevant THE EFFECT OF CORONAVIRUS ON THE GLOBAL ECONOMY The 2020 outbreak of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) will go down in history for its massive impact on the global economy and on public health, both physical and psychological. At some point, life will get back to normal, but it will not be the same as it was before. People have been panic buying over the past two weeks as they wake up to how unprepared they are for a crisis. DONALD TRUMP’S REVOLUTIONARY FOREIGN POLICY Former US President Donald Trump’s foreign policy legacy was, on the whole, a major success. From Asia to Europe and through the Middle East, he managed to achieve many notable “firsts.” He left behind peace deals and initiatives while eliminating terrorists and confronting strategic threats in an unprecedented and unorthodoxmanner.
THE JIHAD WITHIN ISRAEL The Jihad Within Israel. By Lt. Col. (res.) Dr. Mordechai Kedar. May 13, 2021. Pictured: In an incident on May 10, 2021, a mob of Arab men attempted to lynch a Jew who was driving past the Lions Gate outside Jerusalem's Old City. The photo shows the moment a police officer arrives, shooting in the air to disperse the mob, to rescue thewounded
THE PLIGHT OF DALIT MUSLIMS IN INDIA IN THE ERA OF COVID-19 The Plight of Dalit Muslims in India in the Era of COVID-19. BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,800, November 5, 2020. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: India’s “untouchables,” the Dalit Muslims, are caught in a vicious circle of poverty across the country, and their plight is only worsening during the COVID-19 pandemic. TAIWAN AND ISRAEL: DON’T RECOGNIZE, BUT COLLABORATE More than 8,300 km separate Taiwan and Israel, but there are nevertheless important connections between the two small countries. They do not officially recognize each other, but over the past two and a half decades, they have found ways to collaborate. THE ISRAELI-SRI LANKAN RELATIONSHIP Following Indian premier Narendra Singh Modi’s historic visit to Israel in 2017, bilateral relations between India and Israel were elevated into a strategic partnership. But this was not Israel’s first successful diplomatic venture in South Asia. India’s tiny neighbor, Sri Lanka, had a strategic alliance with Israel long before India developed one. THE PERSECUTION OF CHRISTIANS IN THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,184, May 27, 2019. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The ongoing international neglect of the plight of the Christians under PA rule could lead to the disappearance of Christianity in the place where it emerged. Three grave events occurred recently involving Christians in the territories ruled by the Palestinian Authority (PA). THE CASPIAN SEA AS BATTLEGROUND The Caspian Sea as Battleground. Back in 1991, in the immediate wake of the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Israel desk of Armenia’s foreign ministry—populated at the time by fluent Hebrew speakers—waited for a phone call that never came. The ministry was convinced that Israel, with whom Armenia shared an experience ofgenocide, was a
GIORA EILAND
The Begin-Sadat (BESA) Center for Strategic Studies The BESA Center for Strategic Studies at Bar-Ilan University was founded by Dr. GREECE, ISRAEL, AND CHINA'S BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE THE BEGIN-SADAT CENTER FOR STRATEGIC STUDIES BAR-ILAN UNIVERSITY Mideast Security and Policy Studies No. 139 Greece, Israel, and China’s “Belt and Road” Initiative BEGIN-SADAT CENTER FOR STRATEGIC STUDIESABOUTRESEARCHERSPUBLICATIONSVIDEOMEDIACONTACT US Dr. Doron Matza April 27, 2021 Dr. Ardavan Khoshnood April 26, 2021 Prof. Eytan Gilboa April 25, 2021 Dr. Jiri Valenta April 23, 2021 Dr.Ardavan
WHERE DID COVID-19 REALLY COME FROM? The questions of the true genomic origin as well as the direct source of the initial SARS-CoV-2 strain that infected Patient Zero in China, an event that ultimately unleashed COVID-19 on the world to devastating effect, are hotly debated and highly consequential. Both science and intelligence will contribute to uncovering the evidence needed to answer these questions conclusively. ECONOMIC GLOBALIZATION AFTER THE PANDEMIC A “mood swing” that negatively affected economic globalization started well before the COVID-19 pandemic broke out. When Donald Trump began his term as president in 2016, he established a more confrontational US policy toward China. From the former ”feel good” one-world attitude, the world has been moving toward morefragmentation.
CHINA AND VIRUSES: THE CASE OF DR. XIANGGUO QIU In July 2019, a rare event occurred in Canada. Suspected of espionage for China, a group of Chinese virologists was forcibly evicted from the Canadian National Microbiology Laboratory (NML) in Winnipeg, where they had been running parts of the Special Pathogen Program of Canada’s public health agency. One of the procedures conducted by the team was the infection of monkeys with the most THE PENTAGON’S UAP TASK FORCE The Begin-Sadat (BESA) Center for Strategic Studies The Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies is an independent, non-partisan think tank conducting policy-relevant UKRAINE, RUSSIA, AND THE WEST Ukraine, like much smaller Belarus, is a neutral nation that serves as a buffer between Russia and the West. In 2013-14, an anti-Russian revolution prevailed in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, overthrowing the grossly corrupt pro-Russian president Viktor Yanukovich. Yanukovich was known for his anti-Western and anti-EU positions. WHY DO THE ARABS HATE THE PALESTINIANS? This is a simplistic and incomplete view. While it is true that many, perhaps even the majority, of Arabs and Muslims hate Israel, there are a good many who hate the Palestinians just as much. Their hatred of Israel stems from its success at surviving despite wars, terror, boycotts, and constant enmity. It stems from the fact that a Jewish EXPECT A WAR BETWEEN RUSSIA AND CHINA IN THE 2020S Notwithstanding the seeming friendship between Chinese president Xi Jinping and Russian president Vladimir Putin, and the growing congruence of both countries’ interests in undermining the US-led international order, relations between Russia and China remain at their core as brittle and prone to mutual suspicion and distrust as they have in the past. AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT OF UAP TECHNOLOGY: A FAIT ACCOMPLI? The Begin-Sadat (BESA) Center for Strategic Studies The Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies is an independent, non-partisan think tank conducting policy-relevant POSTS BY DR. EADO HECHT ON BEGIN-SADAT CENTER FOR Dr. Eado Hecht. (Ph.D. Hebrew University) Defense analyst specializing in military theory and military history. Lectures at Bar-Ilan University, Haifa University and at the IDF Command and General Staff College. Serves on the Editorial Advisory Panel of The Journal of Military Operations. Email: eadohecht@walla.com. BEGIN-SADAT CENTER FOR STRATEGIC STUDIESABOUTRESEARCHERSPUBLICATIONSVIDEOMEDIACONTACT US Dr. Doron Matza April 27, 2021 Dr. Ardavan Khoshnood April 26, 2021 Prof. Eytan Gilboa April 25, 2021 Dr. Jiri Valenta April 23, 2021 Dr.Ardavan
WHERE DID COVID-19 REALLY COME FROM? The questions of the true genomic origin as well as the direct source of the initial SARS-CoV-2 strain that infected Patient Zero in China, an event that ultimately unleashed COVID-19 on the world to devastating effect, are hotly debated and highly consequential. Both science and intelligence will contribute to uncovering the evidence needed to answer these questions conclusively. ECONOMIC GLOBALIZATION AFTER THE PANDEMIC A “mood swing” that negatively affected economic globalization started well before the COVID-19 pandemic broke out. When Donald Trump began his term as president in 2016, he established a more confrontational US policy toward China. From the former ”feel good” one-world attitude, the world has been moving toward morefragmentation.
