Mordechai Kedar
Mordechai Kedar (Hebrew: מרדכי קידר, Arabic: مردخاي كيدار; born 1952 in Tel Aviv) is an Israeli scholar of Arabic literature and a lecturer at Bar-Ilan University. He holds the Ph.D. from Bar-Ilan University.
Kedar is an academic on the Israeli Arab population. He served for twenty-five years in IDF Military Intelligence, where he specialized in Islamic groups, the political discourse of Arab countries, the Arabic press and mass media, and the Syrian domestic arena.[1] The Los Angeles Times' Edmund Sanders described him as "one of the few Arabic-speaking Israeli pundits seen on Arabic satellite channels defending Israel".[2]
Kedar said in June 2008 that "Jerusalem belongs to the Jews, period" and also said that Jerusalem was not mentioned in the Qur'an.[3]
Publications
Books
- Asad in Search of Legitimacy – Message and Rhetoric in the Syrian Press under Hafiz and Bashar. Sussex Academic Press. 2006. ISBN 978-1-84519-185-6.
Articles
- "The Psychological Asymmetry of Islamist Warfare". Middle East Quarterly. Spring 2008. pp. 37–44. Retrieved 2011-04-08.
Op-eds
- "Understanding the Iranians" (PDF). The Jerusalem Post. December 14, 2005. Retrieved 2011-04-08.
- "The Myth of al-Aqsa". Ynetnews. September 15, 2008. Retrieved 2011-04-08.
References
- ^ "Lt. Col. (res.) Dr. Mordechai Kedar". The Begin–Sadat Center for Strategic Studies. Bar-Ilan University. Retrieved 2011-04-08.
- ^ Edmund Sanders (June 26, 2011). "Israel urged to speak directly to Arab world". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ Ronen, Gil. "Video: Dr. Mordechai Kedar on Al-Jazeera, Eloquent and Unafraid". Israel National News. Retrieved 2011-04-08.