World Jewish Congress Publications

The Israel Journal of Foreign Affairs

Issue 2

Contents:


Islamic Political Culture on the Brink Tarek Heggy	7
The Second Lebanon War: Military Strategy and the Battle for Public Opinion Zev Furst	11
Why Israel Lost the Hasbara War Zalman Shoval	15
Deterring Tehran: The Logic Behind Israel’s Emerging Cold War Alexandre S. Wilner	19
The Oslo Accords: A Palestinian Perspective Abu Ala (Ahmed Qurie)	33
Economic Initiatives in Peacemaking Sir Ronald Cohen	41
Peace First Uri Savir	47
“Peace First” – A Rebuttal Joel Fishman	55
Pope Benedict XVI, the Jews and the Jewish State Sergio I. Minerbi	63
The Lockerbie Case and Its Implications for State-Sponsored Terrorism James P. Kreindler	83
Israeli-Polish Relations: Shadows of the Past and Challenges for the Future Shevach Weiss	89
Formulating Israel’s Foreign Trade Policy Yuval Elizur	97
One Step at a Time: Israeli-Hungarian Relations, 1967-1989 Yosef Govrin	107
François Mitterrand and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Eliezer Palmor	119
From War to Peace: Israeli-Egyptian Relations Moshe Sasson	131
In Memorium - Moshe (Moïse) Sasson David Kimche	135
Reviews
Germany and Israel in the 1990s and Beyond: Still a ‘Special Relationship’? by Yves Pallade Reviewed by Mordechay Lewy	137
Nations United: How the United Nations Undermines Israel and the West by Alex Grobman Reviewed by Terry Newman	141