BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,369, December 11, 2019
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Iran has made impressive human development gains (even as it has suppressed human rights) in the last two decades under the ayatollahs. Just as expectations rose after the signing …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,354, November 25, 2019
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: In both Iraq and Lebanon, Shiites are participating in protests against Iranian-backed, Shiite-led governments. As protests and violence in Iraq and Lebanon continue, Iran is beginning to learn that …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,351, November 21, 2019
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The wedge between Hamas and Islamic Jihad in the recent Gaza conflagration is a clear sign that Israel is deepening divisions between the two terror groups. Nevertheless, the payoffs …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,342, November 13, 2019
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Unlike Islamic Jihad, both Hamas and Israel have an interest in keeping the present round of hostilities short. The question is whether in the fog of battle, the two …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,315, October 21, 2019
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The lack of a reaction to the death of former Egyptian president Muhammad Morsi and the absence of religious demands by protesters in Algeria, Sudan, and Iraq suggest that …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,292, September 17, 2019
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Israel’s inability to thwart Hamas on the Gaza front, even as it persistently worsens the lives of the 20,000 Israeli citizens who live in the “Gaza envelope,” is a …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,283, September 9, 2019
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The dual abilities of Congresswomen Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar to arouse the ire of President Trump and spout antisemitic, anti-Israel messages with impunity have raised their profile well …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,281, September 8, 2019
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Hezbollah responded with restraint to Israel’s three-pronged attacks over the past two weeks in Syria, Iraq, and, above all, a neighborhood in Dahiya, the vast Shiite area in Beirut …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,275, September 2, 2019
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Ever since a decision in January 2012, the EU has been expressly committed to the expansion of illegal Palestinian settlement in Area C in conjunction with the PA. This …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,266, August 26, 2019
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: How unusual was Israel’s refusal to allow Congresswomen Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib to enter Israel to engage in hostile political activity? Not very, based on a comparison with …