CHINA AND VIRUSES: THE CASE OF DR. XIANGGUO QIU In July 2019, a rare event occurred in Canada. Suspected of espionage for China, a group of Chinese virologists was forcibly evicted from the Canadian National Microbiology Laboratory (NML) in Winnipeg, where they had been running parts of the Special Pathogen Program of Canada’s public health agency. One of the procedures conducted by the team was the infection of monkeys with the most THE PENTAGON’S UAP TASK FORCE The Begin-Sadat (BESA) Center for Strategic Studies The Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies is an independent, non-partisan think tank conducting policy-relevant UKRAINE, RUSSIA, AND THE WEST Ukraine, like much smaller Belarus, is a neutral nation that serves as a buffer between Russia and the West. In 2013-14, an anti-Russian revolution prevailed in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, overthrowing the grossly corrupt pro-Russian president Viktor Yanukovich. Yanukovich was known for his anti-Western and anti-EU positions. WHY DO THE ARABS HATE THE PALESTINIANS? This is a simplistic and incomplete view. While it is true that many, perhaps even the majority, of Arabs and Muslims hate Israel, there are a good many who hate the Palestinians just as much. Their hatred of Israel stems from its success at surviving despite wars, terror, boycotts, and constant enmity. It stems from the fact that a Jewish EXPECT A WAR BETWEEN RUSSIA AND CHINA IN THE 2020S Notwithstanding the seeming friendship between Chinese president Xi Jinping and Russian president Vladimir Putin, and the growing congruence of both countries’ interests in undermining the US-led international order, relations between Russia and China remain at their core as brittle and prone to mutual suspicion and distrust as they have in the past. AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT OF UAP TECHNOLOGY: A FAIT ACCOMPLI? The Begin-Sadat (BESA) Center for Strategic Studies The Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies is an independent, non-partisan think tank conducting policy-relevant POSTS BY DR. EADO HECHT ON BEGIN-SADAT CENTER FOR Dr. Eado Hecht. (Ph.D. Hebrew University) Defense analyst specializing in military theory and military history. Lectures at Bar-Ilan University, Haifa University and at the IDF Command and General Staff College. Serves on the Editorial Advisory Panel of The Journal of Military Operations. Email: eadohecht@walla.com. THE EFFECT OF CORONAVIRUS ON THE GLOBAL ECONOMY The 2020 outbreak of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) will go down in history for its massive impact on the global economy and on public health, both physical and psychological. At some point, life will get back to normal, but it will not be the same as it was before. People have been panic buying over the past two weeks as they wake up to how unprepared they are for a crisis. TAIWAN AND ISRAEL: DON’T RECOGNIZE, BUT COLLABORATE More than 8,300 km separate Taiwan and Israel, but there are nevertheless important connections between the two small countries. They do not officially recognize each other, but over the past two and a half decades, they have found ways to collaborate. THE PLIGHT OF DALIT MUSLIMS IN INDIA IN THE ERA OF COVID-19 The Plight of Dalit Muslims in India in the Era of COVID-19. BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,800, November 5, 2020. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: India’s “untouchables,” the Dalit Muslims, are caught in a vicious circle of poverty across the country, and their plight is only worsening during the COVID-19 pandemic. DONALD TRUMP’S REVOLUTIONARY FOREIGN POLICY Former US President Donald Trump’s foreign policy legacy was, on the whole, a major success. From Asia to Europe and through the Middle East, he managed to achieve many notable “firsts.” He left behind peace deals and initiatives while eliminating terrorists and confronting strategic threats in an unprecedented and unorthodoxmanner.
THE JIHAD WITHIN ISRAEL The Jihad Within Israel. By Lt. Col. (res.) Dr. Mordechai Kedar. May 13, 2021. Pictured: In an incident on May 10, 2021, a mob of Arab men attempted to lynch a Jew who was driving past the Lions Gate outside Jerusalem's Old City. The photo shows the moment a police officer arrives, shooting in the air to disperse the mob, to rescue thewounded
THE PERSECUTION OF CHRISTIANS IN THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,184, May 27, 2019. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The ongoing international neglect of the plight of the Christians under PA rule could lead to the disappearance of Christianity in the place where it emerged. Three grave events occurred recently involving Christians in the territories ruled by the Palestinian Authority (PA). THE CASPIAN SEA AS BATTLEGROUND The Caspian Sea as Battleground. Back in 1991, in the immediate wake of the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Israel desk of Armenia’s foreign ministry—populated at the time by fluent Hebrew speakers—waited for a phone call that never came. The ministry was convinced that Israel, with whom Armenia shared an experience ofgenocide, was a
POSTS BY DR. EADO HECHT ON BEGIN-SADAT CENTER FOR A vicious lie has been making the rounds lately. It is a timeworn smear against the Jewish people in a modern guise. The ancient blood libel—“Jews are poisoners”—stoked antisemitic violence through the ages, from the Black Death to tainted wells. WHO IS MUHAMMAD REZA FALLAHZADEH? Iran’s newly appointed Deputy Commander-in- Chief of the Quds Force, Muhammad Reza Fallahzadeh, is not only an experienced military man but also a politician with diplomatic experience. He is a vital asset for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, which wants to see its own man elected president in the June elections. GREECE, ISRAEL, AND CHINA'S BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE THE BEGIN-SADAT CENTER FOR STRATEGIC STUDIES BAR-ILAN UNIVERSITY Mideast Security and Policy Studies No. 139 Greece, Israel, and China’s “Belt and Road” Initiative BEGIN-SADAT CENTER FOR STRATEGIC STUDIESABOUTRESEARCHERSPUBLICATIONSVIDEOMEDIACONTACT US Dr. Doron Matza April 27, 2021 Dr. Ardavan Khoshnood April 26, 2021 Prof. Eytan Gilboa April 25, 2021 Dr. Jiri Valenta April 23, 2021 Dr.Ardavan
WHERE DID COVID-19 REALLY COME FROM? The questions of the true genomic origin as well as the direct source of the initial SARS-CoV-2 strain that infected Patient Zero in China, an event that ultimately unleashed COVID-19 on the world to devastating effect, are hotly debated and highly consequential. Both science and intelligence will contribute to uncovering the evidence needed to answer these questions conclusively. THE EFFECT OF CORONAVIRUS ON THE GLOBAL ECONOMY The 2020 outbreak of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) will go down in history for its massive impact on the global economy and on public health, both physical and psychological. At some point, life will get back to normal, but it will not be the same as it was before. People have been panic buying over the past two weeks as they wake up to how unprepared they are for a crisis. IT’S TIME TO REFORM THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION The World Health Organization (WHO) performed exceptionally poorly during the COVID-19 crisis, which was one of the greatest threats to global public health since the organization’s founding in 1946. It is high time that the WHO was reformed from the ground up. President Donald Trump is taking the first steps by threatening to pull all US funding from the organization, which has become TAIWAN AND ISRAEL: DON’T RECOGNIZE, BUT COLLABORATE More than 8,300 km separate Taiwan and Israel, but there are nevertheless important connections between the two small countries. They do not officially recognize each other, but over the past two and a half decades, they have found ways to collaborate. THE PERSECUTION OF CHRISTIANS IN THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,184, May 27, 2019. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The ongoing international neglect of the plight of the Christians under PA rule could lead to the disappearance of Christianity in the place where it emerged. Three grave events occurred recently involving Christians in the territories ruled by the Palestinian Authority (PA). THE PENTAGON’S UAP TASK FORCE The Begin-Sadat (BESA) Center for Strategic Studies The Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies is an independent, non-partisan think tank conducting policy-relevant WHY DO THE ARABS HATE THE PALESTINIANS? This is a simplistic and incomplete view. While it is true that many, perhaps even the majority, of Arabs and Muslims hate Israel, there are a good many who hate the Palestinians just as much. Their hatred of Israel stems from its success at surviving despite wars, terror, boycotts, and constant enmity. It stems from the fact that a Jewish EXPECT A WAR BETWEEN RUSSIA AND CHINA IN THE 2020S Notwithstanding the seeming friendship between Chinese president Xi Jinping and Russian president Vladimir Putin, and the growing congruence of both countries’ interests in undermining the US-led international order, relations between Russia and China remain at their core as brittle and prone to mutual suspicion and distrust as they have in the past. THE ANTISEMITISM CRISIS IN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY The Democratic Party has been overtaken by an antisemitism crisis, a process of ”Corbynization” akin to that of the British Labour Party. The process’s three principal proponents, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib, and Ilhan Omar, personify three components – socialism, Palestinianism, and Islamism – given impunity by the concept of “intersectionality.” BEGIN-SADAT CENTER FOR STRATEGIC STUDIESABOUTRESEARCHERSPUBLICATIONSVIDEOMEDIACONTACT US Dr. Doron Matza April 27, 2021 Dr. Ardavan Khoshnood April 26, 2021 Prof. Eytan Gilboa April 25, 2021 Dr. Jiri Valenta April 23, 2021 Dr.Ardavan
