NATIV - Contents - January 2003

		Ariel Center for Policy Research
A JOURNAL OF POLITICS AND THE ARTS

NATIV ■ Volume Sixteen ■ Number 1 (90) ■ January 2003 ■ Ariel Center for Policy Research

TABLE OF CONTENTS

My Inaugural Address as the New Prime Minister of the State of Israel – The Editor and his Guests: Yosef Ben-Aharon ■ Eviathar Ben-Zedeff ■ Ron Breiman ■ David Bukay ■ Raya Epstein ■ Mordechai Nisan ■		Current Affairs Digest
Palestinem Delendam Esse!		Editorial
John Fonte	Liberal Democracy vs. Transnational Progressivism	Ideology
Yoav Gelber	Transforming Israeli Society: Redefining the Israeli Ethos	Israel
Shlomo Perla	The European Union: “Al-Aqsa Intifada” and the State of Israel
Moshe Yegar	The Normalization of India-Israel Relations
Raphael Israeli	The Crisis of the Israeli Arabs: What Can Be Done? (II)
Shawn Pine	Iran: Strategic Orientation and Military Assets	Military
Research by Yona Hadari	THE ARIEL CENTER and THE ISRAELI LEFT	Debate
Yehuda Ohanna and Yossef Ben-Shlomo	A Theological Discourse	Debate
Paul Eidelberg	The "Bimbos" of Israel	"The Wise Men of Chelm"
Steven Plaut	Amran Mitzna's Inaugural Address as the New Prime Minister of the State of Israel	"The Wise Men of Chelm"
"Only Yesterday in the Land of the Rising Sun" by Moshe Ganan		Story
William Blake ■ Lord Byron ■ Rami Ditzany ■ U.Z. Grynberg ■ Gideon Seter ■ Yaffa Zinns		Poetry
“A Prophet is Without Honor in his Own Country” – The Editor on The Doctors of Revolution by Shlomo Barer ■ “Kleptocracy à la Oslo” – Eviatar Ben Zedeff on Authority Given by Ronen Bergman ■ “The Messiah is on His Way” – Yaakov Amidror on The Messianic Secret of Hassidism by Mor Altshuler		Book Reviews
Results of the Survey of Nativ's Readers		Survey
Contents of the next issue Synopses in English		Nativ
Prof. Edward Alexander ■ Dr. Yoram Beck ■ Dr. Aharon Ben-Ami ■ Ephraim Ben-Haim ■ Prof. Yosef Ben-Shlomo ■ Prof. Louis René Beres ■ Prof. Yirmiyahu Branover ■ Dr. David Bukay ■ Dr. Netta Kohn Dor-Shav ■ Prof. Paul Eidelberg ■ Dr. Raya Epstein ■ Prof. Emil Fackenheim ■ Naomi Frenkl ■ Dr. Giora Goldberg ■ Prof. Raphael Israeli ■ Shmuel Katz ■ Dr. Mordechai Nisan ■ Aron Pappo ■ Prof. Shlomo Sharan ■ Dr. Martin Sherman ■ Prof. Eliav Shochetman ■ Prof. Ezra Sohar ■ Yoash Tsiddon-Chatto ■ Dr. Laurence Weinbaum ■ Prof. Hillel Weiss		Editorial Board
Editor: Arieh Stav ■ Associate Editor: Michael Or ■ Managing Editor: Itta Horol ■ Publishing Director: Leah Kochanowitz ■ Subscription Manager: Eli Maislish ■ Production: E. Oren, Ltd. NATIV - bi-monthly ■ Published by the Ariel Center for Policy Research (ACPR) ■ ISSN 7092 1187 P.O.B. 830, Shaarei Tikva 44810 Israel ■ Tel: 972-3-906-3920, Fax: 972-3-906-3905 Subscriptions: Tel/Fax: 972-3-533-9822 ■ Email: ariel.center@gmail.com Annual subscription rates: 150 NIS ■ Overseas $60 The views expressed in the articles do not necessarily reflect the views of the editors. Nativ cannot return unsolicited manuscripts.

ACPR ■ Contact us ■ Nativ Index ■ Nativ in Hebrew