BESA Center

The BESA Center is sorry to announce that Ambassador Arye Mekel, a senior research associate at BESA, has passed away following a battle with cancer at the age of 74. Amb. Mekel served as Israel’s envoy to Greece from 2010 …

It is with great sorrow that we announce the passing of our longtime contributor, Dr. Manfred Gerstenfeld. Dr. Gerstenfeld was former chairman of the Steering Committee of the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs and the author of many books, including The …

The Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies and its Director, Efraim Karsh, mourn the passing of the father of our colleague Prof. Hillel Frisch.…

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Dr. Max Singer, co-founder of the Washington-based Hudson Institute and research associate of long standing at the BESA Center. Max was an expert on American defense policy, US-Israel relations, …

The Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies mourns the passing this week of Moshe Arens — professor, ambassador, politician, and devoted servant of Israel. Prof. Arens was a member of the International Board of the BESA Center from its first inception, …