WHERE DID COVID-19 REALLY COME FROM? The questions of the true genomic origin as well as the direct source of the initial SARS-CoV-2 strain that infected Patient Zero in China, an event that ultimately unleashed COVID-19 on the world to devastating effect, are hotly debated and highly consequential. Both science and intelligence will contribute to uncovering the evidence needed to answer these questions conclusively. THE EFFECT OF CORONAVIRUS ON THE GLOBAL ECONOMY The 2020 outbreak of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) will go down in history for its massive impact on the global economy and on public health, both physical and psychological. At some point, life will get back to normal, but it will not be the same as it was before. People have been panic buying over the past two weeks as they wake up to how unprepared they are for a crisis. IT’S TIME TO REFORM THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION The World Health Organization (WHO) performed exceptionally poorly during the COVID-19 crisis, which was one of the greatest threats to global public health since the organization’s founding in 1946. It is high time that the WHO was reformed from the ground up. President Donald Trump is taking the first steps by threatening to pull all US funding from the organization, which has become TAIWAN AND ISRAEL: DON’T RECOGNIZE, BUT COLLABORATE More than 8,300 km separate Taiwan and Israel, but there are nevertheless important connections between the two small countries. They do not officially recognize each other, but over the past two and a half decades, they have found ways to collaborate. THE PERSECUTION OF CHRISTIANS IN THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,184, May 27, 2019. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The ongoing international neglect of the plight of the Christians under PA rule could lead to the disappearance of Christianity in the place where it emerged. Three grave events occurred recently involving Christians in the territories ruled by the Palestinian Authority (PA). THE PENTAGON’S UAP TASK FORCE The Begin-Sadat (BESA) Center for Strategic Studies The Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies is an independent, non-partisan think tank conducting policy-relevant WHY DO THE ARABS HATE THE PALESTINIANS? This is a simplistic and incomplete view. While it is true that many, perhaps even the majority, of Arabs and Muslims hate Israel, there are a good many who hate the Palestinians just as much. Their hatred of Israel stems from its success at surviving despite wars, terror, boycotts, and constant enmity. It stems from the fact that a Jewish EXPECT A WAR BETWEEN RUSSIA AND CHINA IN THE 2020S Notwithstanding the seeming friendship between Chinese president Xi Jinping and Russian president Vladimir Putin, and the growing congruence of both countries’ interests in undermining the US-led international order, relations between Russia and China remain at their core as brittle and prone to mutual suspicion and distrust as they have in the past. THE ANTISEMITISM CRISIS IN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY The Democratic Party has been overtaken by an antisemitism crisis, a process of ”Corbynization” akin to that of the British Labour Party. The process’s three principal proponents, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib, and Ilhan Omar, personify three components – socialism, Palestinianism, and Islamism – given impunity by the concept of “intersectionality.” ECONOMIC GLOBALIZATION AFTER THE PANDEMIC A “mood swing” that negatively affected economic globalization started well before the COVID-19 pandemic broke out. When Donald Trump began his term as president in 2016, he established a more confrontational US policy toward China. From the former ”feel good” one-world attitude, the world has been moving toward morefragmentation.
CHINA AND VIRUSES: THE CASE OF DR. XIANGGUO QIU In July 2019, a rare event occurred in Canada. Suspected of espionage for China, a group of Chinese virologists was forcibly evicted from the Canadian National Microbiology Laboratory (NML) in Winnipeg, where they had been running parts of the Special Pathogen Program of Canada’s public health agency. One of the procedures conducted by the team was the infection of monkeys with the most MOBILE NUCLEAR MICROREACTOR DEVELOPMENT: A MILITARY The US Department of Defense has been working with American companies for the past year on a project to develop a prototype for a portable nuclear microreactor, a device intended for use by the US military in security scenarios around the world. The US Department of Energy is also involved in the project, with the aim of providing electricity to remote sites that are difficult to link to the grid. THE PENTAGON’S UAP TASK FORCE In June 2020, the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence unveiled the Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force (UAPTF) at the Office of Naval Intelligence—a successor to the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP). This paper dives down the rabbit hole with Defense Department insiders, scientists, and declassified material to find answers to a host of questions: Are CAN ISRAEL DEFEAT HAMAS WITHOUT TOPPLING IT? BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,093, February 21, 2019. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: So far, Israel’s objectives in armed conflicts with Hamas have been limited so as to avoid the need to reoccupy Gaza or to send it down the “Somalia model” path of chaos.But there might be a third option. Despite its radical Islamist ideology and long-term commitment to Israel’s destruction, Hamas in the WHAT HAPPENS TO ISRAEL IF THE US AND IRAN GO TO WAR? On core matters of peace and security, two closely interrelated questions must be asked: 1. What precisely does Donald Trump have in mind regarding any potential armed conflict with Iran? 2. What might such a possibility portend for Israel, a US ally? Answers to these questions must extend beyond narrowly partisan simplifications. They should be nuanced and subtly overlapping. HAMAS’S POPULARITY: A REALITY CHECK Hamas’s Popularity: A Reality Check. BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,092, February 20, 2019. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The photos and particularly the videos of Hamas’s 31st anniversary commemoration in Katiba Square in Gaza evoke the impression of a vibrant, extremely popular movement after 11 years of rule over Gaza. ISRAEL VS. HEZBOLLAH: THE THIRD LEBANON WAR Ever since the 2006 war, Israel has preferred to contain Hezbollah rather than fight it directly. So determined was Israel to avoid going to war with the terrorist group that it tolerated its significant military buildup. Since 2012, however, the IAF has carried out hundreds of sorties inside Syria aimed at stopping the delivery of advanced weapons to Hezbollah. POSTS BY DR. EADO HECHT ON BEGIN-SADAT CENTER FOR A vicious lie has been making the rounds lately. It is a timeworn smear against the Jewish people in a modern guise. The ancient blood libel—“Jews are poisoners”—stoked antisemitic violence through the ages, from the Black Death to tainted wells. FATAL CHOICES: ISRAEL'S POLICY OF TARGETED KILLING ISRAEL'S POLICY OF TARGETED KILLING 3 such as the mediator Count Bernadette. Most, however, were fellow Jews suspected of being informers.3 Some of the leaders of these groups, such as Menachem Begin and Yitzhak Shamir, assumed leadership positions in modern BEGIN-SADAT CENTER FOR STRATEGIC STUDIESABOUTRESEARCHERSPUBLICATIONSVIDEOMEDIACONTACT US Dr. Doron Matza April 27, 2021 Dr. Ardavan Khoshnood April 26, 2021 Prof. Eytan Gilboa April 25, 2021 Dr. Jiri Valenta April 23, 2021 Dr.Ardavan
MISSION | BEGIN-SADAT CENTER FOR STRATEGIC STUDIES Mission. The Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies (also known by its acronym, the BESA Center) is an independent, non-partisan think tank conducting policy-relevant research on Middle Eastern and global strategic affairs, particularly as they relate to the national security and foreign policy of Israel and regional peace andstability.
IT’S TIME TO REFORM THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION The World Health Organization (WHO) performed exceptionally poorly during the COVID-19 crisis, which was one of the greatest threats to global public health since the organization’s founding in 1946. It is high time that the WHO was reformed from the ground up. President Donald Trump is taking the first steps by threatening to pull all US funding from the organization, which has become THE PLIGHT OF DALIT MUSLIMS IN INDIA IN THE ERA OF COVID-19 The Plight of Dalit Muslims in India in the Era of COVID-19. BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,800, November 5, 2020. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: India’s “untouchables,” the Dalit Muslims, are caught in a vicious circle of poverty across the country, and their plight is only worsening during the COVID-19 pandemic. TAIWAN AND ISRAEL: DON’T RECOGNIZE, BUT COLLABORATE More than 8,300 km separate Taiwan and Israel, but there are nevertheless important connections between the two small countries. They do not officially recognize each other, but over the past two and a half decades, they have found ways to collaborate. THE PENTAGON’S UAP TASK FORCE The Begin-Sadat (BESA) Center for Strategic Studies The Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies is an independent, non-partisan think tank conducting policy-relevant THE PERSECUTION OF CHRISTIANS IN THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,184, May 27, 2019. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The ongoing international neglect of the plight of the Christians under PA rule could lead to the disappearance of Christianity in the place where it emerged. Three grave events occurred recently involving Christians in the territories ruled by the Palestinian Authority (PA). WHAT HAPPENS TO ISRAEL IF THE US AND IRAN GO TO WAR? On core matters of peace and security, two closely interrelated questions must be asked: 1. What precisely does Donald Trump have in mind regarding any potential armed conflict with Iran? 2. What might such a possibility portend for Israel, a US ally? Answers to these questions must extend beyond narrowly partisan simplifications. They should be nuanced and subtly overlapping. WHY DO THE ARABS HATE THE PALESTINIANS? This is a simplistic and incomplete view. While it is true that many, perhaps even the majority, of Arabs and Muslims hate Israel, there are a good many who hate the Palestinians just as much. Their hatred of Israel stems from its success at surviving despite wars, terror, boycotts, and constant enmity. It stems from the fact that a Jewish GREECE, ISRAEL, AND CHINA'S BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVECHINA BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVESBELT AND ROAD IRANCHINA BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE MAPISRAEL AND CHINABELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE HISTORYBELT AND ROADINITIATIVE MAP
THE BEGIN-SADAT CENTER FOR STRATEGIC STUDIES BAR-ILAN UNIVERSITY Mideast Security and Policy Studies No. 139 Greece, Israel, and China’s “Belt and Road” Initiative BEGIN-SADAT CENTER FOR STRATEGIC STUDIESABOUTRESEARCHERSPUBLICATIONSVIDEOMEDIACONTACT US Dr. Doron Matza April 27, 2021 Dr. Ardavan Khoshnood April 26, 2021 Prof. Eytan Gilboa April 25, 2021 Dr. Jiri Valenta April 23, 2021 Dr.Ardavan
MISSION | BEGIN-SADAT CENTER FOR STRATEGIC STUDIES Mission. The Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies (also known by its acronym, the BESA Center) is an independent, non-partisan think tank conducting policy-relevant research on Middle Eastern and global strategic affairs, particularly as they relate to the national security and foreign policy of Israel and regional peace andstability.
