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File:Jcit-book.jpg
Date2 July 1979 - 5 July 1979
LocationJerusalem, Israel
AbbreviationJCIT
DescriptionThe birthplace of the "War on Terror" doctrine, "a major international forum for the movement against détente".
PlannersBenjamin Netanyahu, Jonathan Institute, Le Cercle
ParticipantsBenjamin Netanyahu, Benzion Netanyahu, Shimon Peres, Paul Johnson, Hugh Fraser, Henry M. Jackson, Menachem Begin, Chaim Herzog, Richard Pipes, Brian Crozier, Aharon Yariv, Lord Chalfont, Ray S. Cline, Gideon Rafael, John C. Danforth, David Barrett, Robert Moss, Mordechai Abir, Edward Teller, Thomas C. Schelling, Asher Ben-Natan, Joop Den Uyl, Annie Kriegel, Frank Cluskey, Jack Kemp, Piero Luigi Vigna, Bayard Rustin, George Will, Gerhard Löwenthal, Michael Elkins, Norman Podhoretz, Midge Decter, Ben Wattenberg, Jacques Soustelle, Meir Shamgar, Merlyn Rees, Harry van den Bergh, Mordecai Ben-Ari, Joseph W. Bishop, Hans Josef Horchem, Manlio Brosio, Eric Blumenfeld, Alun Gwynne Jones, George H. W. Bush, George Keegan Jr, Shlomo Gazit, Vladimir Bukovsky,Claire Sterling

The Jerusalem Conference on International Terrorism (JCIT) was a seminal event in the development of the "war on terror". It was convened by the Jonathan Institute on 2-5 July 1979 at the Hilton Hotel, Jerusalem, Israel. It was attended by about 700 guests, almost all citizens of Israel, UK and US, but with a few other Western Europeans.[1][2] It was followed up in 1984 by the more widely publicised Washington Conference on International Terrorism.

Own words

The conference aimed, in the words of its founder, Benjamin Netanyahu, "to focus public attention on the grave threat that international terrorism poses to all democratic societies, to study the real nature of today’s terrorism, and to propose measures for combating and defeating the international terror movements."[3] It was not widely reported upon at the time, and no pictures were readily available on the internet as of 2019.

Purposes

Tom Secker suggests that the ideology of the current "War on Terror" was conceived at the JCIT,[4] while Tom Griffin termed it in his PhD thesis "a major international forum for the movement against détente".[5]

A Canadian academic[Who?] noted that the conference featured: "pre-emptive attacks on states that are alleged to support “terrorists”; an elaborate intelligence system apparatus; slashed civil liberties, particularly for Palestinians targeted as potential terrorists, including detention without charge, and torture; and propaganda to dehumanize “terrorists” in the eyes of the public. George H. W. Bush and George Shultz, Reagan’s Secretary of State enthusiastically endorsed this concept. Bush Sr. gave a speech at JCIT advocating precisely the type of “war on terror” that his son implemented in 2001."[6]

Deep political connections

Brian Crozier, chairman of Le Cercle, spoke at the conference, as did his friends Robert Moss, Alun Gwynne Jones and Gerhard Lowenthal, all of whom have attended Le Cercle. Launching a "war on terror" is a close fit with other known activities of the group such as interfering in party politics, setting up "anti-communist" groups and brokering weapons deals. Many Cercle members set up groups to carry out "terrorism research".

Programme

In 1981, the Jonathan Institute published the speeches in a book, International Terrorism: Challenge and Response, edited by Netanyahu.[7][8]

Opening Session: The Face of Terrorism

Second Session: State Support for International Terrorism

Third Session: The Threat Posed by Terrorism to Democratic Societies

Fourth Session: Current Response of Democratic Societies

Fifth Session: Terrorism and the Media

Sixth Session: Proposed Countermeasures for the Democratic World

Closing Session: The Challenge to Free Men

Reporting

File:JCIT EIR 1979.png

In July 1979 Executive Intelligence Review published a one page article by Jeffrey Steinberg on JCIT entitled: Jerusalem conference plots International terrorist bloodbath. It named as JCIT visitors Robert Moss, Brian Crozier, Ray Cline, Lord Chalfont, Paul Johnson, Henry Jackson, Jacques Soustelle, Chaim Herzog, Midge Decter and Ben Watenberg.[10]


References

  1. ↑ Benjamin Netanyahu, International Terrorism: Challenge and Response, Jonathan Institute, 1981, Foreword.
  2. ↑ Benjamin Netanyahu, International Terrorism: Challenge and Response, Jonathan Institute, 1981, Foreword.
  3. ↑ International Terrorism: Challenge and Response - Foreword
  4. ↑ http://www.spyculture.com/disinfowars-3-the-ideological-origins-of-the-war-on-terror/ Paywalled :-( but a sampler is available.
  5. ↑ https://purehost.bath.ac.uk/ws/portalfiles/portal/155465473/GRIFFIN_Thomas_PhD_Thesis_FINAL.pdf
  6. ↑ http://911blogger.com/node/10264
  7. ↑ Google Books (Some sections readable)
  8. ↑ Amazon
  9. ↑ Benjamin Netanyahu, International Terrorism: Challenge and Response, Jonathan Institute, 1981, Contents.
  10. ↑ http://www.larouchepub.com/eiw/public/1979/eirv06n28-19790717/eirv06n28-19790717_063-facts_behind_terrorism_jerusalem.pdf
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