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Jeremy Corbyn and the Resurgence of European Anti-Semitism
August 29, 2018 00:00 - 5 minutes - 5.25 MBAnti-Semitism is back - though it can be argued that it never went away. The real focus of our attention should be in the United Kingdom with the rise of Jeremy Corbyn as the leader of the British Labour party and in effect the head of the Opposition. If you're not following how this story is unfolding, the details are extremely important. Look at what British leaders themselves are saying. This month, the deputy head of the British Labour party, Tom Watson, in fact declared that the British...
Recognizing Israeli Sovereignty on the Golan Heights
July 17, 2018 00:00 - 6 minutes - 6.17 MBAmb. Dore Gold testified in Washington before the House Subcommittee on National Security on July 17, 2018 Subcommittee Chairman Rep. Ron DeSantis: Ambassador Gold, would this be in Israel's national security interest to have U.S. recognition of the Golan? Gold: I believe that U.S. recognition of Israel's sovereignty on the Golan would unquestionably be in Israel's security interest. Look, everyone talks about Israeli forces staying on the Golan Heights. That's in the famous Ford letter fro...
Will the Trump-Putin Summit Lead to Some Pushback Against Iran in Syria?
July 16, 2018 00:00 - 6 minutes - 5.73 MBSee Diplomatic Dispatch videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1uUSrjSnB01cffzLv7A9tLLKcACZMS_c Amir Taheri is an Iranian commentator, living in exile in London, who is a harsh critic of the Iranian regime. He used to be editor of the Iranian daily newspaper Kayhan and has written multiple books on Iran, including a biography of Ayatollah Khomeini. This week, Amir Taheri wrote a tweet that was very harsh, but very insightful at the same time. He tweeted: President Rouhani exposes a...
Verses and Interpretations: Quranic Attitudes towards Jews and Their Relevance to Our Times
May 31, 2018 00:00 - 1 hour - 71.4 MBThe lecture focuses on the relationship between Muhammad and the emerging Muslim community and the major Jewish tribes in Arabia. We shall see how the animosity between the two parties is reflected in the Quran, in its various interpretations, and in the Muslim traditions in general. We shall try to understand the historical reality hidden behind the verses and the traditions. Nevertheless, some classical and mainly modern interpretations try to read the relevant verses in a more cordial mann...
Hamas, Gaza, and the Rush to Judgment - Amb. Dore Gold
May 27, 2018 00:00 - 7 minutes - 17.3 MBAccusations made against Israel over the last month that the Israeli army used “excessive force” against Palestinians along the fence between the Gaza Strip and Israel provided me with a strong sense of déjà vu. Back in 2009, Israel was bombarded with criticism that it had used disproportionate amounts of force as it tried to suppress Hamas rocket fire aimed at Israeli cities. The high point of that criticism back then was the release of the famous, or I should say infamous, Goldstone Report ...
A Changed Saudi Arabia - Amb. Dore Gold
February 06, 2018 00:00 - 7 minutes - 6.87 MBI get asked all the time, “You wrote a book, we seem to remember, about Saudi Arabia’s contribution to the rise of global terrorism after 9/11. Yet you are now associated with the effort of the State of Israel and others to bring Saudi Arabia into the tent and to create a kind of new relationship – perhaps a reconciliation – between the Jewish state and the Saudi Kingdom. How do you explain that? Isn’t that an inconsistency.” The Israeli security establishment at the time estimated that betw...
The Brewing Conflict along the Red Sea - Amb. Dore Gold
February 06, 2018 00:00 - 7 minutes - 7.25 MBWhile international observers are rightfully looking at serious questions in the Middle East like the future of Syria and Iran’s interests in taking over that country, there is a crisis brewing to Israel’s south that has not gotten sufficient attention. I’m speaking about the Red Sea where at least a half a dozen countries are scrambling for influence, seeking bases throughout the area, and positioning themselves for perhaps even a future conflict. There are four flash points that should be ...
Islamic Terrorists Target Europe: Why Spain May Be the Epicenter for Terror Attacks
November 20, 2017 09:30 - 12 minutes - 28.3 MBHarold, we’ve been seeing attacks of Muslim radicals, of terrorists, across Europe. But there seems to be a focus on the Iberian Peninsula, with attacks on Barcelona and, of course, the famous one on the Madrid trains. From your understanding of Arab affairs and Islamic history, why is there a focus on Spain and the Iberian Peninsula?