IT’S TIME TO REFORM THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION The World Health Organization (WHO) performed exceptionally poorly during the COVID-19 crisis, which was one of the greatest threats to global public health since the organization’s founding in 1946. It is high time that the WHO was reformed from the ground up. President Donald Trump is taking the first steps by threatening to pull all US funding from the organization, which has become THE PLIGHT OF DALIT MUSLIMS IN INDIA IN THE ERA OF COVID-19 The Plight of Dalit Muslims in India in the Era of COVID-19. BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,800, November 5, 2020. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: India’s “untouchables,” the Dalit Muslims, are caught in a vicious circle of poverty across the country, and their plight is only worsening during the COVID-19 pandemic. TAIWAN AND ISRAEL: DON’T RECOGNIZE, BUT COLLABORATE More than 8,300 km separate Taiwan and Israel, but there are nevertheless important connections between the two small countries. They do not officially recognize each other, but over the past two and a half decades, they have found ways to collaborate. THE PENTAGON’S UAP TASK FORCE The Begin-Sadat (BESA) Center for Strategic Studies The Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies is an independent, non-partisan think tank conducting policy-relevant THE PERSECUTION OF CHRISTIANS IN THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,184, May 27, 2019. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The ongoing international neglect of the plight of the Christians under PA rule could lead to the disappearance of Christianity in the place where it emerged. Three grave events occurred recently involving Christians in the territories ruled by the Palestinian Authority (PA). WHAT HAPPENS TO ISRAEL IF THE US AND IRAN GO TO WAR? On core matters of peace and security, two closely interrelated questions must be asked: 1. What precisely does Donald Trump have in mind regarding any potential armed conflict with Iran? 2. What might such a possibility portend for Israel, a US ally? Answers to these questions must extend beyond narrowly partisan simplifications. They should be nuanced and subtly overlapping. WHY DO THE ARABS HATE THE PALESTINIANS? This is a simplistic and incomplete view. While it is true that many, perhaps even the majority, of Arabs and Muslims hate Israel, there are a good many who hate the Palestinians just as much. Their hatred of Israel stems from its success at surviving despite wars, terror, boycotts, and constant enmity. It stems from the fact that a Jewish GREECE, ISRAEL, AND CHINA'S BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVECHINA BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVESBELT AND ROAD IRANCHINA BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE MAPISRAEL AND CHINABELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE HISTORYBELT AND ROADINITIATIVE MAP
THE BEGIN-SADAT CENTER FOR STRATEGIC STUDIES BAR-ILAN UNIVERSITY Mideast Security and Policy Studies No. 139 Greece, Israel, and China’s “Belt and Road” Initiative MISSION | BEGIN-SADAT CENTER FOR STRATEGIC STUDIES Mission. The Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies (also known by its acronym, the BESA Center) is an independent, non-partisan think tank conducting policy-relevant research on Middle Eastern and global strategic affairs, particularly as they relate to the national security and foreign policy of Israel and regional peace andstability.
CAN ISRAEL DEFEAT HAMAS WITHOUT TOPPLING IT? BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,093, February 21, 2019. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: So far, Israel’s objectives in armed conflicts with Hamas have been limited so as to avoid the need to reoccupy Gaza or to send it down the “Somalia model” path of chaos.But there might be a third option. Despite its radical Islamist ideology and long-term commitment to Israel’s destruction, Hamas in the WHAT HAPPENS TO ISRAEL IF THE US AND IRAN GO TO WAR? On core matters of peace and security, two closely interrelated questions must be asked: 1. What precisely does Donald Trump have in mind regarding any potential armed conflict with Iran? 2. What might such a possibility portend for Israel, a US ally? Answers to these questions must extend beyond narrowly partisan simplifications. They should be nuanced and subtly overlapping. WHERE DID COVID-19 REALLY COME FROM? The questions of the true genomic origin as well as the direct source of the initial SARS-CoV-2 strain that infected Patient Zero in China, an event that ultimately unleashed COVID-19 on the world to devastating effect, are hotly debated and highly consequential. Both science and intelligence will contribute to uncovering the evidence needed to answer these questions conclusively. THE PERSECUTION OF CHRISTIANS IN THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,184, May 27, 2019. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The ongoing international neglect of the plight of the Christians under PA rule could lead to the disappearance of Christianity in the place where it emerged. Three grave events occurred recently involving Christians in the territories ruled by the Palestinian Authority (PA). CHINA’S EFFECT: A GLOBAL NATO China is increasingly viewed by NATO as a competitor, which represents a significant shift in the alliance’s vision. It fits the general narrative that NATO has recently been excessively focused on Russia at a time when China was quietly increasing its cyber capabilities and military power around the world, particularly in the Arctic andEurope.
THE EFFECT OF CORONAVIRUS ON THE GLOBAL ECONOMY The 2020 outbreak of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) will go down in history for its massive impact on the global economy and on public health, both physical and psychological. At some point, life will get back to normal, but it will not be the same as it was before. People have been panic buying over the past two weeks as they wake up to how unprepared they are for a crisis. POSTS BY DR. EADO HECHT ON BEGIN-SADAT CENTER FOR Dr. Eado Hecht. (Ph.D. Hebrew University) Defense analyst specializing in military theory and military history. Lectures at Bar-Ilan University, Haifa University and at the IDF Command and General Staff College. Serves on the Editorial Advisory Panel of The Journal of Military Operations. Email: eadohecht@walla.com. HOW GERMANS REMEMBER THE HOLOCAUST At its first mention (Exhibit 1605), the Holocaust appears with a very short explanation (relative to the rest of the displays) of the systematic extermination of Jewish and non-Jewish people in the concentration camps – a program that was planned, constructed, and operated by Germans. The caption states that slightly more than halfthe
SOUTH KOREA’S APPROACH TO CORONAVIRUS The South Korean government was forced by coronavirus (COVID-19), which began in China, to take immediate action to avoid losing control over what was rapidly becoming a pandemic. Seoul had to make critical decisions fast: did it want to contain the virus according to the Chinese model by strictly enforcing closure on a danger area, limiting public freedom, and endangering the economy? BEGIN-SADAT CENTER FOR STRATEGIC STUDIESABOUTRESEARCHERSPUBLICATIONSVIDEOMEDIACONTACT US Dr. Doron Matza April 27, 2021 Dr. Ardavan Khoshnood April 26, 2021 Prof. Eytan Gilboa April 25, 2021 Dr. Jiri Valenta April 23, 2021 Dr.Ardavan
MISSION | BEGIN-SADAT CENTER FOR STRATEGIC STUDIES Mission. The Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies (also known by its acronym, the BESA Center) is an independent, non-partisan think tank conducting policy-relevant research on Middle Eastern and global strategic affairs, particularly as they relate to the national security and foreign policy of Israel and regional peace andstability.
