BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,563, May 13, 2020
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The declared intention of the new Israeli government to pave the way for the implementation of sovereignty in certain parts of the West Bank, with the blessing of the …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,525, April 10, 2020
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Coronavirus has killed thousands in Iran and sickened more than 60,000. If the virus is not contained, hundreds of thousands more Iranians risk infection and death. If skillfully handled, …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,450, February 17, 2020
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The “Deal of the Century” suggests that a triangle of Israeli Arab communities that were disputed by Israel and Transjordan during the 1949 armistice negotiations can become part of …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,427, January 29, 2020
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The Trump administration’s approach to the issue of peace in the Middle East differs from that of previous US administrations in that it is based on facts on the …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,415, January 21, 2020
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The killing by the US of Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani will not temper Tehran’s intention to continue its aggressive regional policy, either directly or through its proxy organizations. …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,367, December 9, 2019
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: A recent study recounts the purportedly unknown story of Palestinian Arab volunteers fighting the Nazis during WWII. Haaretz used this finding as an opportunity to mock PM Benjamin Netanyahu, …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,262, August 23, 2019
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The US administration is reportedly considering the principle of autonomy for the Palestinians as the political goal of the “Deal of the Century.” This framework was initially introduced by …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,211, June 28, 2019
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: “Peace to Prosperity” is certainly an ambitious title for the Bahrain Conference, which offers an “out of the box” plan to handle the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The US vision …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,153, April 25, 2019
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Though politicians and scholars harshly criticize President Donald Trump’s foreign policy as chaotic, his policymaking seems to be based upon a sound and consistent political approach, contrary to that …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,143, April 16, 2019
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The term “Nakba,” originally coined to describe the magnitude of the self-inflicted Palestinian and Arab defeat in the 1948 war, has become in recent decades a synonym for Palestinian …
