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All Beyond Images Briefings: Index
 You can link below to all our Briefings: punchy, concise in bulletpoint form with key messages.
They are organised under the following topics:
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  • The Fundamental case For Israel
  • Israel and liberal values
  • Israel's legitimacy and its opponents
  • Palestinian attitudes to Israel as a Jewish state
  • Anti-Israel incitement in Palestinian society
  • Palestinian attitudes to refugees and the 'right of return'
  • Palestinian rights and responsibilities
  • Negotiations, the peace process and unilateral statehood
  • Jerusalem
  • Israel Accused: 70 Questions and Answers
  • Britain and Israel
  • Israeli settlements and the Territories
  • Hamas ideology
  • Hamas track record
  • Gaza disengagement, Gaza under Hamas and Flotillas
  • Operation Cast Lead
  • Goldstone Report
  • International Law Issues
  • Iran and Israel
  • Hizbollah and Lebanon
  • Israel’s security fence
  • The “cycle of violence”
  • Israel and the Arab world
  • Christians in Israel and the Middle East
  • 1948
  • Palestinian terrorism in the second Intifada – general
  • Palestinian terrorism in the second Intifada – specific attacks
  • Palestinian terrorism – condemn or condone…?
  • Arab rights in Israel
  • Israeli society in the midst of conflict
  • Israel’s humanitarian values
  • Palestinian society
  • The BBC
  • Demonisation, the media and public opinion
  • Boycotting Israel and Israel as Apartheid
  • Israeli science, medicine and universal values
  • Israel and global disaster relief
  • Kadima and Ariel Sharon
  • Yasser Arafat
  • Iraq, Israel and Western Policies
  • Beyond Images Archive

THE FUNDAMENTAL CASE FOR ISRAEL

Israel and The Jews : The 3500 Year Connection

Updated to August 2010
An online tool summarising Israel's narrative and taking a balanced approach to the core issues.

​ISRAEL AND LIBERAL VALUES

Briefing 321 1 September 2013
Israeli hospital treatment of Syrian civilians:
Untold stories, universal messages


 Briefing 263 - published 19 July 2010
Support Israel: if it goes down, we all go down ....
by Jose Maria Aznar


Briefing 284 - published 13 May 2011
Israel: a progressive cause by Robert Philpot

Briefing 173 - 10 May 2006
Rejecting militant Islam, accepting Israel:
Muslim women speak out

ISRAEL'S LEGITIMACY AND ITS OPPONENTS

Briefing 313 - published 15 May 2012
Israel's fundamental rights as a nation-state

Briefing 300 - published 5 October 2011
Two states, but neither of them Jewish:
Palestinian moderate leader Nabil Sha'ath explains his "two state solution".....


Briefing 286 - published 30 May 2011
Benjamin Netanyahu's speech to the US Congress, May 2011: key extracts

Briefing 275 - published 20 January 2011
Palestinian denial of Jewish history:
An obstacle to peace and coexistence


Briefing 266 - published 29 July 2010
'Happy Independence Day, Israel' ....
from a Palestinian conflict resolution expert


Briefing 249 - published 10 December 2009
The roots of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict:
The ongoing Arab denial of Israel's legitimacy


Briefing 242 - published 14 June 2009
How President Obama got it wrong on Israel's history... ....
and why it matters for future peace


Briefing 167 - published 12 February 2006
Five foundations of Israel's 'right to exist'

Briefing 158 - published 30 October 2005
"Wiping Israel off the map....": what's new?

Briefing 145 - published 27 June 2005
Rejection of Israel in the Muslim world.... ... Observations by a pioneer of dialogue

Briefing 135 - 22 March 2005
Understanding Israel's perspective: Why visiting Yad Vashem is not enough....
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Briefing 2 - July 2002
Israel's law of return: Fulfilling a humanitarian mission

Briefing 6 - July 2002
Recognising Israe's right to exist: Actions speak louder than words

Briefing 54 - April 2002
Can a country be built in a day? By Chief Rabbi Professor Jonathan Sacks

PALESTINIAN ATTITUDES TO ISRAEL AS A JEWISH STATE

Briefing 308 - published 23 February 2012
Israeli-Palestinian core issues:
Ron Prosor's key messages to the United Nations


Briefing 300 - published 5 October 2011
Two states, but neither of them Jewish:
Palestinian moderate leader Nabil Sha'ath explains his "two state solution".....


Briefing 288 - published 24 June 2011
Recognising Israel as a Jewish state:
Why it's a Palestinian self-interest... by an Israeli dove


Briefing 272 - published 11 December 2010
Briefing 272 - published 11 December 2010
Recognising Israel as a Jewish state? Fresh rejection by the Palestinian 'moderates'


Briefing 226 - 8 December 2008
Recognising Israel as a Jewish state? Mainstream Palestinian leaders refuse to do so

Briefing 39 - January 2003
PALESTINIAN'S LEADING CARTOONIST: Israel should not exist

ANTI - ISRAEL INCITEMENT IN PALESTINIAN SOCIETY

Leading Website
www.palwatch.org

Briefing 292 - published 22 July 2011
Palestinian incitement against Israel and its impact on peace prospects

Briefing 226 - published 9 October 2010
Palestinian incitement against Israel:
the goals of Palestinian Media Watch, and why this matters to peace


Briefing 269 - published 9 October 2010
Incitement against Israel in mainstream Palestinian media
.... during 2010 peace talks

PALESTINIAN ATTITUDES TO REFUGEES AND THE 'RIGHT TO RETURN'

Briefing 291 - published 8 July 2011
1948: How Arab leaders forced Arab civilians to leave their homes in Palestine

Briefing 290 - published 7 July 2011
The 'right of return' into Israel:
No compromise by Palestinians


Briefing 283 - published 13 May 2011
Where's the Palestinian Arab self-criticism over 1948?... by Shlomo Avineri

Briefing 211 - published 2 March 2008
'Ethnic cleansing' by Israel in 1948?
Benny Morris, former revisionist historian, refutes Arab claims


Briefing 206 - 27 November 2007
Arab assaults on the Jews of Palestine following the 1947 UN partition plan  

Briefing 34 updated 24 October 2003
The Palestinian ‘Right of Return'

Briefing 39 - January 2003
Palestinian's leading cartoonist: Israel should not exist

Briefing 2 - July 2002
ISRAEL'S LAW OF RETURN : Fulfilling a Humanitarian Mission


PALESTINIAN RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES 

News, commentary and analysis of the conflict "from the Palestinian perspective"
www.electronicintifada.net 

Briefing 294 - Published 19 August 2011
"The Palestinians are entitled to a state. Why not support a UN declaration of statehood...?"
 