IT’S TIME TO REFORM THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION The World Health Organization (WHO) performed exceptionally poorly during the COVID-19 crisis, which was one of the greatest threats to global public health since the organization’s founding in 1946. It is high time that the WHO was reformed from the ground up. President Donald Trump is taking the first steps by threatening to pull all US funding from the organization, which has become THE PLIGHT OF DALIT MUSLIMS IN INDIA IN THE ERA OF COVID-19 The Plight of Dalit Muslims in India in the Era of COVID-19. BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,800, November 5, 2020. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: India’s “untouchables,” the Dalit Muslims, are caught in a vicious circle of poverty across the country, and their plight is only worsening during the COVID-19 pandemic. TAIWAN AND ISRAEL: DON’T RECOGNIZE, BUT COLLABORATE More than 8,300 km separate Taiwan and Israel, but there are nevertheless important connections between the two small countries. They do not officially recognize each other, but over the past two and a half decades, they have found ways to collaborate. THE PENTAGON’S UAP TASK FORCE The Begin-Sadat (BESA) Center for Strategic Studies The Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies is an independent, non-partisan think tank conducting policy-relevant THE PERSECUTION OF CHRISTIANS IN THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,184, May 27, 2019. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The ongoing international neglect of the plight of the Christians under PA rule could lead to the disappearance of Christianity in the place where it emerged. Three grave events occurred recently involving Christians in the territories ruled by the Palestinian Authority (PA). WHAT HAPPENS TO ISRAEL IF THE US AND IRAN GO TO WAR? On core matters of peace and security, two closely interrelated questions must be asked: 1. What precisely does Donald Trump have in mind regarding any potential armed conflict with Iran? 2. What might such a possibility portend for Israel, a US ally? Answers to these questions must extend beyond narrowly partisan simplifications. They should be nuanced and subtly overlapping. WHY DO THE ARABS HATE THE PALESTINIANS? This is a simplistic and incomplete view. While it is true that many, perhaps even the majority, of Arabs and Muslims hate Israel, there are a good many who hate the Palestinians just as much. Their hatred of Israel stems from its success at surviving despite wars, terror, boycotts, and constant enmity. It stems from the fact that a Jewish GREECE, ISRAEL, AND CHINA'S BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVECHINA BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVESBELT AND ROAD IRANCHINA BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE MAPISRAEL AND CHINABELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE HISTORYBELT AND ROADINITIATIVE MAP
THE BEGIN-SADAT CENTER FOR STRATEGIC STUDIES BAR-ILAN UNIVERSITY Mideast Security and Policy Studies No. 139 Greece, Israel, and China’s “Belt and Road” Initiative BEGIN-SADAT CENTER FOR STRATEGIC STUDIESABOUTRESEARCHERSPUBLICATIONSVIDEOMEDIACONTACT US Dr. Doron Matza April 27, 2021 Dr. Ardavan Khoshnood April 26, 2021 Prof. Eytan Gilboa April 25, 2021 Dr. Jiri Valenta April 23, 2021 Dr.Ardavan
MISSION | BEGIN-SADAT CENTER FOR STRATEGIC STUDIES Mission. The Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies (also known by its acronym, the BESA Center) is an independent, non-partisan think tank conducting policy-relevant research on Middle Eastern and global strategic affairs, particularly as they relate to the national security and foreign policy of Israel and regional peace andstability.
IT’S TIME TO REFORM THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION The World Health Organization (WHO) performed exceptionally poorly during the COVID-19 crisis, which was one of the greatest threats to global public health since the organization’s founding in 1946. It is high time that the WHO was reformed from the ground up. President Donald Trump is taking the first steps by threatening to pull all US funding from the organization, which has become THE PLIGHT OF DALIT MUSLIMS IN INDIA IN THE ERA OF COVID-19 The Plight of Dalit Muslims in India in the Era of COVID-19. BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,800, November 5, 2020. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: India’s “untouchables,” the Dalit Muslims, are caught in a vicious circle of poverty across the country, and their plight is only worsening during the COVID-19 pandemic. TAIWAN AND ISRAEL: DON’T RECOGNIZE, BUT COLLABORATE More than 8,300 km separate Taiwan and Israel, but there are nevertheless important connections between the two small countries. They do not officially recognize each other, but over the past two and a half decades, they have found ways to collaborate. THE PENTAGON’S UAP TASK FORCE The Begin-Sadat (BESA) Center for Strategic Studies The Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies is an independent, non-partisan think tank conducting policy-relevant THE PERSECUTION OF CHRISTIANS IN THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,184, May 27, 2019. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The ongoing international neglect of the plight of the Christians under PA rule could lead to the disappearance of Christianity in the place where it emerged. Three grave events occurred recently involving Christians in the territories ruled by the Palestinian Authority (PA). WHAT HAPPENS TO ISRAEL IF THE US AND IRAN GO TO WAR? On core matters of peace and security, two closely interrelated questions must be asked: 1. What precisely does Donald Trump have in mind regarding any potential armed conflict with Iran? 2. What might such a possibility portend for Israel, a US ally? Answers to these questions must extend beyond narrowly partisan simplifications. They should be nuanced and subtly overlapping. WHY DO THE ARABS HATE THE PALESTINIANS? This is a simplistic and incomplete view. While it is true that many, perhaps even the majority, of Arabs and Muslims hate Israel, there are a good many who hate the Palestinians just as much. Their hatred of Israel stems from its success at surviving despite wars, terror, boycotts, and constant enmity. It stems from the fact that a Jewish GREECE, ISRAEL, AND CHINA'S BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVECHINA BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVESBELT AND ROAD IRANCHINA BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE MAPISRAEL AND CHINABELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE HISTORYBELT AND ROADINITIATIVE MAP
THE BEGIN-SADAT CENTER FOR STRATEGIC STUDIES BAR-ILAN UNIVERSITY Mideast Security and Policy Studies No. 139 Greece, Israel, and China’s “Belt and Road” Initiative WHERE DID COVID-19 REALLY COME FROM? The questions of the true genomic origin as well as the direct source of the initial SARS-CoV-2 strain that infected Patient Zero in China, an event that ultimately unleashed COVID-19 on the world to devastating effect, are hotly debated and highly consequential. Both science and intelligence will contribute to uncovering the evidence needed to answer these questions conclusively. THE EFFECT OF CORONAVIRUS ON THE GLOBAL ECONOMY The 2020 outbreak of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) will go down in history for its massive impact on the global economy and on public health, both physical and psychological. At some point, life will get back to normal, but it will not be the same as it was before. People have been panic buying over the past two weeks as they wake up to how unprepared they are for a crisis. MOBILE NUCLEAR MICROREACTOR DEVELOPMENT: A MILITARY The US Department of Defense has been working with American companies for the past year on a project to develop a prototype for a portable nuclear microreactor, a device intended for use by the US military in security scenarios around the world. The US Department of Energy is also involved in the project, with the aim of providing electricity to remote sites that are difficult to link to the grid. ISRAEL’S SECURITY BARRIER: A POLITICAL RUSE IN THE GUISE The security barrier between Israel and the West Bank constitutes one of the most prolonged and expensive projects Israel has ever carried out, and its adverse implications for Israel’s future borders are of profound significance. The massive crossing of the barrier in recent weeks by West Bank Palestinians offers an opportunity to open the eyes of the public to its real function as a CAN ISRAEL DEFEAT HAMAS WITHOUT TOPPLING IT? BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,093, February 21, 2019. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: So far, Israel’s objectives in armed conflicts with Hamas have been limited so as to avoid the need to reoccupy Gaza or to send it down the “Somalia model” path of chaos.But there might be a third option. Despite its radical Islamist ideology and long-term commitment to Israel’s destruction, Hamas in the ISRAEL VS. HEZBOLLAH: THE THIRD LEBANON WAR Ever since the 2006 war, Israel has preferred to contain Hezbollah rather than fight it directly. So determined was Israel to avoid going to war with the terrorist group that it tolerated its significant military buildup. Since 2012, however, the IAF has carried out hundreds of sorties inside Syria aimed at stopping the delivery of advanced weapons to Hezbollah. RUSSIAN ELITES AND WHY THEY MATTER Mainstream analysis of Russian foreign policy decision-making often neglects to factor in the influence of the Russian elites. Despite the inclination of the current Russian government to centralize, elite groups continue to exert considerable influence. Their support for the government is crucial for Vladimir Putin, and their disenchantment with him would be fatal to his rule. ISRAEL’S DILEMMA IN GAZA BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,122, March 25, 2019. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: At this strategic watershed moment, one can discern the logic of the policy that has guided the Netanyahu government’s approach to Gaza over the past decade – that it is in Israel’s interest for Hamas to remain in control until the group is rejected by its own people. It is too soon to assess the potential of POSTS BY DR. EADO HECHT ON BEGIN-SADAT CENTER FOR Dr. Eado Hecht. (Ph.D. Hebrew University) Defense analyst specializing in military theory and military history. Lectures at Bar-Ilan University, Haifa University and at the IDF Command and General Staff College. Serves on the Editorial Advisory Panel of The Journal of Military Operations. Email: eadohecht@walla.com. POSTS BY LT. COL. (RES.) DR. DANY SHOHAM ON BEGIN-SADAT North Korea at a Nuclear Crossroads. Perspectives Papers / By Lt. Col. (res.) Dr. Dany Shoham. North Korea has found itself at a nuclear crossroads more than once, but the Trump-Pompeo-Bolton triumvirate significantly alters the current dynamic. The primary external forces acting on Pyongyang’s nuclear decision-making are China, Iran, andthe US.
