Antisemitism data illustrates the ‘new normal’
Some people like to kick the Jews at the very moment when they are down, while others take a more long-term view.
Tel Aviv University
After 45 Years: The Impact of the Gaza War on the Israel–Egypt Peace Accord
On the 45th anniversary of their peace agreement and against the backdrop of the protracted war in Gaza, relations between Israel and Egypt are being severely tested. How do the anchors of peace help both countries get through this challenging period, and what must they do to emerge from it stronger?
Op-eds
Breaking down Hezbollah’s rocket strategy: the Short-Range Threat
Hezbollah entered the 2006 war against Israel with an arsenal of 14,000 projectiles – a mixture of rockets and missiles of various ranges. By the end of the 34-day conflict, Hezbollah had lost approximately...
Op-eds
This man is Israel’s face and voice to the Arabic-speaking world
Avichay Adraee is Israel’s face to the Arab world, as the country seeks to confront Hamas lies with truth.
Op-eds
I’m an Egyptian American who studied in Israel: We can’t let Hamas kill peace along with the peacemakers
In the long litany of death notices that fill my Facebook feed — the friends and family of Israelis I met years ago as the lone Egyptian American studying at Tel Aviv University — one entry popped...
Op-eds
120,000 Israelis Evacuated Amid Hamas, Hezbollah Threats to Israel
Israel evacuated 14 more northern border communities over the weekend amid increased Hezbollah threats from Lebanon. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and Israel’s National Emergency...
Flash Briefs
How Cairo’s Embassy In Tel Aviv Can Contribute To A Warmer Peace With Israel
There are very few things about which Cairo’s elite and its Muslim Brotherhood critics can agree. But last week, both sides cheered for a 23-year-old Egyptian border guard named Mohamed Salah who murdered...
Op-eds
Why Congress must follow Germany and brand BDS anti-Semitic
Ending the boycott of Israel
Op-eds
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.
Op-eds
Israel on the Brink, as Usual
Episode 34
Foreign Podicy
A Historian in Full
The university flag at Princeton is flying at half-mast. It’s an appropriate tribute to Bernard Lewis, who died on May 19, less than a fortnight from his 102nd birthday. Professor Lewis was...
Op-eds
BDS Fails to Stop Israeli Artist from Performing Egyptian Songs in Berlin
A Lebanese-based organization that promotes a boycott of the Jewish state failed to stop performances on Saturday and Sunday in Berlin of the Israeli artist Ariel Efraim Ashbel who is celebrating...
Op-eds
What UNSCR 2334 Could Mean Beyond the United Nations, and How the Trump Administration Can Respond
Notwithstanding the distractions of the holiday season, a considerable debate has erupted over the significance of U.N. Security Council ...
Op-eds
Analysis: Will France Invoke NATO’s Article 5 to Declare War on Islamic State?
To confront comprehensively the Islamic State terrorist attacks on French soil, there have been calls for France’s President François Hollande to invoke Article 5 of the NATO Treaty,...
Op-eds
Analysis: Iran Nuclear Agreement Won’t Improve Human Rights
The euphoria surrounding the agreement to curb Iran’s nuclear weapons program last week has not altered the deteriorating human rights situation in the Islamic Republic. “The...
Op-eds
Are Jews Safe in Europe?
Co-authored by Asaf Romirowsky Last week's terrorist attack on a kosher supermarket in Paris underscored a fear that has been growing in recent years: Europe is n...
Op-eds
Why did France Toss a Wrench in the Iran Nuclear Talks?
France blocked an agreement on Sunday to curb Iran’s nuclear program because, to cite French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, it did not want to be part of a con game that would allow Tehra...
Op-eds
2013 Conflict Studies Fellowship
Dear Professor: Knowing of your interest in conflict issues and the Middle East, I am writing to inform you that the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies is...
Press Releases
Brigades That Fire on Israel Are Showing a New Discipline
From the time he was a boy, Ali al-Manama dreamed of joining the Izzedine al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic...
Op-eds
FDD Academic Fellow Publishes New Book on Terrorism and Economic Theory
Steven Rosefielde, a 2005-2006 FDD Academic Fellow and Professor of Economics at the University of North Carolina, recently published a book, Masters of Illusion, which uses economic theory to evaluate current threat information and predict future attacks.