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*The [[Jerusalem Conference on International Terrorism]] was convened by the [[Jonathan Institute]] on 2-5 July 1979.<ref name="Netan">Benjamin Netanyahu, International Terrorism: Challenge and Response, Jonathan Institute, 1981, Foreword.</ref> The venue was the Jerusalem Hilton Hotel.<ref name="Netan"/> | *The [[Jerusalem Conference on International Terrorism]] was convened by the [[Jonathan Institute]] on 2-5 July 1979.<ref name="Netan">Benjamin Netanyahu, International Terrorism: Challenge and Response, Jonathan Institute, 1981, Foreword.</ref> The venue was the Jerusalem Hilton Hotel.<ref name="Netan"/> | ||
| − | *The [[Second International Conference on Terrorism]], Washington DC was convened by the Institute in 1984.<ref>Melani McAlister Iran, Islam, and the Terrorist Threat, 1979-1989 in J. David Slocum (ed) ''Terrorism, Media, Liberation''. Rutgers University Press, 2005.</ref> | + | *The [[Second International Conference on Terrorism]], Washington DC was convened by the Institute at the Four Seasons Hotel in Washington, D.C. on June 24-26, 1984.<ref>Melani McAlister Iran, Islam, and the Terrorist Threat, 1979-1989 in J. David Slocum (ed) ''Terrorism, Media, Liberation''. Rutgers University Press, 2005.</ref> |
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Revision as of 21:57, 5 August 2014
According to the account of Edward S. Herman and Gerry O'Sullivan in 1989[1]:
- The institute was founded in 1979 by Benjamin Netanyahu, a prominent rightist and Israeli ambassador to the United States, who named the organization after his brother Jonathan, who died in the Entebbe airport raid in 1976. Its propaganda function and its design to influence U.S. and other Western opinion makers were suggested by its opening offices in Washington, D.C., and New York, as well as in Jerusalem. Its main activity from its birth was the organization of conferences, carefully designed to bring in sympathetic leaders, experts, and journalists to get across the message: the PLO is a terrorist organization. and the Soviet Union is its parent and supporter.
- The names of the institute's board of directors are not made public, but the organization serves as a virtual arm of the Israeli state.[2] Institute officials told Dial Torgerson of the Los Angeles Times that while the organization was privately financed, the 1979 conference was being run 'with the assistance of the Israeli government.'[3] Brian Crozier, a participant in the 1979 conference, wrote in the National Review that the committee organized to sponsor the conference included Menachem Begin, '[who] heads the Committee, followed by Moshe Dayan. . . and most of the famous names in Israel's brief history.'[4]
Contents
Related
The American Friends of the Jonathan Institute was created in New York City in 1977.[5] Its mission statement stated its orientation:
- American friends of the Israel Defense Force whose objective is the support and encouragement of educational & cultural activities aimed at increasing public awareness of Jewish history, the values of Judaism, the role of the state of Israel as the spiritual center of the Jewish people, the dynamics of conflict & peace in the Middle East and the origin of the potential solutions for acts of terrorism in the world.[5]
People
Benjamin Netanyahu, Director 1978-1980.[6] | Lord Chalfont Conference Chair, 1984 | David Bar-Ilan Conference director, 1984
Activities
Conferences
- The Jerusalem Conference on International Terrorism was convened by the Jonathan Institute on 2-5 July 1979.[7] The venue was the Jerusalem Hilton Hotel.[7]
- The Second International Conference on Terrorism, Washington DC was convened by the Institute at the Four Seasons Hotel in Washington, D.C. on June 24-26, 1984.[8]
Resources
Powerbase pages
- Ed Herman and Gerry O'Sullivan Jonathan Institute, extract from The "Terrorism" Industry
External Resources
- Lord Chalfont Letter to Mr Reinsch on behalf of the Jonathan Institute 27 May 1984.
Notes
- ↑ The "Terrorism" Industry: The Experts and Institutions That Shape Our View of Terror by Edward S. Herman and Gerry O'Sullivan, New York: Pantheon, 1989.
- ↑ In pursuing his M.A. thesis, which focused on the institute, Philip Paull found that there was no published information on its officers or board. Written inquiries elicited responses that contained some names, but admittedly not all. See Paull, 'International Terrorism;' p. 58.
- ↑ Ibid., p. 32.
- ↑ Quoted in ibid., p. 33.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Guidestar American Friends of the Jonathan Institute, accessed 31 August 2012
- ↑ Prime Minister's Office Benjamin Netanyahu Curriculum Vitae. Accessed 4 August 2014.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Benjamin Netanyahu, International Terrorism: Challenge and Response, Jonathan Institute, 1981, Foreword.
- ↑ Melani McAlister Iran, Islam, and the Terrorist Threat, 1979-1989 in J. David Slocum (ed) Terrorism, Media, Liberation. Rutgers University Press, 2005.