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PANDEMIC SETS THE STAGE FOR A WESTERN-ASIAN IDEOLOGICAL CONTEST _May 3, 2020_, EMIL AVDALIANI As the shock from the coronavirus pandemic decreases over the coming months, both China and the West are likely to record successes in the economic and political realms. The crisis has set the stage for an ideological struggle between the West and China that will play a crucial role in determining the destiny of Eurasia throughout this decade and the next.more HOW SOCIETY WILL CHANGE AS THE CORONAVIRUS CRISIS ABATES _May 3, 2020_, DR. MANFRED GERSTENFELD As they begin to ease their coronavirus lockdown and distancing measures, Western governments will be confronted with a huge set of problems, many of which cannot be foreseen. From a policy point of view, it makes sense to try to return to the pre-pandemic reality, though this will not be entirely possible.more CORONAVIRUS AND THE ARAB CULTURE OF SECRECY _May 1, 2020_, DR. EDY COHEN The quality of healthcare systems in the Arab world varies from country to country. Egypt and Sudan are considered to have the worst, while the UAE and Saudi Arabia are seen as having the most advanced. Whether their domestic health services are high quality or not, many Arab leaders and members of the elites routinely address their personal health needs outside the region, usually going to Western countries for the purpose. The health status of Arab leaders is treated as a closely guarded secret.more PUTIN’S CORONAVIRUS CRISIS IS NOT “UNDER CONTROL” _April 30, 2020_, DR. JIRI AND LENI VALENTA The coronavirus has caused a three-dimensional crisis in Russia: a health crisis, an economic crisis, and a personal crisis for Putin. The false low figures Moscow has released about domestic virus cases and deaths are an attempt to disguise a devastating situation.more A TALE OF TWO LEADERS: NETANYAHU DURING THE CORONAVIRUS CRISIS AND BEN-GURION DURING THE WAR OF INDEPENDENCE _April 28, 2020_, MAJ. GEN. (RES.) GERSHON HACOHEN Criticism of the Israeli government’s handling of the coronavirus crisis has focused on its “on the move” decision-making and lack of an “exit strategy.” But a consideration of David Ben-Gurion’s leadership during the War of Independence reveals personal perspective to be an essential element in decision-making and shows the necessity of learning in the midst of change.more MONOTHEISTIC RELIGIONS AND THE CORONAVIRUS CRISIS _April 27, 2020_, DR. MANFRED GERSTENFELD The coronavirus pandemic has had a profound impact on the world of religion. This can be seen in three major areas: attitudes of religious leaders, behavior and rituals of believers, and efforts to give a theological meaning to the pandemic. Spiritual leaders may have squandered an opportunity to reinforce their religions through their responses to the crisis.more DESPITE CORONAVIRUS, HEZBOLLAH REMAINS A DANGEROUS THREAT TO ISRAEL _April 26, 2020_, YAAKOV LAPPIN The coronavirus pandemic has turned into a serious challenge for the Iran-backed Lebanese terror organization Hezbollah, placing the world’s most heavily equipped non-state armed group under strain. Nevertheless, recent reports indicate that these conditions have not stopped Hezbollah’s ongoing military and terrorist activity in theregion.more
THE SAN REMO CONFERENCE 100 YEARS ON _April 24, 2020_, PROF. EFRAIM KARSH There is probably no more understated event in the history of the Arab-Israeli conflict than the San Remo Conference of April 1920. Convened for a mere week as part of the post-WWI peace conferences that created a new international order on the basis of indigenous self-rule and national self-determination, the San Remo conference appointed Britain as mandatory for Palestine with the specific task of “putting into effect the declaration originally made on November 2, 1917, by the British Government , and adopted by the other Allied Powers, in favour of the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people, it being clearly understood that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine, or the rights and political status enjoyed by Jews in any other country.” This mandate was then ratified on July 24, 1922 by the Council of the League of Nations—the postwar world organization and the UN’s predecessor.more TURKEY AND CORONAVIRUS: DIVIDED WE STAND _April 23, 2020_, BURAK BEKDIL The Erdoğan government in Turkey has banned fundraising efforts to fight the coronavirus in municipalities controlled by the opposition. It has frozen the bank accounts of the city of Istanbul and of soup kitchens, shut down hastily constructed coronavirus field hospitals, and cut off free bread distribution—all in opposition-controlled areas. The pandemic has forcefully reminded Turks how divided they remain—a division that is stopping them from coming together to stem a potential catastrophe that is national, not ideological.more ISRAEL IS FIGHTING SPIES AT HOME WHILE IT BATTLES CORONAVIRUS _April 22, 2020_, DR. EDY COHEN While most of the world is focused on combating the coronavirus, Israel is fighting both the virus and terrorism. Israel’s enemies are exploiting the instability caused by the pandemic in a variety of ways. In the past week alone, Gaza-based terrorist organization Hamas fired a barrage of rockets into southern Israel and Lebanon-based Hezbollah infiltrated Israel’s airspace with a drone from the Golan Heights. Part of the efforts of terrorist organizations bent on Israel’s destruction is the recruitment of Israeli Arab spies.morenext
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SPOTLIGHT ON THE CORONAVIRUS CORONAVIRUS IS HITTING RUSSIA ON MORE THAN THE ECONOMY _April 17, 2020_ EMIL AVDALIANI The coronavirus pandemic is causing Russia fundamental problems and putting its entire political system under intense scrutiny. As the death rate rises across its far-flung territories, troubles between Moscow and the regions are increasing. The crisis is prompting questions about the recent set of proposed constitutional changes, and the economy is likely to experience deep shocks—particularly when the effects of the pandemic are combined with those of the recent oil price war with Saudi Arabia.Read more
WHY CORONAVIRUS HASN’T STOPPED IRANIAN AGGRESSION _April 16, 2020_ IRINA TSUKERMAN In sum and substance, Iran has a clear objective, a strategy, and the willingness to invest and take risks to fulfill it. The US demonstrates exactly the opposite in every respect. Thanks to its unswervable focus and determination even in the face of calamity, the Islamic Republic’s march through the Middle East is likelyunstoppable.