Briefing 155 - published 18 September 2005
"A large prison camp?" Gaza following Israel's pullout 

Briefing 142 - published 1 June 2005
Negating Israel's existence: Palestinians demand a 'full right of return' 

Briefing 17 dated 14 March 2003
"If only Israel would end the occupation...." 

​Briefing 34 updated 24 October 2003
The Palestinian ‘Right of Return’

NEGOTIATIONS, THE PEACE PROCESS AND UNILATERAL STATEHOOD

Briefing 316 - published 21 August 2012
North, South, East, West:
Threats to Israel in 2012, from all directions


Briefing 308 - published 23 February 2012
Israeli-Palestinian core issues:
Ron Prosor's key messages to the United Nations


Briefing 299 - published 13 September 2011
Building an independent state: Six steps the Palestinians still need to take

Briefing 298 - published 9 September 2011
'Israel's settlements block peace....'

Briefing 297 - published 6 September 2011
 Briefing 297 - published 6 September 2011
"The Palestine Papers show Israeli intransigence and deep Palestinian concessions for peace...."


Briefing 294 - published 19 August 2011
"The Palestinians are entitled to a state. Why not support a UN declaration of statehood...?"

Briefing 292 - published 29 July 2011
Rejecting two states, supporting extreme views: Palestinian public opinion in 2011

Briefing 3288 - published 24 June 2011
Recognising Israel as a Jewish state:
Why it's a Palestinian self-interest... by an Israeli dove


Briefing 287 - published 16 June 2011
Jerusalem's Arabs: more prefer living in Israel to living in Palestine, reveals in-depth survey

Briefing 286 - published 30 May 2011
Benjamin Netanyahu's speech to the US Congress, May 2011: key extracts

Briefing 280 - published 26 March 2011
"The international community must pressurise Israel more on settlements..."
David Horovitz and Alan Dershowitz respond


Briefing 274 - published 17 December 2010
Jewish settlements:
Complex realities behind the headlines


Briefing 273 - published 15 December 2010
Land swaps in a peace deal?
Palestinian 'moderates' reject the idea


Briefing 271 - published 14 October 2010
"Israelis are materialistic and cynical, and don't care about peace...."
- response by Michael Oren


Briefing 268 - published 28 September 2010
Benjamin Netanyahu as peace builder:
His speech at Washington talks, September 2010


Briefing 266 - published 29 July 2010
'Happy Independence Day, Israel' ....
from a Palestinian conflict resolution expert


Briefing 262 - published 15 July 2010
"The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is about territory.
The solution is 'land for peace'...."


Briefing 243 - published 26 July 2009
The intransigence of Palestinian moderates:
Saeb Erekat reveals the reality.... in Arabic ....


Briefing 240 - published 4 May 2009
Ultra-nationalist? Racist? The views of Israeli Foreign Minister Lieberman
​

 Briefing 236 - published 8 March 2009
Beyond the Israeli elections 2009:
The reality of Palestinian hostility to Israel


Briefing 227 - 25 December 2008
'Moderate Palestinian leaders believe in a two-state solution....'

Briefing 225 - 5 December 2008
2008: Israel offers to pull out of 93% of West Bank, plus give 7% more land - Palestinians say no

Briefing 209 - published 13 December 2007
Arabs of Jerusalem express attachment to Israel

Briefing 208 - published 8 December 2007
Annapolis: debates among Israeli experts

Briefing 196 - published 4 June 2007
'The Palestinians are victims of Israel'. Discuss.

Briefing 190 - published 28 February 2007
Peace with Israel as 'capitulation'....
The root cause of the conflict


Briefing 189 - published 25 January 2007
Jimmy Carter accused:
The resignation letter of his close supporters


Briefing 150 - published 14 July 2005
Israel's Gaza pullout and Palestinian extremism

Briefing 45 - February 2005
Palestinian Statehood : Fifty years of rejected opportunities  

Briefing 21 dated 14 May 2003`
Camp David and Taba: What did Israel offer?

Briefing 103 - published 21 October 2004
1967: Why Israel entered the West Bank

Briefing 25 - July 2003
Why Settlements? Israeli arguments for and against

JERUSALEM 

Briefing 311 - published 25 April 2012
Christians in Jerusalem:
Jewish leader reaches out with message of respectful coexistence
 

​Briefing 287 - published 16 June 2011
Jerusalem's Arabs: more prefer living in Israel to living in Palestine, reveals in-depth survey 

Briefing 275 - published 20 January 2011
Palestinian denial of Jewish history:
An obstacle to peace and coexistence
 

Briefing 254 - published 17 April 2010
Jerusalem: the battle over facts, history and context 

Briefing 209 - published 13 December 2007
Arabs of Jerusalem express attachment to Israel 

Briefing 203 - 11 October 2007
Jerusalem and Israel's security fence:
Comparisons with world cities
 

Briefing 160 - published 27 November 2005
Palestinian attacks against Jerusalem:
The context for the security fence around the city
 

Briefing 68 dated 10 September 2003
THE WESTERN WALL BUS BOMB: shattering life, shattering hope 

Briefing 54 - April 2002
CAN A COUNTRY BE BUILT IN A DAY? By Chief Rabbi Professor Jonathan Sacks 

Briefing 55 - June 2002
I am a potential target worthy of maiming:   by Dr. Nathan Cherny, Jerusalem



BRITAIN AND ISRAEL

Briefing 314 - published 8 June 2012
What British people think of Israel:
Public opinion surveys 2005-2012


Briefing 282 - published 6 May 2011
Britain and Israel: some 'unvarnished' facts

Briefing 281 - published 29 April 2011
From schoolbooks to concert halls:
Israel's vanishing narrative in British public life


Briefing 159 - published 6 November 2005
Blaming Israel? British Minister places responsibility on Palestinians instead

ISRAELI SETTLEMENTS AND THE TERRITORIES

Briefing 298 - published 9 September 2011
'Israel's settlements block peace....'

