The Recent Discovery of Heinrich Himmler’s Telegram of November 2, 1943, the Anniversary of...

On March 29, 2017, the blog of the National Library of Israel announced the discovery of SS Commander Heinrich Himmler’s telegram to Amin al-Husseini, the Mufti of Jerusalem.1 Although the telegram was not dated, there...

‘The Mental Preparation for the Disengagement’ And its Aftermath in the IDF

Mental Preparation Investigation Team Ruth Eisikovitch, Dr. Gadi Eshel, Dr. Amira Dor, Boaz Haetzni, Attorney Aviad Visoli, Dr. Rachel Tassa, Dr. Moshe Libler Other Contributors: Aviatar Ben-Tzadaf, Tanah Lehavi, Hila Mordechai, Eliyahu Ackerman Translated by: Dr....

Inaction invites inevitable ramifications

Kicking the can down the road is a popular ploy of politicians. Inevitably the unsolved problems will sooner rather than later rear their ugly heads and confront decision-makers with greater and direr consequences. Most times...

The coronavirus vaccine crisis refueled the Palestinian anti-Israeli propaganda and defamation campaign which began...

After two months of talks, a vaccine exchange deal was negotiated between Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA). Israel committed to giving the PA more than a million doses of vaccines whose expiration date was approaching,...

Which promised land?

The Fourth of July anniversary this week has turned out to be a somewhat more auspicious time for soul searching among many Jews than has been the case in past years. Michael Kuttner This national holiday...

Do You Want to Understand the Middle East?

How do you make sense of the Israel-Palestinian conflict? This week’s guest, Bassem Eid, is a pro-Israel Palestinian who writes for several Israeli publications—an extremely brave and risky thing to do. Watch this fascinating...

Lod imam charged for encouraging murder of police officers

An imam from Lod in central Israel, which saw some of the worst Arab rioting during Operation Guardian of the Walls in May 2021, was formally charged on Thursday for incitement to violence after...

Grooming junior jihadists

The international community and mainstream media are shamefully ignoring a major destructive scandal in progress right now – the indoctrination of children into terrorism. In the northern hemisphere it is the middle of summer and...

The Media in the 2021 Gaza War: The New York Times’ Journalistic Malpractice

Institute for Contemporary Affairs Founded jointly with the Wechsler Family Foundation No. 648     July 7, 2021 This article is part of the forthcoming Jerusalem Center research report: The Gaza War 2021: Hamas and Iran Attack Israel. ...

Efraim Karsh: Israel’s Arab Citizens Are the “Main Danger” to Its Future

Efraim Karsh, editor of the Middle East Quarterly and director of the BESA Center for Strategic Studies, spoke to a June 7 Middle East Forum webinar (video) about the growing radicalization of the Israeli Arab community. According...