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CORONAVIRUS REVEALS THE LACK OF UNITY AT THE EU AND THE UN _April 15, 2020_ DR. EDY COHEN AND DR. FRANK MUSMAR The coronavirus crisis is rattling 19 highly indebted European nations and exposing a potentially fatal lack of communitarian spirit within the EU. European countries have applied a me-first response, imposed export bans on vital medical equipment, and put up border controls that have left European citizens stranded. In a particularly shameful abdication of responsibility, EU members failed to give desperately needed medical assistance and supplies to Italy during the outbreak. The UN, meanwhile, has performed no genuinely helpful service whatsoever during the global crisis.Read more
POLITICAL LEADERSHIP DURING THE CORONAVIRUS CRISIS _April 14, 2020_ DR. MANFRED GERSTENFELD During major crises, those in power have increased advantages over their opponents. A structural handicap of those leading the opposition is that the only tool they have at their disposal is their words. Furthermore, during a crisis the media mainly focus their attention on those who are in charge and the measures they are taking.Read more
WHAT CORONAVIRUS COULD MEAN FOR CHINA _April 13, 2020_ EMIL AVDALIANI States all over the world stand to lose a great deal economically from the coronavirus pandemic. But in the case of China, there is an additional significant dimension to the crisis: the West will grow increasingly distrustful of Beijing, which will further widen an already gaping geopolitical divide. Calls in the West for an economic decoupling from China as well as increasing demands that Beijing comply with Western economic, health, and political standards could complicate China’s global aspirations.Read more
CORONAVIRUS AND MACRON’S VISION FOR EUROPE _April 12, 2020_ DR. GEORGE N. TZOGOPOULOS After years of falling in line with German priorities at the EU by focusing on economic matters, French president Emmanuel Macron is now an advocate for change. He believes geopolitics should be interwoven into the future of Europe and proposes an ambitious new strategic doctrine—one that challenges the conventional wisdom on NATO, Russia, and China; emphasizes the EU’s role in world affairs; and boosts the French presence in the Eastern Mediterranean. But the ongoing coronavirus crisis has put his plans on hold. As the pandemic continues to wreak havoc on the Continent, Macron is calling for greater solidarity and supports the issuance of joint European debt to finance the fight against the virus—an idea Germany is resisting.Read more
OPPORTUNITY OUT OF CRISIS: THE CASE OF IRAN _April 10, 2020_ COL (RES.) DR. RAPHAEL G. BOUCHNIK-CHEN Coronavirus has killed thousands in Iran and sickened more than 60,000. If the virus is not contained, hundreds of thousands more Iranians risk infection and death. If skillfully handled, this crisis might present the Trump administration with a unique opportunity to reduce the Iranian nuclear threat.Read more
WHY IRAN IS STRUGGLING WITH CORONAVIRUS _April 8, 2020_ DR. FRANK MUSMAR Iran is struggling with a devastating coronavirus outbreak, a broken economy, and a severe shortage of medical equipment. Iran’s lack of transparency about its coronavirus outbreak has resulted in a catastrophic public health risk not only to the Iranian people but also to its neighbors. Tehran has confirmed more than 47,000 cases and more than 3,000 deaths, though public health experts estimate the real toll to be significantly higher.Read more
ECONOMIC PREPARATIONS FOR THE POST-CORONAVIRUS ERA _April 7, 2020_ DR. MANFRED GERSTENFELD Once the critical danger to public health posed by the coronavirus has passed, there will be a multitude of issues to be urgently addressed, and the global economy will have to be a top priority. Planning should begin now, as enormous government interventions will be necessary. Where vast amounts of money are at stake, critical assessments have to be made ahead of time and throughout the process to avoidwaste and abuse.
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THE CORONAVIRUS CRISIS SHOWS LOCAL FARMING TO BE AN EXISTENTIALINTEREST
_April 6, 2020_ MAJ. GEN. (RES.) GERSHON HACOHEN The coronavirus crisis underscores agriculture’s importance as a vital national asset. Public health depends not only on the quality of medical services but also on the availability and quality of food, which makes it vital for the state to maintain the highest possible level of agricultural self-sufficiency.Read more
ASIAN SOFT POWER GROWS IN THE CORONAVIRUS ERA _April 6, 2020_ SHAY ATTIAS The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has ushered in a new age of global diplomacy. Asian countries are trying, with some success, to turn the global health crisis into an opportunity to enhance their soft power and fill the diplomatic vacuum left by President Trump. South Korea has launched a national campaign to brand itself as the “cutting edge” state in the fight against the virus, and its president is leading an aggressive diplomatic effort focused on the G-20 and Japan. The nations that emerge successfully from the global health crisis will gain influence, strengthen their diplomatic positions, and attract foreign investment—the essential components of soft power.Read more
RESPONSES TO CORONAVIRUS EXPOSE GOVERNMENTS’ FAULT LINES _April 5, 2020_ DR. JAMES M. DORSEY The failures of the Pakistani and Egyptian responses to the coronavirus crisis demonstrated that neither ultra-conservative science-rejecting worldviews nor self-serving autocratic policies aimed at regime enhancement produced initial prevention and mitigation strategies that could have blunted the impact of the disease.Read more
SOUTH KOREA’S APPROACH TO CORONAVIRUS _April 3, 2020_ DR. ALON LEVKOWITZ The South Korean government was forced by coronavirus (COVID-19), which began in China, to take immediate action to avoid losing control over what was rapidly becoming a pandemic. Seoul had to make critical decisions fast: did it want to contain the virus according to the Chinese model by strictly enforcing closure on a danger area, limiting public freedom, and endangering the economy? Did it want to adopt the British model of essentially sacrificing the older generation on behalf of the younger (a policy Britain later changed)? Or did it want to adopt the Israeli model of closing the borders to anyone coming from a state where the virus had appeared? Seoul chose a uniquely Korean model: mapping the illness, maintaining transparency, convincing citizens to adhere to a set of rules and a policy of surveillance, and—perhaps most significantly—quickly testing as many people as it possibly could.Read more
CORONAVIRUS FABRICATIONS AROUND THE WORLD _April 2, 2020_ DR. EDY COHEN AND DR. FRANK MUSMAR The many fabrications circulating around the world about coronavirus (COVID-19) are stoking fear and threatening public health. They vary from accusations of biological warfare to myths about the ways the virus spreads and what medications might be helpful to combat it.Read more
THE EU AND THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC _April 1, 2020_ DR. TSILLA HERSHCO The coronavirus pandemic has exposed many of the EU’s inherent weaknesses, from its total unpreparedness for the crisis, to the open borders that expedited the spread of the disease, to the lack of solidarity reflected in member states’ refusal to help Italy in the initial critical phase of the pandemic. The union cooperates well in non-crisis situations, but its complacency, lumbering bureaucracy, and sluggish decision-making processes hamper its ability to respond to urgent developments.Read more
ANTI-JEWISH CORONAVIRUS CONSPIRACY THEORIES IN HISTORICAL CONTEXT _March 31, 2020_ DR. MANFRED GERSTENFELD A number of conspiracy theories have quickly emerged linking Jews and Israel to the coronavirus pandemic. These are new mutations of historical strains of antisemitic conspiracy theories, including the “poisoning of gentiles” motif and the accusation that the Jews want to control the world. These theories are all linked to the most popular antisemitic conspiracy theory of all, the modern mutation of the ancient blood libel that claims that Israel behaves like the Nazis and has Nazi-esque intentions toward the Palestinians.Read more
THE INTERNET IN THE CORONAVIRUS ERA _March 30, 2020_ DR. GEORGE N. TZOGOPOULOS The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is causing an online revolution—one that provides opportunities but also creates risks. Surveillance of infected and quarantined individuals through mobile applications is helping to slow the spread of the contagion, but contains an implicit threat to privacy. Cybersecurity is being tested as hackers look for ways to use the unprecedented situation to strike governments, companies and individuals.Read more
CORONAVIRUS DELIVERS ANOTHER DEVASTATING BLOW TO THE IRANIAN REGIME _March 27, 2020_ YAAKOV LAPPIN The coronavirus pandemic has hit Iran hard, and not only on the health front. The virus is the latest in a succession of blows to the Iranian regime’s domestic status, fractured economy, and already low credibility level at home. The virus also appears to be slowing down the regime’s malign activities across the Middle East.Read more
CORONAVIRUS, GOD, AND SCIENCE _March 25, 2020_ MAJ. GEN. (RES.) GERSHON HACOHEN When PM Benjamin Netanyahu said, in a March 21 TV interview, that “with God’s help we’ll get through” the coronavirus crisis, the interviewer interrupted him with these words: “With the help of the Weizmann Institute…The modern Temple of Zionism is at the Weizmann Institute.” This exchange reveals the gap between the modern state’s promise of efficient management even in the face of great adversity and the elements of randomness and surprise that can render the most powerful and advanced states helpless.Read more
THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC: ISRAEL IS AMERICA’S FRIEND IN DEED _March 25, 2020_ DR. FRANK MUSMAR When President Donald Trump and other medical professionals touted the decades-old antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine as a possible means of fighting the coronavirus pandemic, the Israeli generic drug giant Teva (the most popular big pharma stock on Wall Street) immediately announced that it will provide 10 million doses of its hydroxychloroquine drug to US hospitals free of charge. Rep. Rashida Talib and her fellow American detractors of Israel who claim that Israel does nothing but take from the US owe Israel an apology.Read more
TURKEY AND CORONAVIRUS: DEVOUT MUSLIMS WILL DEFEAT THE “JEWISHPLOT”
_March 24, 2020_ BURAK BEKDIL Turkey appears to be handling the coronavirus crisis relatively well, although its low case numbers reflect the low number of tests being administered. Pious Turkish Muslims are blaming dark anti-Turkish forces and, of course, the Jews for unleashing the virus on the world.Read more
CORONAVIRUS IN THE EYES OF MUSLIM CLERICS _March 23, 2020_ DR. EDY COHEN The devastating onslaught of the coronavirus is being exploited by some Muslim clerics to instill fear in their followers and compel stricter religious observance. At the same time, parts of the Arab world are looking to Israel and the Jews to find a cure.Read more
THE EFFECT OF CORONAVIRUS ON THE GLOBAL ECONOMY _March 20, 2020_ DR. FRANK MUSMAR The 2020 outbreak of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) will go down in history for its massive impact on the global economy and on public health, both physical and psychological. At some point, life will get back to normal, but it will not be the same as it was before. People have been panic buying over the past two weeks as they wake up to how unprepared they are for a crisis. As a result, many are rethinking their spending habits and what necessities they should have on hand. Some of these temporary adaptations will become permanent as people discover that they prefer them to old ways of doing business.Read more
CORONAVIRUS: STATE RESPONSES AND CULTURAL DIMENSIONS _March 19, 2020_ DR. ALEX JOFFE The coronavirus crisis has demonstrated the strengths and weaknesses of many global systems but has fundamentally challenged individual states, which have responded with contradictory policies grounded in local cultures. In general, education systems and experts have been exposed as inadequate while the information environment has been thoroughly politicized and manipulated. Contrary to a century of expectations, administrative and regulatory states have been shown to be too complex and cumbersome to respond swiftly to a crisis of this magnitude. Decoupling regions and redistributing economic and medical capabilities should be accompanied by a thorough rethinking of the power and responsibilities assigned to states.Read more
CORONAVIRUS AND THE WESTERN MEDIA _March 19, 2020_ DR. GEORGE N. TZOGOPOULOS While the Western media initially perceived the coronavirus pandemic as exclusively belonging to China, they are now faced with the challenge of covering the crisis as it spreads across the Western world. An analysis of Italian front pages shows that fear is a recurrent feature in news coverage and reveals a delay in journalists’ understanding of the need to adopt difficult measures. Despite the weaknesses of their coverage, their example can perhaps help other Western media not only avoid politicization in a challenging time but also fight the constant stream of fake news spread via social media.Read more
CAN THE ARAB WORLD COPE WITH THE CORONAVIRUS? _March 18, 2020_ DR. EDY COHEN The coronavirus pandemic caught the Western world unprepared despite all the technology and medical advances available in those countries. What about Iran and the Arab world? How are they coping? These dictatorial states know how to control their populations and suppress both information and unrest, but appear for the most part to have no idea how to fight an invisible virus.Read more
CORONAVIRUS IN THE MIDDLE EAST: UNLEARNED LESSONS AND MISSEDOPPORTUNITIES
_March 18, 2020_ DR. JAMES M. DORSEY There is little indication that Middle Eastern rulers are learning any lessons from the devastating coronavirus. Nor is there any suggestion that they are willing to see the pandemic as an opportunity to negotiate new social contracts at a time when the virus has temporarily taken the wind out of the sails of mass anti-governmentprotests.
