A description of the projects and activities of the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, a multidisciplinary, independent non-profit think tank for Israel policy research and education, bringing together the best minds in the political, strategic, diplomatic and legal arenas, in Israel and abroad.

1. Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs

2. Who We Are The Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs is a multidisciplinary, independent, non-profit think tank for Israel policy research and education, bringing together the best minds in the political, strategic, diplomatic and legal arenas in Israel and abroad. Research includes contributions from its 55 Fellows. The Center was founded in 1976 by the late Prof. Daniel J. Elazar , a political scientist and specialist in the study of federalism and political culture. Since 2000, the Center has been led by former Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Dr. Dore Gold. Under his direction, the Center’s research has focused on engaging the public through conferences, in print, and online about Israel’s security needs and international standing.

4. Prof. YakirPlessner, Vice Chairman

5. Prof. Shmuel Sandler, Secretary

6. Prof. EfraimTorgovnik, Treasurer

7. Prof. Rela M. Geffen, Assoc. Secretary-Treasurer

8. Prof. Arthur Eidelman

9. ZviR. MaromSee also Key People

10. Winning the War of Ideas The challenges that Israel faces today are not only military. They extend to the United Nations, International Criminal Court, mass media, universities, and non-governmental organizations. Often, the assault on Israel is aimed at its very legitimacy as a Jewish state. Israel's growth and survival are dependent on its winning the war of ideas.

12. Hebrew – www. jcpa.org.il

13. French – www.jcpa-lecape.org

14. German – www.jer-zentrum.org

15. Arabic – www.infoelarab.orgOur material is accessed more than one million times each month worldwide.

16. Our Programs Institute for Contemporary Affairs – a forum for discussion with the foreign media and diplomats in Israel about Israel’s defense and national security challenges Global Law Forum – engages in innovative, evidence-based scholarship, countering the inconsistent application of legal standards in the international law community, particularly regarding Israel and the Middle East Defensible Borders Initiative –an effort to ascertain that Israel's rights and requirements for defensible borders are placed squarely on the global diplomatic agendaas part of forming a durable peace in a volatile Middle East Jerusalem in International Diplomacy –analyzes the legal and historic rights of Israel and Jerusalem and the security threats of the potential division of Israel’s capital Institute for Global Jewish Affairs –investigates recent developments in Jewish communities throughout the world and the rise in global anti-Semitism Daily Alert – a highly-acclaimed daily roundup of top Israel news stories from mainstream English and Hebrew media sources

17. INSTITUTE FORCONTEMPORARY AFFAIRS Founded jointly with the Wechsler Family Foundation of the United States in 2001, the Institute, directed by Maj.-Gen. (res.) Yaakov Amidror,provides a forum for discussion of Israel’s strategic, defense and national security challenges. ICA provides analyses on leading issues in Israel and the Middle East for the diplomatic corps and foreign media representatives based in Israel. In addition to providing a public forum, ICA publishes Jerusalem Issue Briefs and JerusalemViewpoints. Briefings are delivered by military officials, academics and politicians such as: Maj.-Gen. IdoNehushtan, Commander of the Israel Air Force Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Brig.-Gen. (res.) YossiKuperwasser Southern Command Chief Maj.-Gen. YoavGalant Dr. Bernard Lewis

18. IRAN AND THE NEW THREATS TO THE WEST Preparation of a legal document jointly with leading Israeli and international scholars and public personalities on the initiation of legal proceedings against Iranian President MahmoudAhmadinejad for incitement to commit genocide and participate in genocide. This program also features major policy studies by security and academic experts on Iran’s use of terror proxies and allies in the regime’s war against the West and its race for regional supremacy.

20. Legality of the Gaza Blockade

21. Gaza Fact-Finding Mission (Goldstone Report)

22. Settlements and Occupation

23. Universal Jurisdiction

26. Jerusalem in International diplomacy Dr. Dore Gold analyzes the legal and historic rights of Israel in Jerusalem and exposes the dangers of compromise that will unleash a new jihadist momentum in his book, The Fight for Jerusalem: Radical Islam, the West, and the Future of the Holy City (Regnery, 2007). Justus Reid Weiner looks at Illegal Construction in Jerusalem: A Variation on an Alarming Global Phenomenon (2003). Researcher NadavShragai assesses imminent security threats to Israel’s capital resulting from its potential division and offers alternative strategies for managing Jerusalem’s demographic challenge in his monograph Jerusalem: The Dangers of Division (2008).

28. Changing Jewish Communities – building upon the studies of Prof. Elazar and investigating recent developments in Jewish communities worldwide

31. The Washington Post

32. The Wall Street Journal

33. Fox News

34. Sky News

35. MSNBC

36. BBC

37. Al Jazeera

39. Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, 2010

40. British House of Commons, 2009 and 2007

41. U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee staff meeting, 2009

43. Australia, 2007: Just before his election, Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd embraced the Jerusalem Center’s initiative calling for the indictment of Iranian President Ahmadinejad for incitement to genocide

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