Briefing 280 - published 26 March 2011
"The international community must pressurise Israel more on settlements..."
David Horovitz and Alan Dershowitz respond


Briefing 274 - published 17 December 2010
Jewish settlements:
Complex realities behind the headlines


Briefing 273 - published 15 December 2010
Land swaps in a peace deal?
Palestinian 'moderates' reject the idea


Briefing 248 - published 8 December 2009
How Israel's West Bank checkpoints restrict movement of Palestinians

Briefing 247 - published 19 November 2009
"Israeli settlements in the West Bank are illegal under international law...."

Briefing 25 dated 9 July 2003
Why settlements? Israeli arguments for and against ​

HAMAS IDEOLOGY

Briefing 307 - published 22 February 2012
The goals of the Hamas leader in Gaza, 2012:
No Israel. No compromise. No end to "armed resistance"

Briefing 295 - published 2 September 2011
Hamas leaders' extremism, in 2011

Briefing 265 - published 27 July 2010
Israeli and Hamas leaders describe their visions:
Moral equivalents.... or moral opposites?

Briefing 264 - published 23 July 2010
'Hamas now accepts Israel....'.
Really? Mahmoud al-Zahar exposes the doublespeak

Briefing 230 - 19 January 2009
'Hamas has come round to the idea of Israel within the 1967 borders....'

Briefing 229 - 17 January 2009
What do Hamas and Hizbollah want?
What do they mean by 'resistance' to Israel?

Briefing 200 - 22 August 2007
'Hamas wants an Islamic state...': Why this is only half-true

Briefing 186 - 12 November 2006
"We want all of Palestine":
Hamas goals remain unchanged

Briefing 166 - published 31 January 2006
Hamas leaders in their own words

Briefing 165 - published 15 January 2006
The Hamas Charter: extracts

Briefing 154 - published 5 September 2005
Hamas: our aim is to eliminate Israel

Briefing 74 - published 10 December 2003
"The Jews could have a state in Europe..." The goals of Hamas, by its founder Sheikh Ahmed Yassin

HAMAS TRACK RECORD

Briefing 258 - published 11 June 2010
Haman human rights violations against Gaza Palestinians, 2010

Briefing 233 - 2 February 2009
Gaza Palestinian victims of Hamas human rights violations and war crimes

Briefing 169 - 27 March 2006
"Armed resistance"? Hamas bombings of Israeli civilians

Briefing 144 - published 21 June 2005
Foiled Palestinian suicide attacks: A June 2005 snapshot

Briefing 78 - published 8 August 2004
Palestinian suicide bombings 1994-2004:
Don't let the world forget.....

GAZA DISENGAGEMENT, GAZA UNDER HAMAS AND FLOTILLAS

Briefing 301 - published 30 October 2011
Israel, Turkey and the Gaza flotilla, 2010:
The UN's Palmer Report - key points


Briefing 296 - published 2 September 2011
"Israel destroys the economic prospects of Gaza...."

Briefing 285 - published 21 May 2011
Testimonies of Israeli soldiers who intercepted the Gaza flotilla

Briefing 265 - published 27 July 2010
Israeli and Hamas leaders describe their visions:
Moral equivalents.... or moral opposites?


Briefing 260 - published 19 June 2010
'Israel's interception of the Gaza flotilla violated international law.....'

Briefing 215 - published 9 July 2008
Access by Gaza Palestinians to Israeli hospitals: the facts

Briefing 213 - 27 March 2008
Whitewashing Hamas?
How the BBC website misrepresented a BBC TV documentary on Gaza


Briefing 202 - 30 September 2007
"You can't give Palestinian children Qassams for breakfast...."
- Shimon Peres on Hamas


Briefing 201 - 31 August 2007
'Western countries should engage with Hamas....'

Briefing 212 - 9 March 2008
Israeli attacks, Hamas attacks: Moral equivalence....?
A 'cycle of violence'....?


Briefing 199 - 15 August 2007
The Western economic boycott has brought Gaza to its knees....

Briefing 198 - 15 July 2007
The Hamas takeover of Gaza: quickly forgotten facts

Briefing 195 - published 21 May 2007
The Hamas rocket offensive against Sderot

Briefing 191 - 18 March 2007
The Palestinian weapons build-up and foiled attacks on Israel - March 2007 update

Briefing 188 - 31 December 2006
Twenty seconds to take cover:
Qassam rocket attacks on Israeli schoolchildren


Briefing 185 - 5 November 2006
The Palestinians in Gaza:
Anguished self-criticism by leading Palestinian spokesman


Briefing 176 - 18 June 2006
Qassam rocket attacks since Israel's pullout from Gaza

Briefing 155 - published 18 September 2005
"A large prison camp?" Gaza following Israel's pullout

Briefing 153 - published 10 August 2005
Orange! Opposition in Israel to disengagement

Briefing 150 - published 14 July 2005
Israel's Gaza pullout and Palestinian extremism

Briefing 146 - published 1 July 2005
The attempt to bomb Israel's Soroka hospital: 'Open letter' by a Palestinian doctor

Briefing 130 - 17 February 2005
Qassam Rocket Attacks Against Israel

Briefing 127 - 11 January 2005
Ariel Sharon, the disengagement plan and the Palestinians

