The Six-Day War: An Inevitable Conflict

NOTE: This Perspective was originally published in the Summer 2017 issue of the Middle East Quarterly. It is part of a forthcoming BESA Center study on the Six-Day War that will be published to coincide with...

The Six Day War: A Retrospective View

Several weeks from now Israel and Jews around the World will be celebrating a seminal moment in Jewish history; the 50th anniversary of Israel’s monumental victory in the Six Day War. For those of...

Greet the Press

Media have arrived in overwhelming numbers to cover the visit of President Trump. An impromptu press center has been set up at the Mamila Hotel in Jerusalem. This provides an opportunity for people who live in...

Trump & Netanyahu: How to interpret their summit?

Preliminary note To edit and correct a scientific model one must make predictions and see how close to reality they come. This is why, before Donald Trump took his oath of office, we made public...

Will common sense finally Trump endemic bias?

We are currently in the throes of a frenetic frenzy in advance of the visit of Donald Trump to Israel…writes Michael Kuttner. Those unfortunate enough to be living anywhere near the King David Hotel in...

U.S. Embassy Relocation Law does not recognize Jerusalem as part of Israel

There is a fundamental misunderstanding, which is that if the US recognizes Jerusalem as  capital of Israel, that would mean that the US recognizes Jerusalem as part of Israel. However, the US embassy relocation legislation...

Is the BDS Movement a success or failure?

​​In an exclusive interview, Gedaliah Blum, who runs the Dapei Katom organization together with his wife Elisheva, speaks out about the daily struggles that small businesses in Judea and Samaria face due to the...

Israel Is Still at War

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Israel just celebrated its sixty-ninth anniversary. Its citizens can be proud of its many impressive achievements, and particularly the building of a very strong military that has withstood many tests. Yet acceptance...

Eretz Yisrael Was never without Its Jews

My Israel’s Independence Day Talk at Moreshet Yisrael Synagogue, Yerushalayim:  May 3, 2017.  “Eretz Yisrael Was Never Without Jews” J.J. Adler We often hear Arab-Moslem propaganda claim that Palestine was their country till the United...

Germany’s roguish stand against US, Israel must be stopped

Israel and the Trump administration have a German problem, ironically manifesting itself on Israel’s 69th birthday.  Just as President Trump’s emissaries and his UN Ambassador Nikki Haley are rightly insisting that Israel-bashing at the...