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IRAN’S CORONAVIRUS ECONOMIC MELTDOWN _March 17, 2020_ PROF. HILLEL FRISCH As the coronavirus pandemic intensifies, Iran is in economic meltdown. Its international isolation is ever more severe, as can be seen in the sharp decline in flights landing in Iran’s two busiest airports.Read more
THE LONG-TERM POLITICAL FALLOUT OF CORONAVIRUS _March 17, 2020_ DR. JAMES M. DORSEY As the coronavirus spreads, so does its likely political fallout. For authoritarians and autocrats, this is likely to be a mixed bag. Some will benefit from invasive tracing and monitoring of those affected by the virus, which is likely to boost the evolution toward a “Big Brother” surveillance state as well as nationalist economic policies propagated by populists and nationalists like Donald Trump. Others are seeing perceived government failures to effectively confront the virus undermine already shaky public trust, which can fuel demands for greater transparency, accountability, and freedom of expression.Read more
IRAN’S SHIITE CRESCENT AND THE CORONAVIRUS _March 6, 2020_ PROF. HILLEL FRISCH Shiite communities are regarded by the Islamic Republic as key tools with which to penetrate and ultimately conquer the Arab world, and pilgrimages back and forth to Shiite holy centers in Iran and Iraq are central to the regime’s ideological identity. But the holiest city in Iran, Qom, is now an epicenter for the spread of the coronavirus. The Shiite crescent is thus functioning as a boomerang to spread the epidemic both out of and back into Iran.Read more
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AUSTRALIA-ISRAEL DIALOGUE _November 1, 2017_ BESA CENTER On November 1, 2017, the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, the Australian Strategic Policy Institute and Bar-Ilan Univeristy co-hosted the “Be’er Sheva Dialogue” at the Renaissance Tel Aviv Hotel. The Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP, Prime Minister of Australia, wasin attendance.
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STRATEGIC CHALLENGES IN THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN _February 21, 2017_ BESA CENTER On February 21, 2017, for the second consecutive year, the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies and B’nai B’rith International jointly held an international conference on Strategic Challenges in the Eastern Mediterranean. The event, which took place at the Begin-Sadat Center, involved the participation of experts from Greece, Russia, Britain, Turkey, Albania, the US, and Israel.Read more
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RUSSIA WILL LIKELY COLLAPSE FROM THE INSIDE _September 11, 2019_ EMIL AVDALIANI Russia is historically prone to internal collapse, as is shown by numerous examples from both the imperial and Soviet periods. The collapse usually takes place as Russia rests on the laurels of recent military victories while internal economic and social troubles grow. History teaches that the best way to deal with Russia is to keep intervention to a minimum and wait for its internal troubles to bringabout its collapse.
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THE DAY AFTER AN IRANIAN NUCLEAR STRIKE _September 10, 2019_ DR. ORI NISSIM LEVY There is much discussion around the world about how to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons. But few, if any, international bodies deal with the question of how to prepare for the day Iran achieves such capabilities, if that day has not already arrived.Read more
“THE OCCUPATION” – HOW THE EU DISCRIMINATES AGAINST ISRAEL _August 21, 2019_ PROF. HILLEL FRISCH Why does the EU single out Israeli “occupation” over other “occupations”? Because anti-Israeli, pro-Palestinian positions are one of the few rallying cries that unite Europe.Read more
THE PALESTINIANS, HAPPINESS, AND THE “OCCUPATION” _August 15, 2019_ PROF. HILLEL FRISCH In an academic ranking of countries according to happiness level, the “Palestinian Territories” are far from the bottom of the list – something of a surprise, as the never-ending lamentations about the “Israeli occupation” would suggest a different outcome. The real tragedy is Tunisia, which achieved democracy but has not registered expected economic dividends. Its citizens are more discontented thanthe Palestinians.
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THE UN AGENCY FOR PALESTINIANS IS EVEN WORSE THAN YOU THINK IT IS _August 11, 2019_ DR. ALEX JOFFE AND DR. ASAF ROMIROWSKY A corruption scandal involving sexual misconduct, nepotism, retaliation against whistleblowers, and lots of business-class travel has gripped the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). It represents a new low for UNRWA and is an indictment of the idea of an international agency dedicated to a single interest. But it’s also a unique opportunity to see behind the curtain of a billion-dollar UN bureaucracy and phase itout.
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PALESTINIAN SETTLER-COLONIALISM _September 3, 2017_ DR. ALEX JOFFE The concept of “settler colonialism” has been applied with almost unique vehemence against Israel. But the fact that Jews are the indigenous population of the Southern Levant can be proved with ease. In contrast, historical and genealogical evidence shows Palestinians descend primarily from three primary groups: Muslim invaders, Arab immigrants, and local converts to Islam. The Muslim conquest of Byzantine Palestine in the 7th century CE is a textbook example of settler-colonialism, as is subsequent immigration, particularly during the 19th and 20th centuries under the Ottoman and British Empires. The application of the concept to Jews and Zionism by Palestinians is both ironic and unhelpful.Read more
MYTH: ISRAEL IS THE LARGEST BENEFICIARY OF US MILITARY AID _February 10, 2017_ PROF. HILLEL FRISCH Many American detractors of Israel begin by citing that Israel receives the lion’s share of US military aid. The very suggestion conjures the demon of an all-powerful Israel lobby that has turned the US Congress into its pawn. But these figures, while reflecting official direct US military aid, are almost meaningless in comparison to the real costs and benefits of US military aid – above all, American boots on the ground. In reality, Israel receives only a small fraction of American military aid, and most of that was spent in the US to the benefit of the American economy.Read more
THE OSLO DISASTER
_September 4, 2016_ PROF. EFRAIM KARSH The Oslo diplomatic process is the starkest strategic blunder in Israel’s history and one of the worst calamities ever to have afflicted Israelis and Palestinians. Twenty three years after its euphoric launch on the White House lawn, the Oslo ‘peace process’ has substantially worsened the position of both parties, and made the prospects for peace and reconciliation ever more remote.Read more
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