by Manfred Gerstenfeld, from European-Israeli Relations: Between Confusion and Change, 2006 “In 1982 during the Lebanon War, Lebanese Christian militias murdered hundreds of Palestinians in refugee camps in Sabra and Shatilah. In June 2001, several survivors and family members of … [Read More]
Category Archives: 2006
by Manfred Gerstenfeld, from European-Israeli Relations: Between Confusion and Change, 2006 On 26 October 2005, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, president of Iran, made a genocidal call for the elimination of Israel at the ”World without Zionism” conference in Teheran. Other speakers were … [Read More]
by Manfred Gerstenfeld, from European-Israeli Relations: Between Confusion and Change, 2006 Austria doesn’t play a leading role in the European Union nor, as far as I’m concerned, should it. The country’s overall attitude can be characterized as ‘going with the … [Read More]
Published in Israeli-European Relations: Between Confusion and Change, 2006. Ambassador Dr. Robbie Sabel is a former legal adviser to the Israeli Foreign Ministry. He now teaches international law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Tel Aviv University, and the Interdisciplinary … [Read More]
Published in European-Israeli Relations: Between Confusion and Change, 2006. “The European Union is Israel’s largest trading partner even if trade with the United States is growing rapidly and exports to it equal those to the EU. The EU is Israel’s … [Read More]
by Manfred Gerstenfeld, published in European-Israeli Relations: Between Confusion and Change? by the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, 2006 In the past few years Ayaan Hirsi Ali has become known worldwide. In 2006, Reader’s Digest gave her the European of … [Read More]
II. The Riots’ Impact on French Jewry The common view is that the physical impact of the riots on the Jewish community was not much greater than on others living in the areas affected.[53] Two synagogues were attacked with Molotov … [Read More]
Introduction Investigating the autumn 2005 disorders in France and their aftermath can provide much broader and longer-lasting perspectives than those pertaining to issues directly related to these events. Such an analysis can provide insight on several structural problems of French … [Read More]
The challenge the Shoah’s memory poses to the Jews, concerns the Jewish people’s legitimacy, that is, its right to exist in Europe and the Middle East. The European discourse on “the Shoah’s memory” is a delusion that conceals the nonrecognition … [Read More]
This book deals only marginally with matters directly concerning Judaism and Israel. Yet it provides profound insights into the French national mindset, which over the past decades has been critical of Israeli policy. Yehuda Blum, former Israeli ambassador to the … [Read More]