BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 2,230, November 12, 2023
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Infiltrations of armed militants for the purpose of killing and looting are nothing new in the troubled history of the Gaza Strip. The attack by Hamas on October 7, …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 2,221, October 17, 2023
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The Islamic State of Hamas does not represent the Palestinian national movement but is in fact a fundamentalist terrorist organization and a branch of the ISIS organization in the …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 2,198, May 23, 2023
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: In the past year, we have seen a crumbling of the Palestinian Authority’s level of control over the West Bank. The PA is seen by many Palestinians as a …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 2,185, March 5, 2023
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Islamic Jihad’s efforts to degrade Israel’s security are driven by Iranian interests. Israeli decision-makers must understand the nature of the struggle with this organization and continue to take steps …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 2,155, September 19, 2021
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The Palestinian cheers over the “Afghan mujahedeen victory over the American Crusaders” create the impression that in their view, the Taliban are a worthy model to follow to eliminate …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 2,080, June 25, 2021
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: In an attempt to justify breaking his repeated promises not to form a government with the support of the United Arab List (Ra’am) because of its opposition to Israel’s …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,927, February 10, 2021
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The decree signed on January 15 by Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas announcing elections to the Palestinian Legislative Council on May 22 and to the PA presidency on July …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,804, November 8, 2020
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The series of blows the US administration has dealt to the Palestinian Authority over the past year, from the announcement of the “Deal of the Century” to the normalization …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,574, May 20, 2020
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The drama series Um Haroun (Aaron’s Mother), which tells the story of a Jewish family in Kuwait during the 1940s, suggests that Middle Eastern Jewry could serve as a …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,496, March 22, 2020
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Sheikh Raed Salah was recently sentenced to 28 months in prison for encouraging and supporting terror attacks by his followers, including the attack at the Temple Mount on July …
