Contemporary Readings

#125 Contemporary Readings July 2023

July 28, 2023

August 1, 2023

Assembled by Ken Stein and Wendy Kalman, Center for Israel Education

Adnan Abu Amer, “Analysis: Can Islamic Jihad survive Israel’s assassination drive?,” Al-Jazeera, July 7, 2023, https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/7/7/analysis-can-islamic-jihad-survive-israels-assassination-drive 

Farris Almarri, “Jordanians Favor De-escalation in the Region, But Sentiment Against Israel Remains,” Poll, Washington Institute for Near East Studies, June 9, 2023, https://t.co/yMEuoaMYoU 

Jimmy Carter, “The US and Iran, the Shah’s down-fall, the hostage crisis and the rise of Ayatollah Khomeyni,” a presentation to undergraduates at Emory University, Center for Israel Education/Emory University, 1985, https://israeled.org/president-jimmy-carter-the-us-and-iran-the-shahs-down-fall-the-hostage-crisis-and-the-rise-of-ayatollah-khomeyni/  

Center for Israel Education, “Political Statements on a Two-State Solution to Resolve the Arab (Palestinian)-Israeli Conflict, 1937 -present, July 12, 202.

Center for Preventative Action staff, “Israeli-Palestinian Conflict,” Council on Foreign Relations, July 6, 2023, https://www.cfr.org/global-conflict-tracker/conflict/israeli-palestinian-conflict 

Rafi Demogge, (pseudonym) “The Looming War over Israel’s Law of Return,” Mosaic, July 3, 2023, https://mosaicmagazine.com/essay/israel-zionism/2023/07/the-looming-war-over-israels-law-of-return/ and Response from Yedidia Stern, “Allowing the grandchildren of Jews to come to Israel is problematic, but preventing them is even more problematic. The solution: opening the gates of conversion,”  Mosaic, https://mosaicmagazine.com/response/israel-zionism/2023/07/how-to-avoid-a-war-over-the-law-of-return/

Louise Fischer, “The Yom Kippur War, October 1973,” Israel State Archives, undated, https://catalog.archives.gov.il/en/publication/the-yom-kippur-war-october-1973/ 

Seth Frantzman, “Report reveals Iran’s growing threat to US, Israel from Syria – analysis,” Jerusalem Post, July 23, 2023, https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-752105 

Seth Frantzman, “Iran media celebrates possible Israel ‘civil war’ and Netanyahu’s ‘crisis’ – analysis,” Jerusalem Post, July 23, 2023, https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-752086 

Daniel Gordis, “The day the music died….,” Substack: Israel from the Inside, July 24, 2023, https://danielgordis.substack.com/p/the-day-the-music-died  

Yoel Guzansky, “The Road to Normalization: Relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia,” Institute for Security Studies, July 23, 2023, https://www.inss.org.il/publication/saudi-arabia-normalization/ 

Amos Harel, “Analysis | Iran Gets an Unwritten Deal From the U.S. as Israel Gets a Bear Hug,” Ha’aretz, July 14, 2023, https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2023-07-14/ty-article/.premium/iran-gets-an-unwritten-deal-from-the-u-s-as-israel-gets-a-bear-hug/00000189-508e-d2fd-abdd-daae79910000 

Hiba Husseini, “Participation of East Jerusalem in Future Palestinian Parliamentary and Presidential Elections: Challenges and Policy Options,” Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research, July 2023, https://pcpsr.org/sites/default/files/Brief%203_Participation%20of%20East%20Jerusalem%20in%20future%207%20June%202023%20_English.pdf 

INN staff, “Report: Credit rating agencies seek clarifications from Israel,” Arutz Sheva Israel National News, July 22, 2023, https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/374520 

INSS staff, “The Judicial Overhaul: A Complete Guide,” Institute for National Security Studies, undated, https://www.inss.org.il/publication/judicial-overhaul-guide/ 

