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8 November 2017 Robin A good overview of this seminal conference
The Jerusalem Conference on International Terrorism is little remarked upon, even in the independent media, but deserves much greater attention since it ties together George H. W. Bush, Benjamin Netanyahu and Le Cercle. The article lacks details, but is a recommended starting point for anyone seeking to understand the "War on Terror".
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| − | The [[Jerusalem Conference on International Terrorism]] was convened by the [[Jonathan Institute]] on 2-5 July 1979 at the Jerusalem Hilton Hotel. It was attended by about 700 guests, almost entirely citizens of UK | + | The [[Jerusalem Conference on International Terrorism]] was convened by the [[Jonathan Institute]] on 2-5 July 1979 at the Jerusalem Hilton Hotel. It was attended by about 700 guests, almost entirely citizens of [[Israel]], [[UK]] and [[US]], but with a few other [[Western Europe]]ans.<ref>Benjamin Netanyahu, International Terrorism: Challenge and Response, Jonathan Institute, 1981, Foreword.</ref><ref>Benjamin Netanyahu, International Terrorism: Challenge and Response, Jonathan Institute, 1981, Foreword.</ref> |
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| − | [[Tom Secker]] notes that it is where the ideology of the current "[[War on Terror]]" was conceived.<ref>http://www.spyculture.com/disinfowars-3-the-ideological-origins-of-the-war-on-terror/ Paywalled :-( but a sampler is available.</ref> | + | [[Tom Secker]] notes that it is where the ideology of the current "[[War on Terror]]" was conceived.<ref>http://www.spyculture.com/disinfowars-3-the-ideological-origins-of-the-war-on-terror/ Paywalled :-( but a sampler is available.</ref> Once [[Canadian]] [[academic]] noted that the conference featured: "pre-emptive attacks on states that are alleged to support '[[terrorists]]'; an elaborate intelligence system apparatus; slashed civil liberties, particularly for Palestinians targeted as potential terrorists, including detention without charge, and torture; and [[propaganda]] to dehumanize 'terrorists' in the eyes of the public. [[George H. W. Bush]] Sr. and ... [[George Schultz]], [[Reagan]]’s [[Secretary of State]] enthusiastically endorsed this concept. [[Bush Sr]]. gave a speech at JCIT advocating precisely the type of ‘‘war on terror’’ that [[George W Bush|his son]] implemented in [[2001]]."<ref>http://911blogger.com/node/10264</ref> |
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| − | + | In 1981, the [[Jonathan Institute]] published the speeches in a book, ''International Terrorism: Challenge and Response'', edited by Netanyahu.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books/about/International_Terrorism.html?id=s8Pm37gg5JkC Google Books] (Some sections readable)</ref><ref>[http://www.amazon.com/International-Terrorism-Challenge-Benjamin-Netanyahu/dp/0878558942 Amazon]</ref> | |
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Revision as of 15:18, 23 May 2015
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| Date | 2 July 1979 - 5 July 1979 |
| Location | Jerusalem, Israel |
| Perpetrators | Benjamin Netanyahu |
| Description | The birthplace of the "War on Terror" doctrine. |
The Jerusalem Conference on International Terrorism was convened by the Jonathan Institute on 2-5 July 1979 at the Jerusalem Hilton Hotel. It was attended by about 700 guests, almost entirely citizens of Israel, UK and US, but with a few other Western Europeans.[1][2]
Contents
- 1 Official Narrative
- 2 Purposes
- 3 Programme
- 3.1 Opening Session: The Face of Terrorism
- 3.2 Second Session: State Support for International Terrorism
- 3.3 Third Session: The Threat Posed by Terrorism to Democratic Societies
- 3.4 Fourth Session: Current Response of Democratic Societies
- 3.5 Fifth Session: Terrorism and the Media
- 3.6 Sixth Session: Proposed Countermeasures for the Democratic World
- 3.7 Closing Session: The Challenge to Free Men
- 4 Related Quotation
- 5 Known Participants
- 6 Related Documents
- 7 Rating
- 8 References
Official Narrative
The conference was not widely reported at the time.
