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Compiled by Aidan New Iran, a Shia- and Persian-majority theocracy, frequently clashes with its Sunni Arab neighbors, including Bahrain, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. These tensions are rooted in religious and ethnic differences and geopolitical rivalries. Under the Abraham Accords of 2020, several Sunni Arab states have aligned themselves with Israel as […]

Compiled by Aidan New Iran’s antisemitic rhetoric is deeply rooted in Shia-specific Muslim ideologies that portray Jews and the State of Israel as enemies and embrace the idea that the ritual uncleanliness of Jews dirties the entire world. Zionism is seen as the culmination of a Jewish war against Islam dating to the time of […]

Key to future governance for both the Gaza Strip and southern Lebanon is how quickly human services and a semblance of administrative order will evolve before a political vacuum is filled by reconstituted armed militias. For some this proposal contains an over abundance of optimistic outcomes.

Hezbollah has used its stronghold in southern Lebanon to launch continual attacks on northern Israel since October 8, 2023. Hezbollah says it is motivated by its support for Hamas, a fellow member of Iran’s Axis of Resistance surrounding Israel. While Hezbollah is Shia and Hamas is Sunni, both are devoted to Israel’s destruction, and both receive funding from and coordinate with Iran.

Hamas’ terrorist assault Oct. 7, killing 1,200 and kidnapping more than 240, was the worst slaughter of Jews since the Holocaust, but the night of April 13-14 could have been worse when Iran attacked Israel with more than 300 drones, cruise missiles and ballistic missiles. Only a multinational defense of aircraft, ships and anti-missile systems […]

BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 2, 314, October 14, 2024 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Many commentators claim that Israel lacks a clear plan for “the day after” the end of the Iron Swords War. They argue that because of this supposed lack, Israel will not be able to hold onto its military achievements during the war, which will […]

The day after Hamas’ Oct. 7 terrorist assault killed 1,200 and dragged more than 240 kidnapped Israelis and others to Gaza, Hezbollah opened a second front along Israel’s northern border with missile fire from Lebanon. More than 60,000 Israelis were evacuated from 43 communities. Seven months later, those evacuees have been told they won’t be […]

In their first meeting, Sadat outlined details for negotiations with Israel: a Palestinian state linked to Jordan, the nature of peace between Egypt and Israel, consent to a US-Israel defense pact, Egypt to receive guarantees, and notably little offered by Sadat for Syria. Sadat’s strongly preferred having agreements outlined before convening a peace conference with a speedy pace toward having negotiations.

Żydowskie przywiązanie do Ziemi Izraela, podobnie jak Judaizm, ewoluowało na przestrzeni dziejów i ulegało zmianom pod wpływem środowiska oraz czasu i miejsca. Przymierza zawarte pomiędzy Bogiem i narodem żydowskim, zgodnie z zapisem w Biblii, przedstawione tutaj, ujawniają pochodzenie tych zmian, pozwalając je lepiej zrozumieć.

Dr. Kenneth Stein, israeled.org Pomiędzy 1898 a 1948, syjonizm z idei stał się rzeczywistością: faktycznym ustanowieniem państwa Izrael. Gdy Hertzl napisał swoją koncepcję Państwa Żydowskiego, Żydzi mieli niewielkie wpływy polityczne i praktycznie zerowe środki finansowe pozwalające na wprowadzenie koncepcji syjonistycznej w życie. Pozostawali oni jednak nieugięci we wspólnym zaangażowaniu mającym na celu zachowanie ich tożsamości. […]

Trzej członkowie Agencji Żydowskiej, którzy spotkali się z ‘Azzamem Paszą to Aubrey (Abba) Eban, Jon Kimche i David Horowitz, wszyscy oni pracowali dla Agencji Żydowskiej w Palestynie. Spotkali się z nim w Oxfordzie w Anglii 16 września 1947 r. Sprawozdanie Horowitza z tego spotkania pokazało, że ‘Azzam Pasza całkowicie odrzucał państwo żydowskie, jego sugestie, że przemoc będzie jedyną deską ratunku oraz spekulacje, że Palestyna wymknie się spod arabskiej kontroli. Starania syjonistów mające na celu budowę dialogu z Palestyńczykami lub Ligą Arabską nie przyniosły spodziewanych rezultatów zarówno pod względem czasu jak i istoty sprawy. Opis tego spotkania ukazuje całkowicie antagonistyczne poglądy na syjonizm.

Deklaracja Balfoura była kartą żydowską, której nie udało się uzyskać Herzlowi od sułtana osmańskiego dwadzieścia lat wcześniej. Obie miały na celu zapewnienie poparcia dla syjonistów przez Wielkie Mocarstwo dla przywrócenia politycznej siedziby w Palestynie.

‘Azzam Pasha, que foi o primeiro secretário-geral da Liga Árabe (entre 1945 e 1952). Os três membros da Agência Judaica que se encontraram com ‘Azzam Pasha foram Aubrey (Abba) Eban, Jon Kimche e David Horowitz; O relato de Horowitz sobre aquele encontro revelou que ‘Azzam Pasha rejeitava completamente um Estado judeu, sugeria que a violência era o único recurso a ser utilizado e especulava que a Palestina poderia perder o controle árabe.