Israel Kasnett, “Israel’s Recognition of Morocco’s Western Sahara a Blow to Iran,” Jewish Press, July 21, 2023, https://www.jewishpress.com/indepth/analysis/israels-recognition-of-moroccos-western-sahara-a-blow-to-iran/2023/07/21/

Nicholas Kristoff, “With Israel, It’s Time to Start Discussing the Unmentionable,” New York Times, July 22, 2023, https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/22/opinion/israel-military-aid.html 

Eran Lerman, “As Tensions escalate, Israel is right to insist on reviving the regional Framework,” Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security, July 3, 2023. https://jiss.org.il/en/lerman-israel-is-right-to-insist-on-reviving-the-regional-framework/

Matthew Levitt & Lauren von Thaden, “Guns, Drugs, and Smugglers: A Recent Heightened Challenge at Israel’s Borders with Jordan and Egypt,” Combating Terrorism Center at West Point, July 2023, https://ctc.westpoint.edu/guns-drugs-and-smugglers-a-recent-heightened-challenge-at-israels-borders-with-jordan-and-egypt/ 

Suzie Navot, “The Reasonableness Issue Requires Serious, Informed and Consensual Discussion, Israel Democracy Institute, July 14, 2023, https://en.idi.org.il/articles/50172

PCPSR Staff, “The Palestine/Israel Pulse: A Joint Poll,” Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research, January 2023, https://pcpsr.org/sites/default/files/Press%20Release_Eng%20_Joint%20Poll%2024JAN2023.pdf 

PCPSR Staff, “Public Opinion Poll No. 88,” Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research, June 23, 2023., https://pcpsr.org/en/node/944 

Paul Rivlin, “Israel’s Economy: From Start-Up to Shut-Down Nation?,” Center for Israel Education, July 6, 2023, https://israeled.org/israels-economy-from-start-up-to-shut-down-nation-opinion-paul-rivlin-moshe-dayan-center/ 

David Rosenberg, “The Power of Israel’s Ultra-Orthodox Has Peaked,” Foreign Policy, July 27, 2023, https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/07/27/israel-ultra-orthodox-judicial-religion-netanyahu/ 

Yair Rosenberg, “Israel has already lost,” The Atlantic, July 27, 2023, https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/07/israel-supreme-court-netanyahu-parliament/674833/ 

Dennis Ross & Ghaith al-Omari, “Why a Weak Abbas is Dangerous for Israel,” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, July 6, 2023, https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/why-weak-abbas-dangerous-israel 

Abeer Salman, “Palestinian leader calls on world to ‘protect us,’ and his people respond with bitter laughter,” CNN, July 14, 2023, https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/14/middleeast/palestinians-mock-abbas-mime-intl/index.html 

Ahmad Sharawi & Essa Nahari, “Middle East Visits to the United States Under Biden, Trump, and Obama,” Washington Institute, July 20, 2023, https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/middle-east-visits-united-states-under-biden-trump-and-obama 

Matt Spetalnick, Steve Holland & Simon Lewis, “Biden’s Israel dilemma: Few good options to counter Netanyahu’s defiance,” Reuters, July 25, 2023, https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/bidens-israel-dilemma-few-good-options-counter-netanyahus-defiance-2023-07-25/ 

Jared Szuba, “Pentagon seeks to deepen military ties with Israel despite judicial overhaul,” Al-Monitor, July 25, 2023, https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2023/07/pentagon-seeks-deepen-military-ties-israel-despite-judicial-overhaul 

TOI Staff, “Knesset votes to postpone election for new chief rabbis,” Times of Israel, July 24, 2023, https://www.timesofisrael.com/knesset-votes-to-postpone-election-for-new-chief-rabbis/

TOI Staff, “Iranian, Hamas officials discuss response to upheaval in Israel — report,” Times of Israel, July 26, 2023, https://www.timesofisrael.com/iranian-hamas-officials-secretly-discuss-response-to-upheaval-in-israel-report 

Mohammed S. Wattad, Zhanyang Liu & Derek Lief, “What Deters the Arab Population from the Protests?,” Institute for National Security Studies, July 18, 2023, https://www.inss.org.il/publication/arab-protest/ 

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