Contemporary Readings

#147 Contemporary Readings May 2025 – Including Israel-Hamas War

June 2, 2025

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

Oded Ailam, “This Is How Iran Recruited Dozens of Israeli Spies,” Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, May 22, 2025, https://jcpa.org/this-is-how-iran-recruited-dozens-of-israeli-spies/

Aziz Alghashian, “Saudi Arabia’s Status in the Regional Arena and Relations with Israel,” Mitvim – The Israeli Institute for Regional Foreign Policies, May 2025, https://mitvim.org.il/en/publication/saudi-arabias-status-in-the-regional-arena-and-relations-with-israel/

Fadi Amun, “Majdal Shams Disaster Victims’ Families: Israel Has Forgotten Us,” Shomrim – The Center for Media and Democracy, May 22, 2025, https://www.shomrim.news/eng/majdal-shams-disaster

Nabil Amr, “Weapons of the Camps… and Weapons of Gaza,” Asharq Al-Awsat, May 27, 2025, https://english.aawsat.com/opinion/5147840-weapons-camps-and-weapons-gaza

Uri Blau, “The Secretly Established Mechanism for Funding and Operating the Humanitarian Program in Gaza,” Shomrim – The Center for Media and Democracy, May 11, 2025, https://www.shomrim.news/eng/humanitarian-program-in-gaza

Shoshana Bryen, “Thoughts on Memorial Day,” Jewish Policy Center, May 24, 2025, https://www.jewishpolicycenter.org/2025/05/24/thoughts-on-memorial-day/

Ahmed Charai, “The Middle East at a Crossroads,” Jerusalem Strategic Tribune, May 2025, https://jstribune.com/charai-the-middle-east-at-a-crossroads/

Stéphane Cohen, Raz Zimmt, Noga Sarid, Avihu Marom, Mora Deitch, “Interactive Map: Iran’s Strategic Assets,” Institute for National Security Studies, May 21, 2025, https://www.inss.org.il/publication/iran-assets-map/

Avi Davidi, “Deadly Explosion in Iran Simultaneously with Nuclear Talks — Scope, Circumstances, and Significance,” Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security, May 12, 2025, https://jiss.org.il/en/davidi-deadly-explosion-in-iran/

Dan Diker, The Washington Embassy Murders: Hamas’s October 7th Invasion of America, May 28, 2025, Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs, May 28, 2025, https://jcpa.org/the-washington-embassy-murders-hamass-october-7th-invasion-of-america/

Dror Eydar, “Leo XIV – A Possible Turning Point,” Israel Hayom, May 14, 2025, https://www.israelhayom.com/opinions/leo-xiv-a-possible-turning-point/

Jacques Gauthier, “Recognition of Palestinian State Now Would Be the Greatest Denial of Justice in History of Mankind,” European Coalition for Israel, May 15, 2025, https://ec4i.org/canadian-human-rights-lawyer-jacques-gauthier-recognition-of-palestinian-state-now-would-be-the-greatest-denial-of-justice-in-history-of-mankind/

Daniel Greenfield, “Anti-Israel Activists Cheer D.C. Murder of Israeli Couple,” Israel National News, May 27, 2025, https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/409063

Amr Hamzawy, “Implications of Trump’s Visit to the Gulf,” Ahram Online, May 22, 2025, https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/4/1204/546571/Opinion/Opinion/Implications-of-Trump%E2%80%99s-visit-to-the-Gulf-.aspx

Lahav Harkov, “Report: U.K. one of the top three sources of funding for Hamas,” Jewish Insider, May 25, 2025, https://jewishinsider.com/2025/05/hamas-gaza-funding-aid-united-kingdom-humanitarian-united-nations/

Donniel Hartman, Yossi Klein Halevi, “Israel at War – Red Lines,” Shalom Hartman Institute, May 22, 2025, https://www.hartman.org.il/israel-at-war-red-lines/

Yoav Heller, “Genocide? Let’s Talk Facts,” Israel Hayom, May 19, 2025, https://www.israelhayom.com/opinions/genocide-lets-talk-facts/

Maurice Hirsch, Alan Baker, “France’s Malicious Recognition of ‘Palestine’: The Ultimate Reward for the October 7 Massacre,” Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, May 26, 2025, https://jcpa.org/article/frances-malicious-recognition-of-palestine-the-ultimate-reward-for-the-october-7-massacre/

Michael Knights, “What the End of the Houthi Campaign Means for U.S. Power,” The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, May 19, 2025, https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/what-end-houthi-campaign-means-us-power

Michael J. Koplow, “Israel Has to Figure Out What It Can Do for Trump,” Israel Policy Forum, May 15, 2025, https://israelpolicyforum.org/2025/05/15/israel-has-to-figure-out-what-it-can-do-for-trump/