The Discovery and Rescue of Iraqi Jews’ Patrimony in Baghdad. Will It Now Be Lost?
November 19, 2017 07:07 - 17 minutes - 39.3 MBExclusive Interview with Dr. Harold Rhode, the Collection’s Angel. Harold Rhode: In 2003, during the American liberation of Iraq, all of a sudden, the head of the Iraqi opposition, Ahmed Chalabi, a great man, calls me saying: “Harold, get over here. The man who ran the Israel and Jewish section of the Iraqi intelligence has just come to tell us all the things that he has done, and he is willing to show us the documents, where he had them in the Iraqi intelligence ministry.”
From the 1917 Balfour Declaration to the Rebirth of Israel in 1948 - Dr. Jacques Gauthier
April 18, 2017 00:00 - 23 minutes - 43.4 MBDr. Jacques Gauthier, is the principal and founder of Gauthier & Associates, an international law firm established in Toronto, Canada in 1984. He is a member of the Intercontinental Grouping of Accountants and Lawyers (IGAL).
Lessons for Diplomats from the Balfour Declaration - Amb. Daniel Taub
March 07, 2017 00:00 - 19 minutes - 35 MBAmb. Daniel Taub is an Israeli diplomat and international lawyer. He served as the Israeli Ambassador to the United Kingdom from 2011 until 2015 and is currently Director of Strategy and Planning of the Yad Hanadiv foundation.
100 Years Since The Balfour Declaration - Dr. Michael Borchard
March 07, 2017 00:00 - 15 minutes - 28.7 MBDr. Michael Borchard - Director, Israel Office of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung
How the Palestinians View the Balfour Declaration Today - Brig.-Gen. (res.) Yossi Kuperwasser
March 07, 2017 00:00 - 21 minutes - 39.7 MBBrig.-Gen. (res.) Yossi Kuperwasser is Director of the Project on Regional Middle East Developments at the Jerusalem Center. He was formerly Director General of the Israel Ministry of Strategic Affairs and head of the Research Division of IDF Military Intelligence.
From the Balfour Declaration to a Palestinian State? - Moshe Arens
March 07, 2017 00:00 - 12 minutes - 22.1 MBMoshe Arens is an Israeli politician and diplomat who served as Minister of Defense three times and Minister of Foreign Affairs once. He is crurrently chairman of the International Board of Governors of the Ariel University Center of Samaria.
The Continued Relevance of the Balfour Declaration - Prof. Nicholas Rostow
March 07, 2017 00:00 - 17 minutes - 32.3 MBProf. Nicholas Rostow is Charles Evans Hughes Visiting Professor of Government and Jurisprudence at Colgate University. He teaches courses in international law and American foreign policy. In addition, he is a Senior Research Scholar at the Yale Law School.
100 Years Since Balfour Declaration: Legal Issues
March 07, 2017 00:00 - 15 minutes - 29 MBChair: David Horowitz - Founding editor of The Times of Israel Prof. Ruth Lapidoth - Hebrew University, Israel Prize Recipient Prof. Nicholas Rostow - Colgate University Dr. Jacques Gauthier - International lawyer and scholar, served as legal co...
The Historical Paths to the Balfour Declaration - Prof. Andrew Roberts
March 07, 2017 00:00 - 17 minutes - 32.8 MBProf. Andrew Roberts read modern history at Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge, from where he is an honorary senior scholar and PhD. He has written twelve books. He is a founding member of the Friends of Israel Initiative. In 2016 he won the Bradley Prize.
100 Years Since The Balfour Declaration - Amb. Dore Gold
March 07, 2017 00:00 - 10 minutes - 19.7 MBAmbassador Dore Gold has served as President of the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs since 2000. From June 2015 until October 2016 he served as Director-General of the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Previously he served as Foreign Policy Advisor to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s Ambassador to the UN (1997-1999), and as an advisor to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.
Israel as a Strategic Asset to Britain - Col. Richard Kemp
March 07, 2017 00:00 - 21 minutes - 39.4 MBCol. Richard Kemp has spent most of his life combating terrorism and insurgency. He was Commander of British Forces in Afghanistan in 2003 and between 1979 and 2006 commanded troops on operations in Northern Ireland, the Balkans, Iraq and elsewhere in the Middle East.
