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| + | The [[Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies]] (BESA Center) says it "seeks to contribute to the advancement of Middle East peace and security by conducting policy-relevant research on strategic subjects, particularly as they relate to the national security and foreign policy of Israel."<ref>BESA Center [http://www.biu.ac.il/Besa/about.html About Us], BESA Center website, accessed 21 August 2009</ref> | ||
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:The Center was founded in 1993 by [[Thomas O. Hecht]], a prominent Canadian Jewish community leader. A long-time leader of the Canadian pro-Israel lobby and former president of [[Israel Bonds]] and the [[United Israel Appeal]], Hecht also was a close associate for thirty years of the late Israeli prime minister [[Menachem Begin]]. Dr. Hecht dedicated the center to the memory of Begin and the late Egyptian president [[Anwar Sadat]] -- who together concluded the first Arab-Israeli peace treaty.<ref>BESA Center [http://www.biu.ac.il/Besa/about.html About Us], BESA Center website, accessed 21 August 2009</ref> | :The Center was founded in 1993 by [[Thomas O. Hecht]], a prominent Canadian Jewish community leader. A long-time leader of the Canadian pro-Israel lobby and former president of [[Israel Bonds]] and the [[United Israel Appeal]], Hecht also was a close associate for thirty years of the late Israeli prime minister [[Menachem Begin]]. Dr. Hecht dedicated the center to the memory of Begin and the late Egyptian president [[Anwar Sadat]] -- who together concluded the first Arab-Israeli peace treaty.<ref>BESA Center [http://www.biu.ac.il/Besa/about.html About Us], BESA Center website, accessed 21 August 2009</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 07:50, 1 July 2015
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Official narrative
The Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies (BESA Center) says it "seeks to contribute to the advancement of Middle East peace and security by conducting policy-relevant research on strategic subjects, particularly as they relate to the national security and foreign policy of Israel."[1]
History
According to the BESA Center website:
- The Center was founded in 1993 by Thomas O. Hecht, a prominent Canadian Jewish community leader. A long-time leader of the Canadian pro-Israel lobby and former president of Israel Bonds and the United Israel Appeal, Hecht also was a close associate for thirty years of the late Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin. Dr. Hecht dedicated the center to the memory of Begin and the late Egyptian president Anwar Sadat -- who together concluded the first Arab-Israeli peace treaty.[2]
People
Known members
8 of the 73 of the members already have pages here:
| Member | Description |
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| Edwin Black | |
| Eliot Cohen | Spooky academic labelled "the most influential neocon in academe" |
| Irwin Cotler | Canada's Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada 2003-2006. "Totally unabashed defender and supporter of Israel". Member of numerous spooky think-tanks. |
| Lawrence Freedman | Emeritus Professor of War Studies at King's College London, single Bilderberger |
| Joe Lieberman | Lawyer-Senator whom Sibel Edmonds named in 2006 as one of her "Dirty Dozen". |
| Brian Mulroney | Former Canadian Prime Minister |
| Barry Rubin | Closely affiliated with the pro-Israel lobby in the United States, as well as Israeli think tanks. |
| Norman Spector | Canadian Bilderberger journalist |
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