BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 2,213, September 18, 2023
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The long delay preceding Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s invitation to the White House reflects significant issues concerning Israel’s security and international position. President Joe Biden does not hide …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 2,125, August 17, 2020
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The State of Israel is in a political crisis that reflects deep social rifts. At the Herzliya Conference in 2015, then-president Reuven Rivlin noted that …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,841, December 8, 2020
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: While the recent peace agreements between Israel and the Gulf principalities are a political achievement of historic significance for Israel’s regional status, the construction of an anti-Iranian front will …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,812, November 11, 2020
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The election of Joe Biden as the 46th president of the United States requires an examination of the significance for Israel of the transition of power. After four years …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,272, August 30, 2019
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: In a recent landmark, Benjamin Netanyahu became Israel’s longest-serving prime minister, surpassing the tenure of David Ben-Gurion. A comparison of the two PMs’ leadership reveals points of both similarity …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,175, May 17, 2019
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Ever since the unilateral disengagement from Gaza in the summer of 2005, Israel has engaged in “bargaining by the threat of violence” with Hamas. Within that framework, the IDF …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 918, August 10, 2018
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The newly passed “Basic Law: Israel as the Nation-State of the Jewish People,” known as the Nationality Bill, does nothing to damage the equality of Israel’s non-Jewish citizens. …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 891, July 11, 2018
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The low standings of the Zionist Camp list in public opinion polls floated a new demand for change at the top. As a result, the Labor party, the Zionist …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 829, May 10, 2018
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: There are many implications to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s impressive presentation in which he revealed the Iranian plan to turn itself into a nuclear superpower. One of them is …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 262
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: American interventions in the Gaza conflict have been puzzling. The Obama administration chose to support the Hamas-friendly Turkish-Qatari ceasefire proposal and failed to recognize the emerging bloc between the more moderate Middle …