A Declaração Balfour foi a carta de concessão de privilégios ao povo judeu a qual Herzl não conseguiu obter do sultão do Império Otomano vinte anos antes. Os termos da declaração foram incluídos no preâmbulo dos Artigos do Mandato da Palestina (1922), e obtiveram sanção internacional e legitimidade política pela recém criada Liga das Nações. Muitos historiadores do sionismo e de Israel consideram a Declaração como parte da evolução política — desde o Estado judeu de Herzl (1897), até os Artigos do Mandato (1922) e a resolução de partilha aprovada pela ONU (1947) que propunham a criação de um Estado árabe e judeu na Palestina — que por fim culminou na Declaração de Independência (1948).

As origens do movimento sionista são frequentemente consideradas sinônimos da vida e da época de Theodor Herzl (1860-1904).

September 27, 2024 Source: https://www.gov.il/en/pages/event-un280924 By the time Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had finished his address at the United Nations, the Israeli military had killed Israel’s leading nemesis in Beirut, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah. The essence of Netanyahu’s speech was to eliminate Hezbollah as a fighting force in Lebanon. He intoned, “Don’t let Nasrallah […]

Ken Stein explains in detail how Egyptian and Israeli leaders coached their generals into reaching an understanding on how their troops would be disengaged after the war. On that day, a German-born Egyptian career foreign service officer, Omar Sirry was told to pack his toothbrush and go to meet several Israelis along with other Egyptians at the 101 Kilometer marker for talks.

Egyptian President Sadat colluded with Syrian President Assad to attack Israel on October 6, 1973. Sadat’s objective was not to seek Israel’s destruction but to gain a limited success by crossing the canal. He also sought to engage American diplomacy to generate talks with Israel that would see Israeli withdrawal from Egyptian land Israel secured in the June 1967 War. Sadat took a large gamble by attacking Israel yet he unfolded a negotiating process with Israel that lasted through 1979. He achieved his overarching long-term priority of having Egyptian Sinai returned to Egyptian sovereignty.

Compiled by Ryder Zufi While the Israeli military and intelligence mistakenly concluded that Hamas was an organization more interested in protecting its own people than killing Israelis and risking Gaza’s destruction, Hamas observed the political rifts within Israeli society and concluded that Israel was weak and vulnerable. The mass attack October 7 was meant to […]

Listen at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy In this season of Decision Points, Institute Senior Fellow David Makovsky will examine the Hamas-Israel war and its long-term implications for Israeli society, U.S.-Israel relations, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and more. The new season of Decision Points dives into the complex and consequential issues facing Israel, the United States, […]

Assembled by Scott Abramson and Ken Stein, Center for Israel Education David Makovsky, moderator –Decision Points, Hamas, Israel, Hezbollah and the Middle East at War, ); Audio Interviews from the Washington Institute for Near East Policy,   Evolution of Hamas: Terror, Policy, and Politics, (9/2) – (52:00),  Back to School: Lesson from New Study on […]

August 2, 2024 Contradiction has been a theme in Iran’s relationship with the Jewish people, for nowhere else in the Muslim world have Jews both suffered so grievously and flourished so thoroughly. Nor is the contradictory relationship between Iranians and Jews, heirs to two of the world’s oldest civilizations and among antiquity’s few surviving peoples, […]

July 12, 2019 will mark the thirteenth anniversary of the outbreak of the Second Lebanon War; August 14 will mark the anniversary of its end under Security Council Resolution 1701; and discussions will be held at the United Nations headquarters regarding a renewal of UNIFIL’s mandate for another year. The bottom line: another war between Israel and Lebanon did not erupt, mainly due to both sides’ desire to avoid it and, to some extent, also due to UNIFIL’s help in preventing escalation resulting from tactical incidents.

Compiled by Ryder Zufi Hamas spent 17 years preparing the Gaza Strip as a killing ground for Israeli soldiers and Palestinian civilians. By building its complex, extensive tunnel system and integrating military operations throughout civilian infrastructure, Hamas created a situation in which its own destruction could be achieved only through Gaza’s devastation and at extreme […]

Compiled by Ryder Zufi The Palestinians have had two primary political factions for at least two decades: Hamas and Fatah, the dominant group within the PLO. Fatah, led by Yasser Arafat and then Mahmoud Abbas, has controlled the Palestinian Authority and thus the West Bank since the mid-1990s. But Hamas won a plurality in the […]

Compiled by Ryder Zufi Hamas is a Sunni organization. The Iranian regime is Shia. But Iran has provided money, weapons, training, logistics and other support to Hamas because of their shared goal of destroying Israel. Hamas and Iran have had their differences, including during the slaughter of Sunnis in Syria more than a decade ago, […]

Compiled by Ryder Zufi Hamas emerged in the 1980s as an offshoot of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood or Brethren as part of a change in strategy: Rather than try to repair Muslim society, then target Israel, Sheikh Ahmed Yassin and his supporters decided they first needed to eliminate Israel and cleanse the Middle East of […]

On the last day of negotiations at Camp David, President Carter asked Israel to accept the US position that Jerusalem was occupied territory; Dayan shot back in vigorous opposition, “if we had known that you would declare your position on Jerusalem, we would not have come here. This is the first time that we are confronted with an American position and specifically on the most sensitive issue. All your positions with regards to settlements are insignificant compared to our confrontation on the issue of Jerusalem.”

Israel’s opposition to Iranian entrenchment in Syria and Lebanon is twofold: To prevent Iran from building a beachhead against Israel through its proxies on Israel’s borders, and to impede development of Iran’s nuclear and long-range missile capabilities. Israel is absolutely determined and prepared to act forcefully against Iran, which could lead to a full-scale war. Israel must win this struggle against Iran, one way or another.