Was the Declaration a Legally Binding Document? - Prof. Ruth Lapidoth
March 07, 2017 00:00 - 9 minutes - 17.1 MBProf. Ruth Lapidoth served as a member of Israeli diplomatic delegations to the United Nations General Assembly and to international committees. She participated in the negotiations for the peace treaty between Israel and Egypt and for the establishment of the multinational force in Sinai. In 2006 Lapidoth won the Israel Prize for Legal Research for her academic and public work.
Why Post-Holocaust Studies Are Important to Societies Today - Dr. Manfred Gerstenfeld
February 07, 2017 00:00 - 1 hour - 136 MBHolocaust studies deal with the myriad aspects of the mass murder of Jews. The subject of genocide overshadows the very important impact the Holocaust has made on post-war societies. This impact covers many disciplines such as sociology, psychology, law, theology, ethics, philosophy, politics, medical issues, history, literature, art, and others. Only by grouping all of these disciplines together in one area, Post-Holocaust Studies, can one understand multi-disciplinary issues such as migrati...
Old Historians, New Historians, No Historians: The Derailed Debate on 1948 - Dr. Raphael Israeli
December 20, 2016 00:00 - 1 hour - 132 MBWas Israel born in sin? Alleged atrocities launched by the Jews during the 1948 War, the birth of the Palestinian refugee problem, the conduct of the War of Independence, and the ensuing issues of the Arab-Israeli conflict refuse to disappear from our horizon 70 years later. Dr. Raphael Israeli contends that these recriminations are exaggerated and some historians are guilty of not having consulted the Arabic sources. They show that the basic hatred and rejection of nascent Israel by the Arab...
The U.S. Presidential Elections, American Jewry, and Israel - Amb. Dore Gold, Prof. Alan Dershowitz
December 14, 2016 00:00 - 1 hour - 187 MBAnnual Memorial Lecture in honor of Professor Daniel J. Elazar, z“l, Founding President of the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, at the Mishkenot Sha’ananim Conference Center in Jerusalem This event is made possible through the generosity of the Mandell Berman Foundation.
The Iran Wars - Briefing By Jay Solomon
September 29, 2016 00:00 - 1 hour - 111 MBJay Solomon is the author of "The Iran Wars: Spy Games, Bank Battles, and the Secret Deals that Reshaped the Middle East," and the chief foreign affairs correspondent for the "Wall Street Journal." For nearly two decades, he has written from Asia, Africa, and the Middle East, including stints in Jakarta, Seoul, New Delhi, and Washington. The "Journal" has nominated him for three Pulitzer Prizes.
Jews And American Politics Historical Ideals And Contemporary Realities - Prof. Jonathan D. Sarna
September 26, 2016 00:00 - 1 hour - 176 MBJewish leaders used to insist that there was no such thing as "Jewish politics” in the United States: it does not exist and should not exist. The historical record going all the way back to Abraham Lincoln paints a different picture. Focusing on presidential elections, this lecture will survey Jewish politics in the United States from the Civil War to the present. Prof. Jonathan D. Sarna is spending this year as a fellow of the Israel Institute for Advanced Studies at the Hebrew University. O...
Anti-Semitism in the British Labour Party against the Background of Brexit - Dr. Manfred Gerstenfeld
August 02, 2016 00:00 - 1 hour - 173 MBIn recent months, a large number of extreme anti-Semitic expressions by elected representatives of the British Labour Party have come to light. The publicity has forced Labour, which is under the leadership of Jeremy Corbyn, to investigate anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, and racism in the party. The anti-Semitism issue is overshadowed by the many consequences of Brexit, which include a major crisis in Labour. Dr. Manfred Gerstenfeld is the former Chairman of the Board of the Jerusalem Center fo...
Dr. Harold Rhode How The West Can Win
July 27, 2016 00:00 - 9 minutes - 18.1 MBWhy are the millions of Muslim refugees from Syria, Libya, and Yemen trying to get to Europe? * A significant portion of refugees are young males – the high testosterone age, imbued with a spirit for making Europe into the world of Islam. * The Muslims were stopped twice in their advancement on Europe. They got to Vienna twice (last time 1683) and they were stopped in Spain at the Pyrenees Mountains. Now the Muslims are taking the airplane around Vienna and they’re skipping Spain. It is the...