Purposes
Tom Secker notes that it is where the ideology of the current "War on Terror" was conceived.[3] Once Canadian academic noted that the conference featured: "pre-emptive attacks on states that are alleged to support 'terrorists'; an elaborate intelligence system apparatus; slashed civil liberties, particularly for Palestinians targeted as potential terrorists, including detention without charge, and torture; and propaganda to dehumanize 'terrorists' in the eyes of the public. George H. W. Bush Sr. and ... George Schultz, Reagan’s Secretary of State enthusiastically endorsed this concept. Bush Sr. gave a speech at JCIT advocating precisely the type of ‘‘war on terror’’ that his son implemented in 2001."[4]
Programme
In 1981, the Jonathan Institute published the speeches in a book, International Terrorism: Challenge and Response, edited by Netanyahu.[5][6]
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 H.W. 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.[7]
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Related Quotation
| Page | Quote | Author | Date |
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| Document:Sins of Statecraft - The War on Terror Exposed | “a group of powerful elites from various countries gathered at an international conference in Jerusalem to promote and exploit the idea of ‘international terrorism.’ The (Jerusalem) conference (on International Terrorism, or JCIT) established the ideological foundations for the ‘war on terror.’ JCIT’s defining theme was that international terrorism constituted an organized political movement whose ultimate origin was in the Soviet Union. All terrorist groups were ultimately products of, and could be traced back to, this single source, which - according to the JCIT - provided financial, military, and logistical assistance to disparate terrorist movements around the globe. The mortal danger to Western security and democracy posed by the worldwide scope of this international terrorist movement required an appropriate worldwide anti-terrorism offensive, consisting of the mutual coordination of Western military intelligence services.” | Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed | 2005 |
Known Participants
42 of the 46 of the participants already have pages here:
| Participant | Description |
|---|---|
| Mordechai Abir | JCIT |
| David Barrett | Spoke on "The Threat of Terrorism in a Broader Concept" at the JCIT |
| Mordecai Ben-Ari | Academic who spoke at the infamous Jerusalem Conference on International Terrorism on "Protecting the Airways". |
| Asher Ben-Natan | "A central figure in Israel’s defense and diplomacy establishment" who spoke at the 1979 JCIT |
| Harry van den Bergh | Dutch politician who spoke at the 1979 Jerusalem Conference on International Terrorism on "Maintaining the Balance" |
| Joseph Bishop | A member of the Committee on the Present Danger, he spoke at the seminal 1979 Jerusalem Conference on International Terrorism on "Legal Measures to Control Terrorism in Democracies." |
| Manlio Brosio | The last Secretary General of NATO who was appointed before he attended the Bilderberg. |
| Vladimir Bukovsky | Russian dissident who spoke at the 1979 JCIT. |
| George H. W. Bush | Skull and bones mastermind of the bush family busine$$. |
| Ray Cline | Senior CIA, spoke at the 1979 Jerusalem Conference on International Terrorism |
| Brian Crozier | Arch espionage insider who founded his own intelligence agency |
| John Danforth | Spoke at the 1979 JCIT on "Terrorism Versus Democracy". He was a mentor of Le Cercle visitor, Paul Dietrich. |
| Midge Decter | Neocon "polemical powerhouse" |
| Michael Elkins | Close connections to Israeli intelligence operations. Worked for the BBC,CBS and Newsweek. The first journalist to report at the beginning of the Six-Day War, and a speaker at the 1979 JCIT. |
| Hugh Fraser | Officer in the Special Operations Executive and MI5. |
| Shlomo Gazit | Director of Israeli military intelligence Aman 1974-1978 |
