Hebrew University of Jerusalem

December 17, 2023 | |

Most Israelis Want Out of Post-War Gaza Governance, Poll Shows

Latest Developments A significant majority of Israelis do not want to permanently retake the Gaza Strip, a poll found on December 17. The poll published by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem found that...

July 10, 2023 | Jonathan Schanzer |

Breaking a leg in Jerusalem: How Arab-Israeli kindness challenged my assumptions

The kindness of one stranger from the West Bank doesn’t change the challenges associated with the two-state solution, but it certainly feels like the right time to question some of my assumptions.

May 11, 2020 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Berlin Jewish rep against antisemitism rebukes diplomat for BDS support

Im Tirzu slams Israeli and Jewish academics for urging the discharge of the German government’s antisemitism commissioner, Felix Klein.

February 6, 2020 | Emanuele Ottolenghi |

Stop Iran funding? Hezbollah’s Financial Activities Should be Israel’s Top Priority

The radical Shi’ite organization’s criminal networks in Latin America generate hundreds of millions of dollars of annual revenue, with near impunity. Israel must commit more diplomatic, law enforcement,...

January 7, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Exclusive: PayPal Closes Nazi Party Account Linked to Hezbollah, Assad, BDS

A range of German and American politicians over the years have urged PayPal to terminate the The Third Way account.

December 25, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Wiesenthal’s top ten list of antisemites includes Pittsburgh shooter

Swedish hospital, UK singer Roger Waters and German bank make the list.

March 3, 2016 | Benjamin Weinthal |

European Affairs: BDS spreading like wildfire in Europe?

To fathom the potency (or lack thereof) of the BDS movement targeting Israel, the diverging and converging paths of its activity in the US and EU can be quite telling. First, the diverge...

September 3, 2015 | |

New Report Details Options for the U.S. to Shape Palestinian Succession after Mahmoud Abbas

FDD Press Release

July 16, 2015 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Analysis: German-Iran Business Ties Complicate Relations With Israel

With the adoption of the Iran nuclear deal by world powers – including Germany – on Tuesday, Chancellor Angela’s Merkel administration issued a full-throated endorsement of the...

June 4, 2015 | Benjamin Weinthal |

‘German Magazine Manufactured Diplomatic Crisis with Israel’

Israel’s embassy in Berlin and the Foreign Ministry vehemently denied a German Der Spiegel article alleging that Israel’s air traffic authority denied German Foreign Minister Frank-Wa...

October 21, 2014 | FDD Policy Brief |

Jordan’s Muslim Brotherhood Seeks Help from Hamas

Last week, the Islamic Action Front (IAF), the Muslim Brotherhood’s wing in Jordan, wrote an open...

June 25, 2014 |

FDD Welcomes Palestinian Politics Analyst Grant Rumley

WASHINGTON – The Foundation for Defense of Democracies proudly welcomed Grant Rumley this week as its newest research analyst. Rumley will focus on Palestinian politics and other developmen...

May 22, 2013 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Germany Backs Blacklisting Hezbollah Military Wing

German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle decided Wednesday to support listing Hezbollah's military wing as a terrorist organization in the European Union, according to German diplomatic sou...

October 8, 2012 | James Kirchick Tablet

The Professor’s Shoddy History

Berlin’s Jewish Museum gave Judith Butler and Germans permission to indulge dangerous political impulses.

September 10, 2012 | Benjamin Weinthal

The Post-Self-Destructivism of Judith Butler

On Sept. 11, a German organization will reward the American scholar and anti-Israel activist.

February 24, 2012 | Benjamin Weinthal The Jerusalem Post

Spotlight on Modern Loathing

Dr. Robert S. Wistrich is, arguably, the world’s leading academic authority on anti-Semitism. He heads the Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism at the Hebrew Uni...

January 31, 2012 | Benjamin Weinthal |

When Will the West Act Against Persecution of Christians in the Middle East?

Co-authored by Giulio Meotti The case of the Iranian pastor sentenced to death for his faith has attached a human face to the horrible situation of Christians in the...

April 26, 2011 |

The Man Who Fights Iran

WASHINGTON – While Iran takes pleasure in seeing the US and the world focusing on recent developments in the Arab world, one man ensures that the Iranian nuclear threat remain on the agenda. His...

October 24, 2005 | Mark Dubowitz World Defense Review |

The Enduring Consequences of the First World War

If the First World War was to be the "war to end all wars," the Paris Peace Conference established a "peace to end all peace." In both the scale of its devastation and in its political consequenc...

September 20, 2004 | |

Terror Prosecutor, Arab Media Expert Join FDD

Senior Fellows Andrew McCarthy and Avi Jorisch Add to Exp...