Jerusalem Conference on International Terrorism

The Jerusalem Conference on International Terrorism was convened by the Jonathan Institute on 2-5 July 1979.<ref>Benjamin Netanyahu, International Terrorism: Challenge and Response, Jonathan Institute, 1981, Foreword.<ref> The venue was the Jerusalem Hilton Hotel.<ref>Benjamin Netanyahu, International Terrorism: Challenge and Response, Jonathan Institute, 1981, Foreword.<ref>

Programme

Opening Session: The Face of Terrorism

• Professor Benzion Netanyahu, Chairman: Opening Remarks.
• Shimon Peres, MK: The Threat and the Response.
• Paul Johnson: The Seven Deadly Sins of Terrorism.
• Hugh Fraser, MP: The Tyranny of Terrorism.
• Senator Henry M. Jackson: Terrorism as a Weapon in International Politics.
• Prime Minister Menachem Begin: Freedom Fighters and Terrorists.

Second Session: State Support for International Terrorism

• Ambassador Chaim Herzog, Chairman: Opening Remarks.
• Professor Richard Pipes: The roots of the Involvement.
• [[Brian Crozier]: Soviet Support for International Terrorism.
• Maj. Gen Aharon Yariv: Arab State Support for Terrorism.
• Lord Chalfont: Overcoming the Climate of Appeasement.
• Dr Ray S. Cline: The Strategic Framework.

Third Session: The Threat Posed by Terrorism to Democratic Societies

• Ambassador Gideon Rafael, Chairman: Opening Remarks.
• Senator John C. Danforth: Terrorism Versus Democracy
• David Barrett: The Threat of Terrorism in a Broader Concept.
• Robert Moss: The Terrorist State.
• Professor Mordecai Abir: The Arab World, Oil and Terrorism.
• Professor Edward Teller: The Spectre of Nuclear Terrorism.
  • Professor Thomas C. Schelling: Can Nuclear Terrorism be Neutralized?

Fourth Session: Current Response of Democratic Societies

• Ambassador Asher Ben-Natan, Chairman: Opening Remarks.
• Joop Den Uyl, MP: The Dutch Response.
• Professor Annie Kriegel: Public Opinion, Intellectuals and Terrorism in Western Europe.
• Frank Cluskey, MP: The Irish Response.
• Representative Jack Kemp: The Unseen Hand.
• Piero Luigi Vigna: Italian Responses.
• Bayard Rustin: Democracy and Terrorism.
• George Will: Calculating the Public Interest.

Fifth Session: Terrorism and the Media

• Gerhard Lowenthal: The Case of West Germany
• [[Michael Elkins: Caging the Beast.
• Norman Podhoretz: The Subtle Collusion.
• Midge Decter: The Need for Clarity.
• Ben Wattenberg: A Politics of Freedom is the Answer.
• Jacques Soustelle: Liberty or License?

Sixth Session: Proposed Countermeasures for the Democratic World

• Justice Meir Shamgar, Chairman: Opening Remarks.
• Merlyn Rees: Terror in Ireland and Britain's Response.
• Harry van den Bergh MP: Maintaining the Balance.
• Mordecai Ben-Ari: Protecting the Airways.
• Professor Joseph W. Bishop: Legal Measures to Control Terrorism in Democracies.
• Dr Hans Josef Horchem: Pre-Empting Terror.
• Ambassador Manlio Brosio: Fighting Terror within the International Framework.
• Eric Blumenfeld, Member of Bundestag, "No" to Terrorism in any Guise.

Closing Session: The Challenge to Free Men

• Lord Chalfont, Chairman: Opening Remarks.
• Lane Kirkland, President, AFL-CIO]: Terrorism and the Gulag.
• Ambassador George Bush: The U.S. and the Fight Against International Terrorism.
• Maj. Gen. George Keegan, Jr: The Preferred Route.
• Maj. Gen. Shlomo Gazit: The Myth and Reality of the PLO.
• Vladimir Bukovsky: The Curse of Complicity.
• Lord Chalfont's Closing Remarks.<ref>Benjamin Netanyahu, International Terrorism: Challenge and Response, Jonathan Institute, 1981, Contents.<ref>