Monthly Archives: August 2020

The Emerging Accord with the UNITED ARAB EMIRATES : Peace without Peace Education?

It is hard to join the euphoria for the new peace accord which Israel and the UAE now negotiate. We witness a “Déjà vu”: Israel repeats the tragic mistakes of the peace accords with Egypt,...

F-35s to UAE? – it’s an amazingly bad idea

Is it safe to put sophisticated American weapons—such as F-35 fighter-bombers—in the hands of an Arab dictatorship—such as the United Arab Emirates? The historical record points to three dangers that raise questions about the...

The Attitude to the “Other” and to Peace In Palestinian Authority Schoolbooks: An Update...

Introduction During the years 2017-2019, the Center for Near East Policy Research sponsored the publication of several studies covering the attitude to the Jewish-Israeli "other" and to the issue of peace with this "other", as...

היחס ל”אחר” ולשלום בספרי הלימוד של הרשות הפלסטינית: עדכון לפי הספרים שיצאו לאור ב-2019

הקדמה בשנים 2017 – 2019 פורסמו ביוזמת המרכז לחקר מדיניות המזרח התיכון מספר מחקרים שכיסו את היחס ל"אחר" היהודי-ישראלי ולשלום עימו בספרי הלימוד ומדריכי המורים שיצאו לאור מטעם הרשות הפלסטינית בין השנים 2013 – 2018....

The Dean Of America’s Intellectual Pro-Israel Defenders Has Died

Edward Alexander, the Jewish scholar and author who passed away last week at age 84, was called “Seattle’s Jeremiah" by his hometown newspaper. An Israeli publication once hailed him as “Jewry’s premier polemicist.” For...

Palestinian Authority incentive to murder in action: Jew killed, murderer calmly walks away

Rabbi Shai Ohayon, 39, father of four children, was murdered on Wednesday in Petach by Khalil Abd al-Khaliq Dweikat, 46, an Arab from Shechem, who stabbed him repeatedly. Witnesses report that the killer calmly...

The UNRWA war curriculum – Israel Behind the News

Introduction The Palestinian Authority schoolbooks, including those ones in UNRWA use, feature 3 fundamentals in the context of the conflict: 1. De-legitimization of Israel’s existence and the Jews’ very presence in the country, including the denial of...

Continuing deterioration of the security situation along the Gaza Strip border (updated to August...

This past week the deterioration of security along the Gaza border continued, initiated by Hamas: the launching of IED and incendiary balloons continued (causing dozens of fires daily), the IDF responded to balloon terrorism...

Weekly Commentary: The Upcoming Freeze Is The Big Ignored Story

Area C , located in the very heart of the country, is important not only for security reasons. It is basically the only significant major land reserve near Tel Aviv for our ever growing...

ZOOM INVITATION; SUNDAY AUG, 30: UNRWA school year begins in Judea, Samaria Gaza &...

David Bedein & Dr. Arnon Groiss : UNRWA school year begins in Judea, Samaria Gaza & JLM When: Sun Aug 30, 2020 6pm – 8pm Israel Time Where: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87463857050?pwd=Y04xbGdCWkJuRkhYQ0E3Z2pnVjFwZz09 Joining info: Join with Google Meet meet.google.com/xmw-ygsy-szh