Briefing 92 - published 16 May 2004
Reducing Palestinian suffering:
Israeli soldiers pay the ultimate price


Briefing 91- published 9 May 2004
"Is this a struggle for freedom?"
The murder of Tali Hatuel and her daughters

OPERATION CAST LEAD

Israeli soldier's accounts of compassion and humanity
www.soldiersspeakout.com

Special Briefing 234 - 5 February 2009
The context for the Israel - Hamas war of 2009

Briefing 232 - 30 January 2009
The humanitarian case for Israel's war against Hamas, by Amos Oz and others

Briefing 228 - 2 January 2009
Israel strikes Hamas in Gaza:
Palestinian, Egyptian, European and American voices blame Hamas

​

GOLDSTONE REPORT

Briefing 252 - published 3 March 2010
David Miliband: 'Goldstone's findings are credible and serious...' - a response

Briefing 251 - published 7 Feburary 2010
'The Goldstone Report was even-handed. It criticises Hamas as well as Israel....'

Briefing 250 - published 31 January 2010
'The UN Human Rights Council is anti-Israel, but Goldstone secured
a balanced mandate, and Israel should have cooperated with him....'

Briefing 245 - published on 22 October 2009
The IDF and the Israel-Hamas war 2009:
Colonel Richard Kemp's statement to the UN Human Rights Council

Briefing 244 - 9 October 2009
The Goldstone Report on Gaza:
The best single response by an Israeli diplomat

Briefing 250 - published 31 January 2010
'The UN Human Rights Council is anti-Israel, but Goldstone secured
a balanced mandate, and Israel should have cooperated with him....'

Briefing 231 - 25 January 2009
The fighting in Gaza, proportionality and the laws of war:
International lawyer explains rules

  

INTERNATIONAL LAW ISSUES

Briefing 320 - published 12 October 2012
Iran, the UN and international law:
by Irwin Cotler

Briefing 313 - published 15 May 2012
Israel's fundamental rights as a nation-state

Briefing 301 - published 30 October 2011
Israel, Turkey and the Gaza flotilla, 2010:
The UN's Palmer Report - key points

 Israel and International Law
www.globallawforum.org

Briefing 260 - published 19 June 2010
'Israel's interception of the Gaza flotilla violated international law.....'

Briefing 247 - published 19 November 2009
"Israeli settlements in the West Bank are illegal under international law...."

Briefing 231 - 25 January 2009
The fighting in Gaza, proportionality and the laws of war:
International lawyer explains rules

Briefing 217 - published 25 July 2008
Iranian leaders' incitement to genocide against the Jewish people

Briefing 179 - 19 July 2006
Hizbollah: "Israel's response is disproportionate"

Briefing 101 - published 6 August 2004
Israel's Security Fence:
Criticisms of the International Court of Justice - by the British judge

Briefing 34 updated 24 October 2003
The Palestinian ‘Right of Return’

IRAN AND ISRAEL

Briefing 320 - published 12 October 2012
Iran, the UN and international law:
by Irwin Cotler

Briefing 318 - published 22 August 2012
Ahmadinejad and Khameini:
Iran's latest calls for Israel's annihilation, August 2012

Briefing 317 - published 22 August 2012
Iran's quest for nuclear weapons:
The IAEA's grim conclusions, in 2012

Briefing 316 - published 21 August 2012
North, South, East, West:
Threats to Israel in 2012, from all directions

Briefing 309 - published 7 March 2012
"Israel has nuclear weapons. Why can't Iran have them, too.....?"

Briefing 305 - published 30 December 2011
Thwarting Iran's nuclear weapon ambitions:
Our failed diplomacy, by former British Minister

Top quality 'Iran Press Kit'
www.theisraelproject.org

Briefing 239 - published 19 April 2009
Ahmadinejad's anti-semitism at the UN...
and the 'deafening silence' among Western elites

Briefing 237 - 17 March 2008
The speech of Iran's supreme leader Khamenei, March 2009:
His call for Israel's destruction

Briefing 224 - 12 November 2008
13 year old Iranian boy with brain tumour: Israeli doctors fight to save his life

Briefing 217 - published 25 July 2008
Iranian leaders' incitement to genocide against the Jewish people

Briefing 216 - published 25 July 2008
'US intelligence says Iran probably gave up nuclear weapon plans in 2003...'

HIZBOLLAH AND LEBANON

Briefing 319 - published 11 September 2012
Turning Israel into a "living hell":
Hizbollah leader in Lebanon threatens genocide


Briefing 229 - 17 January 2009
What do Hamas and Hizbollah want?
What do they mean by 'resistance' to Israel?

Briefing 220 - 11 August 2008
A nation of love, not of hatred:
Praises for the Israeli people by the families of the kidnapped soldiers

Briefing 183 - 12 September 2006
Israel and Hezbollah 2006: Key Quotes

Briefing 182 - 8 September 2006
"Hizbollah won the war":
Lebanese Shi'ites challenge this belief

Briefing 181 - 2 August 2006
Qana: the context

Briefing 180 - 27 July 2006
Holding Lebanon "hostage": UN condemnation of Hizbollah

Briefing 179 - 19 July 2006
Hizbollah: "Israel's response is disproportionate"

ISRAEL'S SECURITY FENCE

Briefing 221 - 7 September 2008
The case for Israel's security fence: 2008 update

Briefing 203 - 11 October 2007
Jerusalem and Israel's security fence:
Comparisons with world cities

Briefing 187 - 4 December 2006
Israel's security fence:
Islamic Jihad leader admits it's effective

Briefing 160 - published 27 November 2005
Palestinian attacks against Jerusalem:
The context for the security fence around the city

Briefing 156 - published 23 September 2005
The location of the security fence: Palestinian villagers succeed in top Israeli court

Briefing 138 - 12 April 2005
The security fence: Israel's justice system upholds Palestinian rights

Briefing 73 - published 10 December 2003
The Case for Israel's Security Fence

Briefing 101 - published 6 August 2004
Israel's Security Fence:
Criticisms of the International Court of Justice - by the British judge

Briefing 100 - published 11 July 2004
Israel's security fence:
Bringing stability and the prospect of recovery to Jenin

Briefing 76 - published 14 December 2003
68,000 Palestinian olive and fruit trees replanted by Israel

THE “CYCLE OF VIOLENCE ”

Briefing 265 - published 27 July 2010
Israeli and Hamas leaders describe their visions:
Moral equivalents.... or moral opposites?

