Raphael Israeli
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Raphael Israeli is an Israeli academic, Professor of Islamic, Middle Eastern and Chinese history at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
and a member of the steering committee of the Ariel Center for Policy Research.
Israeli was born in Fes
, Morocco
and emigrated to Israel
at the age of 14. He received a degree in Arabic and History from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and became a fellow of the Center of Chinese Studies at the University of California at Berkeley, where he earned an M.A. degree in East Asian History and a Ph.D in Chinese and Islamic History. Israeli is fluent in Hebrew, Arabic, English, and Chinese.
has discussed whether Israeli's concept of "Islamikazes" as motivated by military rather than suicidal goals may be helpful in profiling possible suicide bombers.
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem ; ; abbreviated HUJI) is Israel's second-oldest university, after the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. The Hebrew University has three campuses in Jerusalem and one in Rehovot. The world's largest Jewish studies library is located on its Edmond J...
and a member of the steering committee of the Ariel Center for Policy Research.
Israeli was born in Fes
Fes
Fes or Fez is the second largest city of Morocco, after Casablanca, with a population of approximately 1 million . It is the capital of the Fès-Boulemane region....
, Morocco
Morocco
Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...
and emigrated to Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
at the age of 14. He received a degree in Arabic and History from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and became a fellow of the Center of Chinese Studies at the University of California at Berkeley, where he earned an M.A. degree in East Asian History and a Ph.D in Chinese and Islamic History. Israeli is fluent in Hebrew, Arabic, English, and Chinese.
"Islamikaze"
In 1997, Raphael Israeli coined the term islamikaze as a proposed description for Islamic suicide bombers. According to Israeli, he made up the word "Islamikaze" in an effort to signify that the primary goal of "suicide bombers" is not suicide but the infliction of damage to the enemy. The term has not entered into widespread usage. Primarily, it continues to be used in Israeli's own publications and in works discussing Israeli's publications. For example, the most prominent usage of the term is probably Israeli's 2003 book. However political analyst Stephen Blackwell has criticized Israeli's coinage as a "flippant phrase" that "demonstrates a fundamental ignorance of Islamic culture", and former U.S. Senator Sam NunnSam Nunn
Samuel Augustus Nunn, Jr. is an American lawyer and politician. Currently the co-chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Nuclear Threat Initiative , a charitable organization working to reduce the global threats from nuclear, biological and chemical weapons, Nunn served for 24 years as a...
has discussed whether Israeli's concept of "Islamikazes" as motivated by military rather than suicidal goals may be helpful in profiling possible suicide bombers.
Publications
- Muslim Minorities in Modern States: The Challenge of Assimilation, Transaction Publishers, 2009.
- The spread of Islamikaze terrorism in Europe: the third Islamic invasion, Vallentine Mitchell, 2008.
- The Islamic Challenge in Europe, Transaction Publishers, 2008.
- The Iraq War: Hidden Agendas and Babylonian Intrigue, Sussex Academic Press, 2004.
- Islamikaze: Manifestations of Islamic Martyrology, Frank Cass, London, 2003.
- War, Peace and Terror in the Middle East, Frank Cass, London, 2003.
- Islam in China: Religion, Ethnicity, Culture, and Politics, Lexington Books, 2002.
- Dangers of a Palestinian State, Gefen Publishing House, 2002.
- Jerusalem Divided: The Armistice Regime, 1947-1967, Routledge, 2002.