Jerusalem Conference on International Terrorism

The Jerusalem Conference on International Terrorism was convened by the Jonathan Institute on 2-5 July 1979.Benjamin Netanyahu, International Terrorism: Challenge and Response, Jonathan Institute, 1981, Foreword. The venue was the Jerusalem Hilton Hotel.Benjamin Netanyahu, International Terrorism: Challenge and Response, Jonathan Institute, 1981, Foreword. The Institute also organised a Second Conference on International Terrorism in Washington DC in 1984.
==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.Benjamin Netanyahu, International Terrorism: Challenge and Response, Jonathan Institute, 1981, Contents.
==Notes==
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