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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

Barry Rubin

 

Known members

8 of the 73 of the members already have pages here:

MemberDescription
Edwin Black
Eliot CohenSpooky academic labelled "the most influential neocon in academe"
Irwin CotlerCanada'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 FreedmanEmeritus Professor of War Studies at King's College London, single Bilderberger
Joe LiebermanLawyer-Senator whom Sibel Edmonds named in 2006 as one of her "Dirty Dozen".
Brian MulroneyFormer Canadian Prime Minister
Barry RubinClosely affiliated with the pro-Israel lobby in the United States, as well as Israeli think tanks.
Norman SpectorCanadian Bilderberger journalist
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References

  1. BESA Center About Us, BESA Center website, accessed 21 August 2009
  2. BESA Center About Us, BESA Center website, accessed 21 August 2009


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