Dr. Harold Rhode The Nature Of Radical Islamic Warfare And The Western Response
July 27, 2016 00:00 - 9 minutes - 17 MBWhat is “Islamic Warfare?” * We in the West are in a war with Islam. It’s not a religion; it’s a civilization; it’s a culture. The religion is part of the civilization. * The goal of Islamic warfare is to terrorize the other side, that they become afraid and run away. Why don’t Western leaders see that? * Because they refuse to. * The American government … won’t even use the word “Islamic terrorism” … If you don’t identify your enemy you cannot defeat him.
Turkish Foreign Policy and the Specter of Sykes-Picot - Dr. Ahmet K. Han
June 26, 2016 00:00 - 21 minutes - 39.9 MBDr. Ahmet K. Han, faculty member in the Department of International Relations at İstanbul’s Kadir Has University explains Turkish foreign policy as it relates to the Sykes-Picot agreement.
League Of Nations Mandates And Subsequent Nation State Borders - Prof. Eugene Kontorovich
June 26, 2016 00:00 - 18 minutes - 34.7 MBProf. Eugene Kontorovich Northwestern University School of Law. Teaching: Federal Courts; Constitutional Law; Constitutional Law Colloquium; Universal Jurisdiction seminar; International Law Colloquium.
The Current Middle Eastern State System:Can It Survive?-Jacques Neriah,Itamar Rabinovich
June 26, 2016 00:00 - 9 minutes - 17.8 MBAmbassador Itamar Rabinovich of Tel Aviv University analyzes the current Middle East.
How Resilient is the Current Middle Eastern State System? - Amb. Prof. Itamar Rabinovich
June 26, 2016 00:00 - 36 minutes - 65.9 MBAmb. Prof. Itamar Rabinovich of Tel Aviv University weighs in on the current state of the Middle East.
Strategic And Geopolitical Aspects Of The Sykes - Picot Agreement - Yossi Kuperwasser
June 26, 2016 00:00 - 18 minutes - 34 MBBrig.-Gen. (res.) Yossi Kuperwasser, Director of the Project on Regional Middle East Developments at the Jerusalem Center discusses strategic and geopolitical aspects of the Sykes-Picot agrement.
Russian Policy In The Middle East - Alexey Drobinin
June 26, 2016 00:00 - 20 minutes - 37.6 MBAlexey Drobinin is a Minister-Counselor at the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Israel. He gives an analysis of Russian policy in the Middle East.
Whats The History Of The Egypt - Israel Border - Prof. Ruth Lapidoth
June 26, 2016 00:00 - 23 minutes - 42.9 MBProfessor Ruth Lapidoth, Senior Researcher at the Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies and Professor Emeritus of International Law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem addresses the legal aspects of Sykes-Picot Agreement.
Earthquakes of the Middle East - Col. (ret.) Dr. Jacques Neriah
June 14, 2016 00:00 - 16 minutes - 30.7 MBCol. (ret.) Dr. Jacques Neriah, senior fellow at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs and Former Deputy Head for Assessment of Israeli Military Intelligence discusses the history and ongoing repercussions of the Sykes-Picot agreement, and the modern political unrest in the Middle East across border lines, such as the influence of ISIS and the war in Syria.
Sykes-Picot Agreement: The French Perspective - Dr. Richard Rossin
June 14, 2016 00:00 - 18 minutes - 34.1 MBDr. Richard Rossin, Former Head of the European Academy of Geopolitics, on the French historical perspective of Sykes-Picot’s legacy.
How the Middle East Views Sykes-Picot: Then and Now - Prof. Efraim Karsh
June 14, 2016 00:00 - 13 minutes - 24.9 MBProfessor Efraim Karsh of King’s College, London subverts the established narrative of Sykes-Picot, explaining how French and British interventions led to pan-Arab nationalist movements.
Sykes - Picot An Obstacle To The Jewish State Dr. Martin Kramer
June 14, 2016 00:00 - 13 minutes - 24.2 MBPresident of Shalem College, Dr. Martin Kramer, reveals how Sykes-Picot was an obstacle to the creation of the Jewish state and the Zionist dream.
Sykes - Picot Conference Opening Remarks. Amb. Freddy Eytan And Prof Shlomo Avineri
June 13, 2016 00:00 - 29 minutes - 53.9 MBAmbassador Freddy Eytan introduces Professor Shlomo Avineri of Hebrew University on the historical legacy of Sykes-Picot.