Briefing 220 - 11 August 2008
A nation of love, not of hatred:
Praises for the Israeli people by the families of the kidnapped soldiers

Briefing 212 - 9 March 2008
Israeli attacks, Hamas attacks: Moral equivalence....?
A 'cycle of violence'....?

Briefing 195 - published 21 May 2007
The Hamas rocket offensive against Sderot

Briefing 164 - published 4 January 2006
How Israel's checkpoints prevent disaster:
The tragic story of Ori Binamo


Briefing 151 - published 9 August 2005
Bus attack by Jewish soldier: Rabbi's condolence visit to mourning Arabs

Briefing 75- published 18 December 2003
"Israel and the Palestinians are involved in a tit-for-tat cycle of violence..."

Briefing 49 - published 15 December 2003
"Palestinian violence has forced Israel to compromise"

Briefing 11 - August 2002
Casualty figures : Why are there more Palestinian than Israeli victims of the conflict?

Briefing 7 - August 2002
"Israel targets Palestinian civilians"

Briefing 15 - August 2002
Israel's reluctant reoccupation of Palestinian towns:
How terror forced Israel to re-occupy


Briefing 5 - July 2002
Roadblocks, checkpoints and Israel's security fence:
Barriers to peace..... or barriers to terror ?


Briefing 9 - August 2002
Attacking Hamas's military mastermind:
The Israeli strike on Salah Shehadeh

ISRAEL AND THE ARAB WORLD

Briefing 321 1 September 2013
Israeli hospital treatment of Syrian civilians:
Untold stories, universal messages


Briefing 316 - published 21 August 2012
North, South, East, West:
Threats to Israel in 2012, from all directions


Briefing 312 - published 3 May 2012
Egypt after the Arab spring:
Six key points by Professor Fouad Ajami


Briefing 279 - published 17 March 2011
How Western obsession with Israel perpetuates human rights violations in the Arab world


Briefing 205 - 10 November 2007
'Israel is the 'root cause' of the problems of the Middle East....'

Briefing 193 - published 16 April 2007
The Arab League Plan 2007:
Towards 'normal relations' with Israel?

CHRISTIAN IN ISRAEL AND THE MIDDLE EAST

Briefing 311 - published 25 April 2012
Christians in Jerusalem:
Jewish leader reaches out with message of respectful coexistence

Briefing 310 - published 18 April 2012
Christians in Israel, the territories and the Middle East: context, by Michael Oren
​

1948

Briefing 291 - published 8 July 2011
1948: How Arab leaders forced Arab civilians to leave their homes in Palestine

 
Briefing 289 - published 29 June 2011
Inside a Palestinian refugee camp:
'Returning into Israel'..... as part of daily life

Briefing 283 - published 13 May 2011
Where's the Palestinian Arab self-criticism over 1948?... by Shlomo Avineri

Briefing 276 - published 21 January 2011
Beyond the 'naqba' mindset: What a real change in Palestinian attitudes would involve.... by Shlomo Avineri

Briefing 211 - 2 March 2008
'Ethnic cleansing' by Israel in 1948?
Benny Morris, former revisionist historian, refutes Arab claims
​

Briefing 206 - 27 November 2007
Arab assaults on the Jews of Palestine following the 1947 UN partition plan  ​

PALESTINIAN TERRORISM IN THE SECOND INTIFADA, - GENERAL

 The intelligence and terrorism information center
www.terrorism-info.org.il

Briefing 261 - 9 July 2010
The Fatah Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade:
Terror track record endorsed by the 'moderates'

Briefing 191 - 18 March 2007
The Palestinian weapons build-up and foiled attacks on Israel - March 2007 update

Briefing 188 - 31 December 2006
Twenty seconds to take cover:
Qassam rocket attacks on Israeli schoolchildren


Briefing 176 - 18 June 2006
Qassam rocket attacks since Israel's pullout from Gaza

Briefing 171 - 10 April 2006
Palestinian rocket attacks from Gaza:
The threat to Israeli energy facilities


Briefing 169 - 27 March 2006
"Armed resistance"? Hamas bombings of Israeli civilians

Briefing 168 - published 5 March 2006
Spielberg's 'Munich' as "historical fiction"

Briefing 166 - published 31 January 2006
Hamas leaders in their own words

Briefing 165 - published 15 January 2006
The Hamas Charter: extracts

Briefing 160 - published 27 November 2005
Palestinian attacks against Jerusalem:
The context for the security fence around the city


Briefing 155 - published 18 September 2005
"A large prison camp?" Gaza following Israel's pullout

Briefing 154 - published 5 September 2005
Hamas: our aim is to eliminate Israel

Briefing 146 - published 1 July 2005
The attempt to bomb Israel's Soroka hospital: 'Open letter' by a Palestinian doctor

Briefing 144 - published 21 June 2005
Foiled Palestinian suicide attacks: A June 2005 snapshot

Briefing 130 - 17 February 2005
Qassam Rocket Attacks Against Israel

Briefing 78 - published 8 August 2004
Palestinian suicide bombings 1994-2004:
Don't let the world forget.....

