Mordechai Kedar

Mordechai Kedar (Hebrew: מרדכי קידר‎; Arabic: مردخاي كيدار‎) 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 expert 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 drew attention with a June 2008 Al-Jazeera interview in which he challenged the moderator's assertion that "You cannot erase Jerusalem from the Qur'an", pointing out that Jerusalem is 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 9781845191856. 

Articles

• "The Psychological Asymmetry of Islamist Warfare". Middle East Quarterly. Spring 2008. http://www.meforum.org/1867/the-psychological-asymmetry-of-islamist-warfare. 

Op-eds

• "Understanding the Iranians". The Jerusalem Post. December 14, 2005. http://www.biu.ac.il/Besa/understanding_iranians.pdf. Retrieved 2011-04-08. 
• "The Myth of al-Aqsa". Ynetnews. September 15, 2008. http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3596681,00.html. Retrieved 2011-04-08. 

References

1. ^ "Lt. Col. (res.) Dr. Mordechai Kedar". The Begin–Sadat Center for Strategic Studies. Bar-Ilan University. http://www.biu.ac.il/Besa/mordechai_kedar.html. Retrieved 2011-04-08. 
2. ^ Edmund Sanders (June 26, 2011). "Israel urged to speak directly to Arab world". Los Angeles Times. http://articles.latimes.com/2011/jun/26/world/la-fg-israel-arab-opinion-20110627. 
3. ^ Ronen, Gil. "Video: Dr. Mordechai Kedar on Al-Jazeera, Eloquent and Unafraid". Israel National News. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/126500. Retrieved 2011-04-08. 

External links

• Conversation with Dr. Keidar: Israel, The Arab Spring and the 8th States Solution (Arabic)

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