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:

  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....
  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
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 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


  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 - 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
"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 293 - published 29 July 2011
Rejecting two states, supporting extreme views: Palestinian public opinion in 2011
  Briefing 288 - 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
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
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 - published11 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….? "