BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,305, October 3, 2019
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Berlin has surpassed Malmö as Europe’s antisemitism capital, with a wide variety of anti-Jewish and anti-Israel attitudes on display. They include dozens of cases of physical aggression against …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,298, September 24, 2019
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Smokescreening, the false pretense of friendship toward Israel, is a common practice. Practitioners include US Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, former US president Barack Obama, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,284, September 9, 2019
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The clumsy manner in which the Israeli government handled the non-visit to Israel of US Democratic Congresswomen Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar was not a mere mishap. It resulted …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,273, September 1, 2019
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: In view of Poland’s historical treatment of Jews, Israel must remain ever-vigilant that there be no falsification of history as Polish-Israeli relations develop. There is a strong desire in …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,260, August 20, 2019
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: There is a strong trend of masochism in the contemporary Jewish world, the origins of which can be found in the Tanach [the Hebrew Bible]. The tradition of Jewish …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,248, August 7, 2019
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Dissent inside the British Labour Party has increased following the recent broadcast of a BBC Panorama documentary on antisemitism within the party’s ranks. One-third of Labour members of the …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,236, July 24, 2019
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: One of the most sensational revelations of the recently screened BBC Panorama documentary on antisemitism within the British Labour Party is the presence there of actual Holocaust promoters. …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,226, July 14, 2019
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The recent resignation of Peter Schäfer, Director of the Berlin Jewish Museum, follows a series of missteps by the museum that have led the German Jewish umbrella organization to …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,215, July 2, 2019
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Sweden’s Social Democrat PM Stefan Löfven has announced that in 2020 his country will host an international antisemitism conference to commemorate the Holocaust. This is perplexing in view of …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,204, June 19, 2019
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Retired Dutch general Toine Beukering – a candidate for chairman of the Senate – said earlier this month that the Jews were “chased like docile lambs into the gas …