Yuval Less, “Clouds of Competition—China’s Rise in the Middle East Cloud Market,” Institute for National Security Studies, May 26, 2025, https://www.inss.org.il/publication/cloud-china/

Lieberman, Elli, “Why Deterence Faild on October 7, 2023, The Institute for National Security Studies, Tel Aviv, Israel, May 2025,  https://www.inss.org.il/strategic_assessment/lieberman/

Dov Maimon, “Many Waters Cannot Quench the Audience’s Love,” Jewish People Policy Institute, May 19, 2025, https://jppi.org.il/en/%d7%9e%d7%99%d7%9d-%d7%a8%d7%91%d7%99%d7%9d-%d7%9c%d7%90-%d7%9b%d7%99%d7%91%d7%95-%d7%90%d7%aa-%d7%90%d7%94%d7%91%d7%aa-%d7%94%d7%a7%d7%94%d7%9c/

Hussein Aboubakr Mansour, “Why Washington Must Accept the Limits of Diplomacy with Iran,” Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, May 19, 2025, https://jcpa.org/why-washington-must-accept-the-limits-of-diplomacy-with-iran/

Yisrael Medad, “Murder by Intersectionality: The Warped Logic of Identity-Fueled Violence,” The Jerusalem Post, May 27, 2025, https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-855509

Lee Shpilrain Nahari, “How Israeli Intelligence Misunderstood Gender-Based Violence as a Strategic Tool on October 7,” Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, May 27, 2025, https://besacenter.org/how-israeli-intelligence-misunderstood-gender-based-violence-as-a-strategic-tool-on-october-7/

Farah Pandith, Elliott Abrams, Steven A. Cook, Ray Takeyh, “Media Briefing: Trump in the Middle East,” Council on Foreign Relations, May 9, 2025, https://www.cfr.org/event/media-briefing-trump-middle-east

Palestinian Public Opinion Poll (95), Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research, May 6, 2025, https://www.pcpsr.org/en/node/997, (migration from Palestine, opposed to Hamas disarmament discussed)

Dennis Ross, “Will Trump Dump Netanyahu? Here’s When Israel Will Find Out,” Haaretz, May 26, 2025, https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/will-trump-dump-netanyahu-heres-when-israel-will-find-out

Uzi Rubin, “Star Wars Rebooted,” Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security, May 25, 2025, https://jiss.org.il/en/rubin-star-wars-rebooted/

Robert Satloff, “A Potential ‘Interim’ Iran Nuclear Deal Sounds Great, But It Isn’t,” The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, May 21, 2025, https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/potential-interim-iran-nuclear-deal-sounds-great-it-isnt

Abdel Moneim Said, “The New Arabism,”,Ahramonline, May 28, 2025, https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContentP/4/547008/Opinion/The-new-Arabism.aspx

Yezid Sayigh, “The Second Republic: The Remaking of Egypt Under Abdel Fattah el-Sisi,” Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, May 12, 2025, https://carnegieendowment.org/research/2025/05/the-second-republic-the-remaking-of-egypt-under-abdel-fattah-el-sisi?lang=en

No Reconstruction Funds Without Reforms and Hezbollah Disarmament Report Says, The Daily Star (Lebanon), May 17, 2025, https://dailystar.com.lb/no-reconstruction-funds-without-reforms/

Assaf Shapira, “The Case for Common Sense Knesset Electoral Reform,” Israel Democracy Institute, May 21, 2025, https://en.idi.org.il/articles/59418

Kian Sharifi, “Iran, US Dig In As Nuclear Talks Resume In Rome,” Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, May 23, 2025, https://www.rferl.org/a/farda-briefing-iran-us-nuclear-enrichment/33422165.html

Eldad Shavit, Yoel Guzansky, “President Trump’s Visit to the Gulf: A Shifting Regional Order and the Challenge for Israel,” Institute for National Security Studies, May 19, 2025, https://www.inss.org.il/publication/trump-gulf/

Maryam Sinaiee, “Iranian Optimism Fades After Khamenei Doubts Success of US Talks,” Iran International, May 20, 2025, https://www.iranintl.com/en/202505204028

Clayton Thomas, “Iran: Background and U.S. Policy,” Congressional Research Service, May 22, 2025, https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/R47321

Shlomit Ravitsky Tur-Paz, Yohanan Plesner, “The Latest Haredi Enlistment Targets: Insufficient and Ineffectual,” Israel Democracy Institute, May 15, 2025, https://en.idi.org.il/articles/59374

Ben-Dror Yemini, “Trump’s Middle East Gamble: Why Sidelining Israel Empowers Iran and Hamas,” Ynetnews, May 13, 2025, https://www.ynetnews.com/article/rkkesdxzgx

Raz Zimmt, “The Need to Reexamine the Concept of the “Shite Axis,”  The Institute for National Security Studies, Tel Aviv, Israel, May 27, 2025, https://www.inss.org.il/publication/shiite-axis/

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