Briefing 126 - 7 January 2005
Sabotaging Recovery: Attacks on Palestinian industrial zones and crossing points

Briefing 88 - published 18 June 2004
Foiled attacks against Israel

Briefing 79 published on 8 February 2004
The family of nations under fire:
Victims of Palestinian violence from 18 countries


Beyond Images Briefing 3 - updated on 22 March 2004
Palestinian "mega-terrorism" against Israel: the escalating danger

Briefing 8 - August 2002, updated to January 2003
No Sanctuaries: Palestinian attacks on the Jewish religious heritage

Briefing 119 - 6 December 2004
The aftermath of Palestinian terror: British politicians witness it first hand

Briefing 12 updated 7 October 2003
Israeli Families Devastated

Briefing 18 dated 6 May 2003
Beyond Comprehension: The extremes of Palestinian violence

Briefing 51 dated 5 May 2003
Before September 2000: When the Palestinian suicide bombings began

Briefing 10 - August 2002 - Updated to May 2003
If Israel were the UK or the USA….? The equivalent to Israel’s casualty figures in 7 other countries

PALESTINIAN TERRORISM IN THE SECOND INTIFADA – SPECIFIC ATTACKS

How Israel families overcame the devastation of terror
www.onefamilyfund.org

Briefing 164 - published 4 January 2006
How Israel's checkpoints prevent disaster:
The tragic story of Ori Binamo


Briefing 143 - published 8 June 2005
15 year old suicide bomber: Palestinian family's anger at his recruiters

Briefing 91- published 9 May 2004
"Is this a struggle for freedom?"
The murder of Tali Hatuel and her daughters


Briefing 22 - February 2003
KIBBUTZ METZER: the day that idealism and horror collided...

Briefing 4 - August 2002
CLOSE TO CATASTROPHE AT PI GLILOT  - Israel's largest fuel depot attacked by Palestinian group

Briefing 57 dated 6 May 2003
ATTACKING COEXISTENCE: the bombing of the bus to Haifa University

Briefing 68 dated 10 September 2003
THE WESTERN WALL BUS BOMB: shattering life, shattering hope

Briefing 13 - August 2002
MOSHAV WORKER LYNCHED: How Palestinian terrorists exploit the easing of restrictions on their towns - Click here

PALESTINIAN TERRORISM – CONDEMN OR CONDONE?

Briefing 192 - 27 March 2007
'How many Jews did Mama kill...?' Children on Palestinian TV

Briefing 107 - published 9 September 2004
Terrorism and Muslim societies: an Arab journalist speaks out

Briefing 41 dated 5 May 2003
MURDER AND FASHIONABLE FALLACIES By Prof Shlomo Avineri

Briefing 104 - 15 November 2004
Sweets on the streets..... Glorification of terror in Palestinian society

Briefing 108 - published 13 September 2004
"Martyrs"? The distortion of a religious concept

Briefing 27 - January 2003
PALESTINIAN "DESPERATION" : Does it explain the suicide bombing campaign?

ARAB RIGHTS IN ISRAEL

Briefing 287 - published 16 June 2011
Jerusalem's Arabs: more prefer living in Israel to living in Palestine, reveals in-depth survey

Briefing 277 - published 29 January 2011
Is Israel becoming an 'authoritarian' state?
Spokesman affirms Israel's democratic qualities and rebuts Time Magazine accusations

Advocacy for Israei Arab rights
www.abrahamfund.org

Briefing 241 - published 10 May 2009
Israel Apartheid Week on campus:
Critique by Israeli bedouin diplomat


Briefing 222 - 19 October 2008
Israeli Arab rights: facts which refute the 'apartheid' myth

Briefing 219 - 2 August 2008
77% of Israeli Arabs prefer Israel

Briefing 131 - 2 February 2005
Taking control of Arab-owned land? Israel's Attorney-General blocks Israeli Cabinet

Briefing 109 - 1 November 2004
The legal rights of Arabs in Israel

Briefing 82 updated on 21 March 2004
Living in Israel or in a Palestinian state: Israeli Arabs express their view

Briefing 53 dated 9 July 2003
Israel as an "apartheid state""? The High Court and leading Israeli Arab Politicians

ISRAELI SOCIETY IN THE MIDST OF CONFLICT

Briefing 315 - published 7 August 2012
"Israel's treatment of black Africans entering the country shows that it's a racist state....."

Briefing 284 - published 13 May 2011
Israel: a progressive cause by Robert Philpot

Briefing 277 - published 29 January 2011
Is Israel becoming an 'authoritarian' state?
Spokesman affirms Israel's democratic qualities and rebuts Time Magazine accusations

Briefing 271 - published 14 October 2010
"Israelis are materialistic and cynical, and don't care about peace...."
- response by Michael Oren

 Briefing 238 - published 5 April 2009
Israel's Netanyahu government, the Annapolis process and a 'two-state solution'

Briefing 223 - 24 October 2008
Equal treatment: Arab parent praises Israeli special needs charity

Briefing 220 - 11 August 2008
A nation of love, not of hatred:
Praises for the Israeli people by the families of the kidnapped soldiers

Briefing 194 - published 7 May 2007
The Winograd Report on the Second Lebanon War: Key Lessons

Briefing 161 - published 4 December 2005
Ariel Sharon, Kadima and political change:
Can the Palestinians change too?

Briefing 87 - published 25 April 2004
Israeli society: resilience, dignity and democracy
Insights from columnist Hirsh Goodman

Briefing 16 - August 2002
"Israel's policies are incompatible with Jewish ideals"

Briefing 54 dated 2 July 2003
Jerusalem: “The Jews are squeezing the Arabs out”

Briefing 55 - June 2002
I am a potential target worthy of maiming:   by Dr. Nathan Cherny, Jerusalem  

Briefing 25 dated 9 July 2003
Why settlements? Israeli arguments for and against 

​Briefing 56 - February 2003
Soccer for coexistence: Arab-Jewish football event in Tel-Aviv


ISRAEL'S HUMANITARIAN VALUES

Briefing 321 1 September 2013
Israeli hospital treatment of Syrian civilians:
Untold stories, universal messages

Briefing 278 - published 31 January 2011
The Carmel forest inferno:
International support for Israel's firefighting efforts

 Israel's international assistance projects
http://mashav.mfa.gov.il

Briefing 267 - published 1 August 2010
Reaching out to Palestinian children:
Israel's Save A Child's Heart project

