By Dore Gold 1) Israeli negotiators will quickly discover three core areas in their discussions with the Syrians that they will not resolve easily: delineation of an agreed boundary, security arrangements, and the Syrian-Iranian alliance.2) Just prior to the outbreak of the 1973 Yom Kippur War, Syria deployed 1,400 tanks along the border against a total Israeli force of 177 tanks (a force ratio...
Forgotten Legal Rights
From Forgotten Legal Rights: After most armed conflicts, the international community has sought to re-establish the status quo ante – the previous situation – as part of a political settlement. However, many aspects of the prewar status quo in 1967 were untenable, if not illegal. Jordan and Egypt previously occupied the West Bank and Gaza Strip as a result of an invasion by the Arab...
Book: The Fight For Jerusalem
Jerusalem has always been at the heart of the battle between Islam and the West. From the Crusades until today, expansionist Islam has understood the significance of resting control over Jerusalem. For them, taking Jerusalem is tantamount to driving a spear into the heart of Judeo-Christian civilization. Dore Gold’s new book is a brilliant historical and contemporary analysis of The Fight...
Video: Bring Ahmadinejad to Justice!
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Bring Ahmadinejad to Justice for Incitement to Genocide
The Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations joins in inviting leaders of the member organizations to a special symposium: Bring Ahmadinejad to Justice for Incitement to Genocide! Featuring important national and international legal scholars who will discuss the repeated threats by President Ahmadinejad of Iran in violation of the 1949 Genocide Convention. Among those who...
Moves to Charge Ahmadinejad with Incitement to Genocide
From Financial Times: A 68-page study produced by the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs and the International Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists argues that Iranian President Ahmadinejad’s declaration that “Israel should be wiped off the map” is part of a hate campaign punishable under international law. Remarks by Ahmadinejad, including one in which he reportedly...
The Iraq Study Group: Implications for Israel
From The Iraq Study Group: Implications for Israel by Dore Gold: Baker confirmed on December 6, 2006, that the Iraq Study Group derived some of its inspiration from the “six-plus-two” talks on the future of Afghanistan at the UN. But in Afghanistan, back in the 1990s, Iran sought to contain a radical Sunni regime under the Taliban. In 2006, in contrast, Iran seeks to dominate Iraq...
Baker report demands Israel leave Golan Heights
Only a number of days after the UN passed a resolution calling Israel’s sovereignty over Jerusalem illegal, former US Secretary of State James Baker says Israel must leave the Golan Heights. The comprehensive report, which primarily addresses the situation in Iraq, was prepared by Jew-hater Baker and a former Democratic congressman, Lee Hamilton. It states that if the United States does not take...