From Welcome Euphoria To Pandoras Box - The European Refugee Crisis - Dr. Manfred Gerstenfeld
April 20, 2016 00:00 - 57 minutes - 106 MBFrom Welcome Euphoria to Pandora's Box - The European Refugee Crisis, Israel and the Jews. The massive chaotic influx of over a million refugees into Europe in recent months has sparked radical new developments, in particular in Germany and Sweden, the two countries which have accepted the largest numbers of refugees. These ongoing developments create challenges and opportunities for Israel and have important ramifications for European Jews. Dr. Manfred Gerstenfeld is the former Chairman of ...
The Revival of British Jewry - Prof. Leslie Wagner
March 22, 2016 00:00 - 51 minutes - 93.8 MBThe Revival of British Jewry - Prof. Leslie Wagner
The Roadblock to Palestinian-Israeli Peace?-JCPA Insider Brief-Dan Diker
March 21, 2016 00:00 - 23 minutes - 42.5 MBWhat is the Roadblock to Palestinian-Israeli Peace? - JCPA Insider Briefing - Dan Diker, Brig.-Gen. (res.) Yossi Kuperwasser, Pinhas Inbari
Are Israeli-European Relations in Crisis? - JCPA Insider Briefing - Dan Diker, Amb. Zvi Mazel
March 21, 2016 00:00 - 11 minutes - 20.7 MBAre Israeli-European Relations in Crisis? - JCPA Insider Briefing - Dan Diker, Amb. Zvi Mazel
Israel's Settlements: Legal or Illegal? - JCPA Insider Briefing
March 21, 2016 00:00 - 29 minutes - 54.8 MBJCPA Research Fellow Dan Diker Interviews: Amb. Alan Baker and Irit Kahn adv.
After JCPOA: Has the Iranian Threat to Israel Intensified? - JCPA Insider Briefing -
March 21, 2016 00:00 - 31 minutes - 58 MBJCPA Research Fellow Dan Diker Interviews: Col. (ret.) Dr. Jacques Neriah and Lt. Col. (ret.) Michael Segall
Mark S. Mellman on Post-"Super Tuesday": An Analysis of the 2016 U.S. Elections - Mark S. Mellman
March 02, 2016 00:00 - 1 hour - 135 MBMark Mellman, CEO of The Mellman Group, is one of America's leading public opinion researchers and communication strategists. Mellman has helped guide the recent campaigns of 26 U.S. Senators, 10 Governors, over 24 Members of Congress, and numerous state and local officials. Mellman was chief strategist and pollster for Yair Lapid's rise from zero seats in the Israeli Knesset to the country's second largest party in 2013. The Mellman Group has won numerous prestigious awards including "Poll...
The Muslim World And The West A Clash Of Cultures - Dr. Harold Rhode
February 09, 2016 00:00 - 1 hour - 141 MBWhy is the Muslim world finding it so difficult to deal with the modern world? Why have countries like Japan and South Korea, which were medieval feudal kingdoms 60 years ago and ravaged by war, so successful in adapting to the modern world, while the Muslim world remains static. It there something in the Islamic culture that holds them back? What are the fundamental problems preventing the Muslim world from being as successful as the Asians? How can Muslims address these problems? Why do Mu...
Gustavo Perednik On One Year After The Assassination Of Alberto Nisman And The New Argentina
January 16, 2016 00:00 - 1 hour - 146 MBOn January 19, 2015, Prosecutor Alberto Nisman was about to reveal to the Argentine Congress details of a secret deal between the Kirchner government and Iran to whitewash the complicity of the Iranian ayatollahs in terror attacks in Buenos Aires. The two blasts in the 1990s killed 114 people. One day before his presentation, 51-year-old Nisman was murdered at his home. His tragedy has deep repercussions for democracy in Latin America and for the Jews in Argentina. The Jerusalem Center, whe...
As The Mideast Descends Into Chaos, Israel Must Have Defensible Borders
December 31, 2015 00:00 - 8 minutes - 15.1 MBThe Middle East is imploding in waves of violence whose impact has reached Israel. To the north, radical Islamists in Syria linked to both the Islamic State and al-Qaeda are approaching Israel’s border on the Golan Heights and threatening Jordan as well. At the same time, Iran is sending thousands of rockets with increasingly accurate guidance systems to Hizbullah in Lebanon to again attack Israeli cities. To the east, Israel faces an array of potential threats from hostile forces that in...