Contemporary Readings

#138 Contemporary Readings August 2024 – Including Israel-Hamas War

September 12, 2024

Assembled by Scott Abramson and Ken Stein, Center for Israel Education

Scott Abramson, “The Iranian Regime Is Not Its People,” Jewish News Syndicate, August 19, 2024, https://www.jns.org/the-iranian-regime-is-not-its-people

Brian C. Anderson, “A Crisis on Campus,” City Journal, August 17, 2024, https://www.city-journal.org/article/a-crisis-on-campus

Alan Baker, “Israel Under Fire — Introduction,” Jerusalem Center for Foreign Affairs, August 20, 2024, https://jcpa.org/article/introduction

Tal Beeri, “Hezbollah — The Supplying of Fuel in Southern Lebanon for Civilian and Military Purposes,” Alma Research and Education Center, August 25, 2024, https://israel-alma.org/2024/08/22/hezbollah-the-supplying-of-fuel-in-southern-lebanon-for-civilian-and-military-purposes

Dana Blander and Eran Shamir-Borer, “The Majority of the Israeli Public Supports Establishing a State Commission of Inquiry Into the Events of October 7,” Israel Democracy Institute, August 29, 2024, https://en.idi.org.il/articles/55785

Ari Cicurel, “Israel Preempts Hezbollah Attack,” JINSA, August 27, 2024, https://jinsa.org/jinsa_report/israel-preempts-hezbollah-attack

Sinan Ciddi and Sophia Epley, “Pro-Hamas Protesters in Turkey Call for Military Strikes Against Israel,” Foundation for Defense of Democracies, August 9, 2024, https://www.fdd.org/analysis/policy_briefs/2024/08/09/pro-hamas-protesters-in-turkey-call-for-military-strikes-against-israel

Mohamed Ibrahim Eldawiry, “Egypt, Gaza War and Critical Week Ahead,” Al Ahram, August 25, 2024, https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContentP/4/530666/Opinion/Egypt,-Gaza-war-and-critical-week-ahead.aspx

Seth Frantzman, “After Nine Months, Israel Continues to Grind Down Hamas in Gaza,” Jerusalem Strategic Tribune, August 2024, https://jstribune.com/frantzman-israel-continues-to-grind-down-hamas-in-gaza

Hillel Frisch, “No Technology Can Substitute for an IDF Presence on the Gaza-Egyptian Border,” Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security, August 27, 2024, https://jiss.org.il/en/frisch-no-technology-can-substitute-for-an-idf-presence

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs, “For Israel, Iran Is the Whole Ball Game,” Hudson Institute, August 20, 2024, https://www.hudson.org/defense-strategy/israel-iran-whole-ball-game-rebeccah-heinrichs

Jacob Heilbrunn, “A Guide to Harris’ Foreign Policy,” Jerusalem Strategic Tribune, August 2024, https://jstribune.com/heilbrunn-a-guide-to-harris-foreign-policy

Efraim Inbar, “The West’s Fear of Escalation Is Not Helpful,” Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security, August 4, 2024, https://jiss.org.il/en/inbar-the-wests-fear-of-escalation-is-not-helpful

“Internal Lebanese Criticism of Hezbollah in the Wake of Its Escalation and the Threat of War,” Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center, August 15, 2024, https://www.terrorism-info.org.il/en/internal-lebanese-criticism-of-hezbollah-in-the-wake-of-its-escalation-and-the-threat-of-war

Matthew Kroenig and Dan Negrea, “The Trump II Administration and the Iranian Nuclear Challenge,” Jerusalem Strategic Tribune, August 2024, https://jstribune.com/kroenig-negreathe-trump-ii-administration-and-the-iranian-nuclear-challenge

Yossi Kuperwasser, “Israeli Presence on the Philadelphi Corridor Is Vital,” Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs, August 22, 2024, https://jcpa.org/article/israeli-presence-on-the-philadelphi-corridor-is-vital

Meir Litwak, “The Arabs and the Holocaust,” Zelikovitz Centre for Jewish Studies, Carlton University, November 27, 2023, video (1:17:09), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zDA0lC2NhQ&t=192s

Marianne Matyash, “Tisha B’av: Lessons From Destruction and Hope,” Israel Democracy Institute, August 12, 2024, https://en.idi.org.il/articles/55546

Sam Menassa, “A State in a Hole and a Party in a Tunnel,” al-Sharq al-Aswat, August 26, 2024, https://english.aawsat.com/opinion/5054324-state-hole-and-party-tunnel

Richard Nephew, “Easier Said Than Done: Renewing Maximum Pressure on Iran,” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, August 2024, https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/easier-said-done-renewing-maximum-pressure-iran

Aidan New, “Iran: Axis of Resistance Surrounding Israel,” Center for Israel Education, June 2024, video (4:45) https://israeled.org/iran-axis-resistance-video

Gabriel Noronha, “Blocking the Breakout: Red Lines and the Iranian Nuclear Program,” JINSA, August 29, 2024, https://jinsa.org/blocking-the-breakout-red-lines-and-the-iranian-nuclear-program

Joel Parker, “Erdoğan and Asad’s Slow Rapprochement: Too Weak to Make a Deal,” Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies, August 14, 2024, https://dayan.org/content/erdogan-and-asads-slow-rapprochement-too-weak-make-deal

Armin Rosen and Park MacDougald, “The Democrats in Chicago, Tablet Magazine, August 19, 2024, https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/democrats-chicago-dnc

David Schenker and Assaf Orion, “The Pros and Cons of Salvaging (or Ditching) UNIFIL” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, August 20, 2024, https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/pros-and-cons-salvaging-or-ditching-unifil

Gabi Siboni, “Why Is It Taking So Long to Destroy Hamas?” Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security, August 22, 2024, https://jiss.org.il/en/siboni-why-is-it-taking-so-long-to-destroy-hamas

Dana Stroul, “There Is Still Time to Stop a Wider War in the Middle East,” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, August 15, 2024, https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/there-still-time-stop-wider-war-middle-east

“The IDF Disrupted Hezbollah’s Retaliation to Fouad Shakar’s Elimination,” Alma Research and Education Center, August 25, 2024, https://israel-alma.org/2024/08/25/the-idf-disrupted-hezbollahs-retaliation-to-fouad-shakars-elimination

Amir Taheri, “US Elections: The Collectivist Option,” al-Sharq al-Aswat, August 30, 2024, https://english.aawsat.com/opinion/5055721-us-elections-collectivist-option

“Yahya al-Sinwar Named Head of Hamas Political Bureau: Reactions and Significance,” Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center, August 9, 2024, https://www.terrorism-info.org.il/en/yahya-al-sinwar-named-head-of-hamas-political-bureau-reactions-and-significance

Aaron Zeilin, “Hamas Diplomacy: From Haniyeh to Sinwar,” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, August 28, 2024, https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/hamas-diplomacy-haniyeh-sinwar

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