by Richard Melson
Washington has come to be dominated by a "twisted
pair": Israel-based Zionist think tanks in bed with Neo-Con groups in
Washington itself. Relentless anti-Arab and anti-Muslim/anti-Third
world pseudo-analysis is the staple and the US print and broadcast
media are their venue. Access to US media gives access to US government
and vice versa. It is this Zionist/neo-con tie up which is
dominant among all pressure groups in Washington and the White House
and US Congress quake before it. One of the key players is the Herzliya-Israel
based International Policy Institute for Counter-Terrorism, called ICT
for short, founded in 1996 . Some of the main persons behind ICT are:
Uriel Reichman President of the
Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya
Aharon Scherf Former director of Israel’s
Foreign Affairs Division and senior official in prime minister’s office
Staff Professor Amatzia Baram General (Ret.) Yanush Ben-Gal Ron Ben-Ishai Colonel (Ret.) Eliezer Cohen Amir Eli General (Ret.) Shlomo Gazit Carmi Gillon
Dr. Amnon Goldberg Michael Gurdus Michael Kahanov Professor Ariel Merari Dr. Yossi Olmert Rafi Peled
Brig. Gen. (Res.) Yigal Pressler Colonel (Ret.) Nahman Shai Zeev Schiff
Gad Yaacobi
Major General (Ret.) Eli Zeira If you watch "The News Hour" on public TV or
listen to National Public Radio, you will frequently hear such
boardmemembers as Boaz Ganor, Executive Director of ICT (on "NPR" in
recent weeks demanding a civil war among Palestinians) and ICT’s
Professor Amatzia Baram of Haifa University, Israel’s Iraq expert. These operatives have learned the trick of
"gentility" or "pseudo-gentility" where you try to sound constructive
and mild on American TV and radio to flummox the American listener into
not understanding the true purposes. A particular example of an ICT/neo-con tie up in
this Zionist/neo-con/media triad is evident to anyone reading the
"Boston Herald", say, whose main neo-con theoretician is Don Feder, a
supporter, like Sharon, of Milosevich. (Milosevich, the convicted war
criminal, is presented by Feder as wonderful because he was heroically
facing up to international Islamic terrorism in Kossovo and Albania).
In his "Boston Herald" columns, Feder often quotes his friend Boaz Ganor of the
ICT, mentioned and listed above. In other words, the ICT is a central player in
the Zionist/neo-con/media "triple helix" which powers this
Israelization of Washington policy. ICT says of itself: "The Institute sets its sights on the big
picture: to win the war against terrorism and not merely the individual
battles. Although ICT provides situational recommendations to the
private sector, this is a peripheral activity. The Institute aims to
affect policy at the highest levels, in joint cooperation with the
world community." The final sentence in the paragraph above means:
to dominate Washington. Go to:
www.ict.org.il
Board of
Directors
Shabtai Shavit Chairman, Board of Directors,
former director of the Israeli Intelligence Agency (Mossad)
Executive
Team
Dr. Boaz Ganor - Executive Director
Dikla Alani - Office Manager
Pnina Yarden - Translation & Editing
Educational<
Outreach
Col. (res.) Jonathan (Yoni) Fighel - Educational
Director
Internet
Team
Yael Shahar - Web Design & Publishing
Research
Team
Reuven Paz - Senior Researcher
Dr. Ely Karmon - Senior Researcher
Advisory
TeamAdv. Dan Mirkin
Israel Sulganik
CPA Ronen Zavlic
Board of
TrusteesAvner Azulai
Executive Director, The Rich Foundation
University of Haifa and Georgetown University, Associate Professor of
Middle East History, and former Chairman of Department of Middle East
History, Haifa University, speciality: Iraq
Chairman of the Board of Directors, Israel Aircraft Industries
Military Correspondent, Israel Channel 1 TV
Captain, El Al Airlines
Director General, Youth Aliya Institutions, the Jewish Agency
Assistant Chairman, Center for Special Studies. Former Head of IDF
Military Intelligence and co-ordinator of Government operations in the
Administered Territories
Israeli Ambassador to Denmark. Former Head of General Security Services
Partner in S. Horowitz & Co. Law Firm
Israel Broadcasting Authority - Correspondent
General Manager, Brinks (Israel) Ltd.
Director, Political Violence Research Unit. Founder and Former Head of
Hostage Negotiation and Crisis Management Unit, Israel Defense Forces
Expert on Middle Eastern Affairs
Former Commissioner of Police
Former Advisor to the Prime Minister on Counter-Terrorism
Chairman, Israel Broadcasting Authority. Former IDF Spokesman
Military Commentator, "Ha'aretz"
Chairman of the Board of Directors, Israel Electric Corporation
Former Director of Military Intelligence, IDF
