BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 687, December 17, 2017
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Arab and Muslim leaders hope to stoke sufficient anxiety among world leaders to stop them from following President Trumpโs lead in recognizing Jerusalem as Israelโs capital. In effect, they …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 677, December 7, 2017
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Israel should not do the bidding of the divided and bankrupt Arab world and strive to contain Tehranโs hegemonic ambitions at an exorbitant human and material cost. Nor should …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 670, December 4, 2017
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: In view of Saudi Arabiaโs deep concern over Iranโs ascendancy, Israel is presented with a unique opportunity to dictate terms of engagement to the kingdom. It is unwise for …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 651, November 22, 2017
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Israel would be unwise to rush into a peace agreement with the Palestinians based on the urging of the โmoderate Sunni axisโ with which it currently shares common cause …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 627, October 26, 2017
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: ISIS is facing defeat and liquidation, but its members are dispersing throughout the world and establishing local branches. The idea of the Islamic Caliphate is not dead, and the …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 602, October 2, 2017
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: A Shiite effort is already underway to purge Iraq of its majority Sunni population. The result may soon be a new mass exodus of Iraqi refugees, a multiplication of …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 584, September 11, 2017
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Europe, reeling from successive waves of refugees and migrants, desperately needs the end of the Syrian civil war, which for the first time seems in the offing. But the …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 573, August 29, 2017
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The ethnic Sunni-Shiite rift parallels the Saudi-Iranian political rift, the Wahhabi-Muslim Brotherhood ideological rift, and the historic rift between Turkey and Saudi Arabia. Tensions over Islamic hegemony arising from …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 139
This Perspectives Paper was first published in The Jerusalem Postย onย May 16, 2011.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Yesterdayโs โNakba Dayโ confrontations along Israelโs borders reflect new regional realities and a derisive perception of Israel; a …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 138
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The Hamas-Fatah agreement creates a Janus-faced government in the West Bank and Gaza, which is more smoke and mirrors than reality. When the time comes to divide up the bearskin โ perhaps …