Briefing 224 - 12 November 2008
13 year old Iranian boy with brain tumour: Israeli doctors fight to save his life

Briefing 223 - 24 October 2008
Equal treatment: Arab parent praises Israeli special needs charity

Briefing 215 - published 9 July 2008
Access by Gaza Palestinians to Israeli hospitals: the facts

Briefing 214 - published 11 May 2008
How Israel Makes The World A Better Place

Briefing 204 - 18 October 2007
Israeli doctors treat Iraqi children with heart diseases

Briefing 197 - 26 June 2007
How an Israeli Ambulance team saved a Gaza Palestinian child's life

Briefing 162 - published 9 December 2005
Israel's democratic and humanitarian values: Illustrations from the midst of conflict

Briefing 151 - published 9 August 2005
Bus attack by Jewish soldier: Rabbi's condolence visit to mourning Arabs

Briefing 137 - 10 April 2005
"Seeing through the lies" about Israel: A Lebanese journalist speaks out

Briefing 110 - 2 November 2004
Israel's medical support for Palestinian society - by Theo Dov Golan

Briefing 92 - published 16 May 2004
Reducing Palestinian suffering:
Israeli soldiers pay the ultimate price


Briefing 97 - published 30 May 2004
Israeli military commander:
Do not take "a soft drink" from Palestinian homes

PALESTINIAN SOCIETY

Briefing 297 - published 6 September 2011
"The Palestine Papers show Israeli intransigence and deep Palestinian concessions for peace...."

Briefing 293 - published 29 July 2011
 Briefing 293 - published 29 July 2011

Briefing 313 - published 15 May 2012
Rejecting two states, supporting extreme views: Palestinian public opinion in 2011

Briefing 292 - published 22 July 2011
Palestinian incitement against Israel and its impact on peace prospects

Briefing 290- published 7 July 2011
The 'right of return' into Israel:
No compromise by Palestinians


Briefing 276 - published 21 January 2011
 Briefing 276 - published 21 January 2011
Beyond the 'naqba' mindset: What a real change in Palestinian attitudes would involve.... by Shlomo Avineri

Briefing 270 - published 9 October 2010
Palestinian incitement against Israel:
the goals of Palestinian Media Watch, and why this matters to peace


Briefing 269- published 9 October 2010
Incitement against Israel in mainstream Palestinian media
.... during 2010 peace talks


Briefing 236 - published 8 March 2009
Beyond the Israeli elections 2009:
The reality of Palestinian hostility to Israel


Briefing 227 - 25 December 2008
'Moderate Palestinian leaders believe in a two-state solution....'

Briefing 226 - 8 December 2008
Recognising Israel as a Jewish state? Mainstream Palestinian leaders refuse to do so

Briefing 225 - 5 December 2008
2008: Israel offers to pull out of 93% of West Bank, plus give 7% more land - Palestinians say no

Briefing 192 - 27 March 2007
'How many Jews did Mama kill...?' Children on Palestinian TV

Briefing 185 - 5 November 2006
The Palestinians in Gaza:
Anguished self-criticism by leading Palestinian spokesman


Briefing 163 - published 18 December 2005
The Christians of Bethlehem:
Intimidation by Muslim extremists


Briefing 159 - published 6 November 2005
Blaming Israel? British Minister places responsibility on Palestinians instead

Briefing 150 - published 14 July 2005
Israel's Gaza pullout and Palestinian extremism

Briefing 37 - January 2003
Palestinians admit intifada was mistake

Briefing 90- published 9 May 2004
Saeb Erekat: the concept of a 'Jewish state' should be "left to be negotiated"

​

THE BBC

Monitoring BBC coverage
www.justjournalism.com

Briefing 246 - published 8 November 2009
BBC: Hamas has a 'Right of Reply' under our editorial guidelines

Briefing 218 - 2 August 2008
'A case of serious misrepresentation by the BBC:
Summary of a 2008 Beyond Images report


Briefing 213 - 27 March 2008
Whitewashing Hamas?
How the BBC website misrepresented a BBC TV documentary on Gaza


Briefing 178 - 10 July 2006
BBC coverage: Allegations of bias against Israel are rejected

DEMONISATION, THE MEDIA AND PUBLIC OPINION

Briefing 302 - published 1 November 2011
The Promise on Channel 4 TV:
The demonisation of Israel goes mainstream in the UK

Monitoring the global media
www.camera.org

Briefing 259 - published 15 June 2010
How Israel-Nazi comparisons are false and diminish the Holocaust.... by Irwin Cotler

Briefing 235 - published 22 February 2009
How media coverage of Israel can foster anti-semitism, by British writer Melanie Phillips

Briefing 210 - published 20 January 2008
Arab incitement against the West:
Islamic scholar protests on Al-Jazeera TV


Briefing 205 - 10 November 2007
'Israel is the 'root cause' of the problems of the Middle East....'

Briefing 189 - published 25 January 2007
Jimmy Carter accused:
The resignation letter of his close supporters


Briefing 168 - published 5 March 2006
Spielberg's 'Munich' as "historical fiction"

Briefing 137 - 10 April 2005
"Seeing through the lies" about Israel: A Lebanese journalist speaks out

Briefing 64 updated January 2007
The demonisation of Israel

Briefing 124 - 31 December 2004
The Economist magazine's obituaries: Misleading accounts of Israel's history?