| Chaim Herzog | Spook who spoke on "State Support for International Terrorism" at the 1979 JCIT, later President of Israel for a decade |
| Hans Josef Horchem | Spooky speaker at the JCIT who took early retirement to lead the Institut für Terrorismusforschung |
| Henry Jackson | Suspected deep state operative who attended 3 Bilderbergs in the 1960s and spoke at the 1979 Jerusalem Conference on International Terrorism on "Terrorism as a Weapon in International Politics". |
| Paul Johnson | Influential author in US and British right-wing politics |
| Alun Gwynne Jones | UK politician, Cercle visitor, the only person who spoke more than once at the JCIT |
| Jack Kemp | Closely associated with the hawkish wing of the Republican Party. |
| Annie Kriegel | French historian who spoke at JCIT on "Public Opinion, Intellectuals and Terrorism in Western Europe." |
| Gerhard Löwenthal | German deep state operative |
| Robert Moss | Right-wing activist who specialized in anti-communist writing, attended Le Cercle, later became a shamanic counselor |
| Benjamin Netanyahu | Israeli deep politician who has been Prime Minister of Israel |
| Shimon Peres | Spooky Israeli politician |
| Richard Pipes | Hawkish cold warrior historian |
| Norman Podhoretz | One of the founding fathers of the neoconservative movement |
| Gideon Rafael | A co-founder of the Israeli Foreign Ministry, and speaker at the 1979 JCIT. |
| Merlyn Rees | A UK home secretary who spoke at the 1979 Jerusalem Conference on International Terrorism. |
| Bayard Rustin | Quaker activist who spoke at the JCIT on "Democracy and Terrorism" |
| Thomas Schelling | US academic who coined the phrase "collateral damage" in 1961. |
| Meir Shamgar | Chaired the 6th session (on "Proposed Countermeasures for the Democratic World") of the 1979 Jerusalem Conference on International Terrorism. |
| Jacques Soustelle | French OAS operative, in exile between 1961 and 1968, speaker at the 1979 JCIT |
| Claire Sterling | US "terror expert" who promoted the "War on Terror" |
| Edward Teller | Director of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, "the father of the hydrogen bomb". |
| Joop Den Uyl | Politician. Dutch Prime Minister. Deep state functionary. Teenage Adolf Hitler fan. While leading the most "socialist" coalition in Dutch history Den Uyl's cabinet secretly smuggled weapons to Israel for the Yom Kippur War, trained their soldiers, set up the first national counterterrorism units used in controversial missions, cover-up Prince Bernhard Northrop Affair. |
| Piero Luigi Vigna | Italian magistrate who spoke at the 1979 Jerusalem Conference on International Terrorism on Italian Responses to "terrorism". |
| Ben J. Wattenberg | Democratic Party Cold War hardliner that moved to neoconservatism during the 1970s. |
| George Will | US political commentator, spoke at the Jerusalem Conference on International Terrorism on "Calculating the Public Interest". |
| Aharon Yariv | Spoke at the 1979 Jerusalem Conference on International Terrorism, on "Arab State Support for Terrorism". |
Related Documents
Rating
8 November 2017 Robin A good overview of this seminal conferenceThe Jerusalem Conference on International Terrorism is little remarked upon, even in the independent media, but deserves much greater attention since it ties together George H. W. Bush, Benjamin Netanyahu and Le Cercle. The article lacks details, but is a recommended starting point for anyone seeking to understand the "War on Terror".
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References
- ↑ Benjamin Netanyahu, International Terrorism: Challenge and Response, Jonathan Institute, 1981, Foreword.
- ↑ Benjamin Netanyahu, International Terrorism: Challenge and Response, Jonathan Institute, 1981, Foreword.
- ↑ http://www.spyculture.com/disinfowars-3-the-ideological-origins-of-the-war-on-terror/ Paywalled :-( but a sampler is available.
- ↑ http://911blogger.com/node/10264
- ↑ Google Books (Some sections readable)
- ↑ Amazon
- ↑ Benjamin Netanyahu, International Terrorism: Challenge and Response, Jonathan Institute, 1981, Contents.
