Contemporary Readings

#114 Contemporary Readings August 2022

September 4, 2022

Assembled by Ken Stein, Emory University’s Institute for the Study of Modern Israel and the Center for Israel Education, kenstein@israeled.org 

Or Anabi, “The Democratic Characteristics of [Israeli] voters, Israel Democracy Institute, August 1, 2022, https://en.idi.org.il/articles/39409 

Ibrahim Awad, “Arab Nationalism, Regionalism, and Regional Integration,” The Cairo Review of Global Affairs, Winter 2022, https://www.thecairoreview.com/essays/arab-nationalism-regionalism-and-regional-integration/ 

Maysam Bazaer, “What Iran’s emerging demographic “tsunami” means for Tehran,” Middle East Institute, August 25, 2022, https://www.mei.edu/publications/what-irans-emerging-demographic-tsunami-means-tehran 

Ricky Ben-David, “Cost of living, economy are top priority for voters in upcoming election — survey,” Times of Israel, August 10, 2022, https://www.timesofisrael.com/cost-of-living-economy-are-top-priority-for-voters-in-upcoming-election-survey/ 

Mordechai Chaziza.  “Israel-China Relations in an Era of Strategic Rivalry and Great Power Competition,” INSS, July 2022, https://strategicassessment.inss.org.il/en/articles/israel-china-relations-in-an-era-of-strategic-rivalry-and-great-power-competition/ 

Steven A. Cook, “How Israel and Turkey Benefit From Restoring Relations,” Council of Foreign Relations, August 23, 2022, https://www.cfr.org/in-brief/how-israel-and-turkey-benefit-restoring-relations 

Hillel Frisch, “Normalizing Relations Between Israel and the Arab World Continues Calmly in a Turbulent World,” August 9, 2022, Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security, https://jiss.org.il/en/frisch-normalizing-relations-between-israel-and-the-arab-world/ 

Naftali Granot, “Hezbollah’s threats against Israeli Gas rigs,” The Miryam Institute, August 15, 2022,  https://www.miryaminstitute.org/commentary-blog/hezbollahs-threats-against-israeli-gas-rig-possible-miscalculations

Judah Ari Gross, “In Basel, Israeli minister urges paradigm change on Israel-Diaspora relations,” Times of Israel, August 28, 2022, https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/in-basel-israeli-minister-urges-paradigm-change-on-israel-diaspora-relations/ 

Marinanne Guenot,  “The US had a plan in the 1960s to blast an alternative Suez Canal through Israel using 520 nuclear bombs,” Business Insider, March 25, 2021, https://www.businessinsider.com/us-planned-suez-canal-alternative-israel-blast-with-nuclear-bombs-1960s-2021-3 

Tawfiq Hamid, “The Intellectual revolution that the Arab world needs,” Middle East Broadcasting Network, August 5, 2022, https://www-alhurra-com.translate.goog/different- 

Tamar Hermann, Or Anabi and Yaron Kaplan, “Israelis Say They Base Their Vote on Party’s Economic Platform,” August 7, 2022, Israel Democracy Institute Voice Index, https://en.idi.org.il/articles/39510   

Aryeh Lightstone, “Behind the Curtain at the Creation of the Abraham Accords,” The Jerusalem Strategic Tribune, July 2022, https://jstribune.com/lightstone-behind-the-curtain-of-the-abraham-accords/ 

Gallia Lindenstrauss and Remi Daniel, “Normalization between Turkey and Israel: will it last, INSS, August 28, 2022, https://www.inss.org.il/publication/turkey-israel-normalization/ 

Media Line, “India’s growing ties with Israel can make it a great mediator,” Ynet News, August 19, 2022, https://www.ynetnews.com/article/bjumz1nc9  

Sayid Hossein Mousavian, “A Revolution and A War: How Iran Transformed Today’s Middle East,” Cairo Review of Global Affairs, Winter 2022, https://www.thecairoreview.com/essays/a-revolution-and-a-war-how-iran-transformed-todays-middle-east/ 

Jacob Nagel and Jonathan Schanzer, “Another Iran Deal? Looking Back and Looking Ahead,” The Foundation for Defense of Democracies, August 18, 2022, https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2022/08/18/another-iran-deal-looking-back-and-looking-ahead/ 

David Pollock, “July/August 2022 UAE Survey Shows U.S. Leads Iran, but Lags Russia and China,” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, August 30, 2022, https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/julyaugust-2022-uae-survey-shows-us-leads-iran-lags-russia-and-china

David Pollock, “New Saudi Poll Shows Biden’s Visit Barely Budged Skepticism,” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, August 30, 2022, https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/new-saudi-poll-shows-bidens-visit-barely-budged-skepticism

Uzi Rabi, “Israel and the Arab Middle East—A New Geopolitical Architecture,” The Jerusalem Strategic Tribune, June 2022, https://jstribune.com/rabi-israel-and-the-arab-middle-east/ 

Paul Rivlin, “The Ukraine War and the Middle East: The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Poorer,” The Moshe Dayan Center, Tel Aviv University, July 20, 2022, https://dayan.org/content/ukraine-war-and-middle-east-rich-get-richer-and-poor-get-poorer 

Attila Somfalvi, “Israel’s November Elections: What’s It All About,” The Jerusalem Strategic Tribune, August 2022, https://jstribune.com/somfalvi-israels-november-elections/

Michael Tanchum, “The India-Middle East Food Corridor: How the UAE, Israel and India are forging a new inter-regional supply chain,” Middle East Institute, July 27, 2022,  https://www.mei.edu/publications/india-middle-east-food-corridor-how-uae-israel-and-india-are-forging-new-inter

Neil Zilber, “What if Netanyahu Wins?” The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, August 24, 2022, https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/what-if-netanyahu-wins

Ido Zelkovitz, “Game of Thrones: The Struggle between Fatah and Hamas for Political Hegemony in the Palestinian Authority, 2011-2022,” INSS, July 2022, https://strategicassessment.inss.org.il/en/articles/game-of-thrones-the-struggle-between-fatah-and-hamas-for-political-hegemony-in-the-palestinian-authority-2011-2022/ 

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