BOYCOTTING ISRAEL AND ISRAEL AS APARTHEID

Briefing 306 - published 9 February 2012
BDS campaigns and 'delegitimisation' of Israel:
Oppose them publicly.... and help build peace

Briefing 303 - published 11 November 2011
Israel as an 'apartheid state'? A response by South African judge Richard Goldstone

Briefing 259 - published 15 June 2010
How Israel-Nazi comparisons are false and diminish the Holocaust.... by Irwin Cotler

Briefing 257 - published 8 June 2010
Condemning Israel as an 'Apartheid State':
A response from the JCPA / Robbie Sabel

Briefing 256 - published 8 June 2010
Israel Apartheid Week?
We need a real 'Middle East Apartheid Week'.... by Alan Dershowitz

Briefing 255 - published 31 May 2010
Elvis Costello and cultural boycotts of Israel:
Why he got it wrong, by David Horovitz

Briefing 241 - published 10 May 2009
Israel Apartheid Week on campus:
Critique by Israeli bedouin diplomat


Briefing 141 - 19 May 2005
Academic cooperation: Joint statement by Hebrew University and Al-Quds University

Briefing 140 - 4 May 2005
The 'boycott' of Haifa and Bar-Ilan Universities: Palestinian and US academics condemn move

Briefing 30 - January 2003
Boycotting Israeli academics ​

ISRAELI SCIENCE, MEDICINE AND UNIVERSAL VALUES

Briefing 321 1 September 2013
Israeli hospital treatment of Syrian civilians:
Untold stories, universal messages


Israeli hi-tech beyond the conflict

www.israel21c.org

Briefing 267- published 1 August 2010
Reaching out to Palestinian children:
Israel's Save A Child's Heart project


Briefing 214 - published 11 May 2008
How Israel Makes The World A Better Place

Briefing 162 - published 9 December 2005
Israel's democratic and humanitarian values: Illustrations from the midst of conflict

Briefing 157 - published 28 September 2005
Israel in the world: Changing lives through innovation
Israel Making the World a Better Place

ISRAEL AND GLOBAL DISASTER RELIEF

Briefing 278 - published 31 January 2011
The Carmel forest inferno:
International support for Israel's firefighting efforts


Israel's international aid organisations
www.israaid.co.il

Briefing 253 - published 4 March 2010
The Haiti earthquake:
Israel's humanitarian relief effort, and responses to its accusers
​

Briefing 184 - 25 September 2006
Israel's Disaster Relief Efforts:
Examples from Asia, Africa and Central America in 2005-6


Briefing 125 - 3 January 2005
The Indian Ocean 'tsunami': Israeli disaster relief efforts


KADIMA AND ARIEL SHARON

Briefing 161 - published 4 December 2005
Ariel Sharon, Kadima and political change:
Can the Palestinians change too?

Briefing 150 - published 14 July 2005
Israel's Gaza pullout and Palestinian extremism

Briefing 133 - 20 February 2005
Ariel Sharon's speech at the Israeli-Palestinian summit at Sharm el-Sheikh

Briefing 127 - 11 January 2005
Ariel Sharon, the disengagement plan and the Palestinians


YASSER ARAFAT

Briefing 117 - 12 December 2004
The 'two-state solution': Prominent Palestinians deny Yasser Arafat accepted it

Briefing 114 - 23 November 2004
Eulogy to Yasser Arafat.... By the Israeli mother of a victim of terror

Briefing 115 - 16 November 2004
Robbing the Palestinian people: The secret finances of Yasser Arafat

Briefing 70 dated 22 September 2003
THE “CURSE” OF 1948: Yasser Arafat's language of coexistence  
  

IRAQ, ISRAEL AND WESTERN POLICIES

Briefing 152 - published 10 August 2005
"The war in Iraq is an attack on Islam"

Briefing 20 - March 2003
"America is anti-Muslim"

BEYOND IMAGES BRIEFING ARCHIVE

Briefing 238 - published 5 April 2009
Israel's Netanyahu government, the Annapolis process and a 'two-state solution'

Briefing 207 - published 4 December 2007
Annapolis 2007: The joint Israeli-Palestinian declaration

Briefing 177 - 29 June 2006
The Palestinian prisoners' document: The myth that it "recognises Israel"

Briefing 175 - 11 June 2006
Israel's Top Soldier:
"We Don't Want To Hurt Palestinian Civilians"


Briefing 172 - 30 April 2006
Democratic change and social diversity:
Israel's general election 2006


Briefing 170 - 3 April 2006
Negotiation or unilateral moves? Ehud Olmert's election night speech

Briefing 153 - published 10 August 2005
Orange! Opposition in Israel to disengagement

Briefing 149 - published 12 July 2005
Countries targeted by Islamic terrorism: Tony Blair omits Israel

Briefing 148 - published 10 July 2005
London bombings: reactions of Muslim leader, and of mayor Ken Livingstone

Briefing 147 - published 1 July 2005
Palestinian gunmen rampage through Gaza medical centre

Briefing 139 - 16 April 2005
Israel's yearning for peace: The example of Sderot mayor Eli Moyal

Briefing 136 - 3 April 2005
Israeli Arab footballers keep Israel's World Cup dreams alive

Briefing 134 - 24 February 2005
Working with Mahmoud Abbas: Changes to Israeli policy "on the ground"

Briefing 133 - January 2003
Ariel Sharon's speech at the Israeli-Palestinian summit at Sharm el-Sheikh
 
Briefing 132 - 4 February 2005
French Attitudes Towards Israel: Insights from Shoah Director Claude Lanzmann

Briefing 123 - 22 December 2004
Israel's President: "Israel should stop building the security fence.... if the terror ends"

Briefing 106 - published 21 October 2004
Selective outrage? European attitudes to terrorism following Beslan
 
Briefing 102 - published 11 August 2004
The Athens Olympics 2004:
Yasser Arafat announces a "truce"


Briefing 99- published 4 July 2004
Palestinians want democracy "like Israel"

Briefing 98 - published 8 June 2004
Israel's army and Palestinian civilians:
Israeli judges clarify humanitarian rules


Briefing 85 - published 31 March 2004
Leading Palestinians call for a "peaceful intifada"

Briefing 65 dated 14 May 2003
Disaster relief: Israeli groups coordinate their worldwide disaster relief efforts

Briefing 48 updated 8 October 2003
Total Israeli Casualties after Three Years of the intifada

Briefing 14 - August 2002
The Palestinian' failure to curb terror: Three examples

Briefing 32 dated 5 May 2003
"Ariel Sharon: unwilling to compromise….? "
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