Palestinian manipulation of the international community

Product Description


The lengthy and continuing conflict between Israel and the Palestinians has evolved, over the years, through various phases or cycles of terror on the one hand, and attempts at peace-making on the other. These cycles have ranged from sporadic, individual, and organized acts of violence, terror, and armed conflict by the various Palestinian terror organizations, individually or collectively. They have included organized, centrally orchestrated, and systematic military action by shelling of Israeli towns and villages by Hamas, Islamic Jihad, and other terrorist organizations based in, and emanating from, the Gaza Strip. Similarly, these cycles have often evolved into periods of outright low and medium-intensity armed conflict, with reaction by Israel to the Palestinian terror attacks, in defense of its towns, villages, and civilian population.

On the other hand, there have also been phases and cycles that have included periodic attempts, at the behest of, and with the active involvement of, the international community, to seek a solution to the conflict through negotiations and attempts at reconciliation between the two sides and the two peoples.

The aim of this book is to expose the extent and the lengths to which the Palestinian leadership and institutions have manipulated, and continue to actively manipulate, the institutions and the very perceptions of the international community with the aim of influencing them and their actions by forcing a very selective, partisan, misleading, and patently false narrative. In presenting such an extensive picture of Palestinian manipulation in all spheres of international community life political, economic, social, legal, and religious this book is intended to serve as a vital tool for all those involved in attempting to find a solution to the Israeli-Palestinian dispute, in the hope that they will face such manipulation head-on, in its true light.

Articles include:
Overview: Palestinian Manipulation of the International Community, Amb. Alan Baker
Manipulating International Law as Part of Anti-Israel 'Lawfare', Prof. Robbie Sabel
Universal Jurisdiction: Learning the Costs of Political Manipulation the Hard Way, Dr. Rephael Ben-Ari
The Demonization of Israel at the United Nations in Europe, Hillel Neuer
The Role of NGOs in the Palestinian Political War Against Israel, Prof. Gerald M. Steinberg
Politicizing the International Criminal Court, Prof. Eugene Kontorovich
Degrading International Institutions: The United Nations Goldstone Report, Amb. Dore Gold
The Abuse of Islam as Part of the Demonization of Israel, Ms Simen Tezapar
Palestinian Christian Abuse of Christian Organizations in the West, Dr. Dexter Van Zile
UNRWA: Blurring the Lines between Humanitarianism and Politics, Dr. Rephael Ben-Ari
Manufacturing and Exploiting Compassion: Abuse of the Media by Palestinian Propaganda, Philippe Assoulin, Esq.


About the Author


Ambassador Alan Baker, director of the Institute for Contemporary Affairs at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, is one of Israel's leading international experts. He served as the legal adviser and deputy director-general of the Israel Foreign Ministry from 1996 to 2004, followed by four years (2004-2008) as Israel's ambassador to Canada.