BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,499, March 23, 2020
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: 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 …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,491, March 18, 2020
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: 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 …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,476, March 10, 2020
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The jihad against America and the West has a new, more feminine face after the assassination of Qassem Soleimani: his daughter Zeinab, who has vowed revenge.
Zeinab Soleimani is …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,469, March 5, 2020
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The Arab states are known for their sweeping and brutal violations of human rights. It is no wonder that where human life is given little value, the dead too …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,462, February 28, 2020
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: By targeting Israeli companies that employ mostly Palestinians, the UN Human Rights Council only helps to keep the latter in poverty—an end that serves the interests of the corrupt …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,458, February 25, 2020
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: For the past century, Israeli Jews and Palestinian Arabs have lived through an unceasing conflict, with the disputed issues remaining largely the same throughout. The realities on the ground …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,449, February 16, 2020
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The consistent and enduring Palestinian rejection of any and all peace initiatives with Israel, most recently the “Deal of the Century,” calls into question the commitment of the Palestinian …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,438, February 5, 2020
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Leaders from around the world recently visited Israel to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. Concurrently with that visit, another important historical visit took place: …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,419, January 23, 2020
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah, chief of Tehran’s Lebanese proxy terror group Hezbollah, made a speech earlier this month encouraging the killing of every American soldier and officer in the Middle …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,418, January 23, 2020
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Kuwait and Saudi Arabia recently announced that they were revoking the citizenship of individuals whose “sin” was a connection to Judaism and a pro-Israeli attitude. Apart from the institutional …
