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 …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,087, February 10, 2019
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The EU purports to deliver aid to needy communities on the basis of neutral, impartial, and independent judgments. The grossly disproportionate aid given to the Palestinians, at the direct …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,057, January 7, 2019
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: At one and the same time, the PA indirectly encourages terrorism while pursuing extensive security cooperation with Israel to quell it. Israel accepts this contradictory framework and will probably …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,017, November 27, 2018
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Only a fourth massive round of fighting against Hamas can possibly bring the group to the conclusion the Arab states reached after four wars with the Jewish state in …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,012, November 22, 2018
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: More important than achieving international recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital is the necessity of ensuring Israeli sovereignty over the city itself. This means prohibiting Palestinian Authority officials from …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,000, November 7, 2018
A note from the Editors: We are delighted to announce that with this publication, the BESA Center has reached its 1,000th Perspective. We thank you for your continued interest and …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 992, October 31, 2018
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Nearly a half-century after the Yom Kippur War, it is instructive to note how the war is remembered and understood by the chief protagonists.
To Israelis, it is the …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 960, September 27, 2018
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: What should the strategy regarding Hamas be –make concessions or initiate a fourth round of fighting? It is best for Israel to prolong the negotiations as long as possible, …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 955, September 21, 2018
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: For many years, General Assembly Resolution 181 was the document the Palestinians cited most frequently to buttress two of their major claims. They no longer do so because the …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 952, September 18, 2018
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Israeli Minister of Defense Avigdor Lieberman appears to be accepting the argument that humanitarian gestures towards Hamas will buy quiet. The evidence provided by UN agencies in an effort …
