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Executive Summary
Amb. Alan Baker
Is the Terror Against Europe
Ambassador Alan Baker, Director of the Institute for Contemporary Affairs at the Jerusalem Different from the Terror Against
Center for Public Affairs and the head of the Global Law Forum. He participated in the Israel?
negotiation and drafting of the Oslo Accords with the Palestinians, as well as agreements by Amb. Dore Gold
and peace treaties with Egypt, Jordan, and Lebanon. He served as legal adviser and deputy
director-general of Israels Ministry of Foreign Affairs and as Israels ambassador to Canada. Resilience, the Israeli Peoples
Weapon against Terror
Dan Diker by Fiamma Nirenstein

Dan Diker is Director of the Political Warfare Project at the Jerusalem Center for Public The National Security Aspect of
Affairs. A former director general of the World Jewish Congress, he is also a Research Fighting Terror The Israeli
Fellow, International Institute for Counter Terrorism at IDC, Herzliya. Experience
by Brig.-Gen. (res.) Yossi Kuperwasser
Amb. Freddy Eytan
The History of the Wests Struggle
Ambassador Freddy Eytan, a former Foreign Ministry senior advisor who served in Israels against Terror
embassies in Paris and Brussels, was Israels Orst Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of by Amb. Freddy Eytan
Mauritania. He was also the spokesman of the Israeli delegation in the peace process with
the Palestinians. Since 2007, he has headed the Israel-Europe Project at the Jerusalem The Legal Response
Center, which focuses on analyzing Israeli relations with the countries of Europe and seeks to by Amb. Alan Baker
develop ties and avenues of bilateral cooperation. He is also the director of Le Cape, the
Jerusalem Center website in French. International Legitimization of
Terror Groups: Lessons from
Amb. Dore Gold Israel's Experience
by Dan Diker
Ambassador Dore Gold has served as President of the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs
since 2000. From June 2015 until October 2016 he served as Director-General of the Israel Democracy Facing Terrorism:
Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Previously he served as Foreign Policy Advisor to Prime Minister Human Rights and Military Ethics
Benjamin Netanyahu, Israels Ambassador to the UN (1997-1999), and as an advisor to Prime
by Prof. Asa Kasher
Minister Ariel Sharon.
Familiarity Breeds Respect:
Prof. Asa Kasher Awareness of Social Mores as a
Factor in the Fight against Terror
Prof. Asa Kasher is the Laura Schwarz-Kipp Professor Emeritus of Professional Ethics and
by Jennifer Roskies

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Philosophy of Practice and Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Tel Aviv University in Israel. Israel as a Model for Coping with
Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts. He is co-author of the Israel Terror
Defense Forces Code of Ethics, The Spirit of the IDF: Values and Basic Principles, 1994. His
by Dr. Irwin J. Mansdorf
research covers a broad range of topics in philosophy and ethics, including military ethics
and medical ethics, and philosophy of language, as well as issues of Jewish identity. In 2000, Cyber Terror and Security
Professor Kasher was awarded the Israel Prize for his work in philosophy and ethics.
by Brig.-Gen. (res.) Yossi Kuperwasser

Brig. Gen. (res.) Yossi Kuperwasser About the Authors

Brig.-Gen. (res.) Yossi Kuperwasser is Director of the Project on Regional Middle East
Developments at the Jerusalem Center. He was formerly Director General of the Israel

Ministry of Strategic Affairs and head of the Research Division of IDF Military Intelligence.

Dr. Irwin Mansdorf

Irwin J. (Yitzchak) Mansdorf, PhD., is a clinical psychologist and a fellow at the Jerusalem
Center for Public Affairs. He directs the Centers Israel-Arab studies program for university
students.

Fiamma Nirenstein

Fiamma Nirenstein served as a member of the Italian Parliament (2008-2013) where she was
Vice President of the Committee on Foreign Affairs in the Chamber of Deputies. During her
mandate, she established and chaired the Parliamentary Committee for the Inquiry into Anti-
Semitism, as well as the Institutional Cooperation Committee between the Knesset and the
Chamber of Deputies. A journalist and author, Ms. Nirenstein is a founding member of the
International Friends of Israel Initiative and a fellow of the Jerusalem Center for Public
Affairs. She is the author of eleven books, among them Israel Is Us (2009) whose English
version was published by the Jerusalem Center.

Jennifer Roskies

Jennifer Roskies works at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs as chief of staff. She was
senior advisor to Dore Gold in the Director Generals Bureau during his tenure at the Ministry
of Foreign Affairs. Prior to that, she was involved in academic research, development and
communications.

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