Maya Rezak and Ken Stein, June 30, 2026

Videos and Multimedia

Center for Israel Education, “Six Days that Redrew the Map of the Middle East,” Audio Playlist.

Kirsten Fontenrose, Damian Murphy, and Brian Katulis, “Assessing the Latest Iran Deal and What it Means for U.S. Interests,” Middle East Institute, June 24, 2026.

Tamir Hayman and Ofir Dayan, “The American-Iranian MoU: What Does it Mean for Israel?” Institute for National Security Studies, June 22, 2026.

Richard Nephew, Dennis Ross, and Holly Dagres, “A Postwar Middle East? The U.S.-Iran Negotiations and the Region’s Future,” The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, June 22, 2026.

Yohanan Plesner, Tamar Hermann, and Natan Sachs, “Israel Heads to Elections,” Middle East Institute, June 9, 2026.

Nitzan Preisler, “Dashboard: The Campaign Against Iran and the Shiite Axis,” Institute for National Security Studies, June 4, 2026.

Dan Senor, Jonah Goldberg and John Podhoretz, “The Iran War: An Autopsy,” Call Me Back Podcast, June 29, 2026.

Dan Senor, Tamir Hayman, and Mark Dubowitz, “Did the Iran War Succeed?” Call Me Back Podcast, June 8, 2026.

Dana Stroul, Robert Satloff, and Michael Singh, “Back to Bombs or Driving to a Deal? Assessing the U.S. Iran State of Play?,” The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, June 12, 2026.

Articles

Hussein Aboubakr Mansour, “Higher Influence: How Qatar Pulls the Strings on American Campuses,” Jewish Institute for National Security of America, June 9, 2026. 

Atia Alrhahla, “Religion and Politics in the Negev: The Rise of Ra’am in Bedouin Society,” Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies, June 16, 2026. 

Benjamin Bental and Michael Debowy, “Public Capital and Economic Growth in Israel,” Taub Center for Social Policy Studies in Israel, May 2026.

Benjamin Bental and Labib Shami, “Owning or Renting? The Dynamics of Housing Tenure in Israel,” Taub Center for Social Policy Studies in Israel, May 2026.

A.J. Caschetta, “The Media Minimizes University of Michigan’s Student Intifada,” Middle East Forum, June 25, 2026.

Center for Israel Education, “Government of Palestine, C.F. Strickland, ‘A Report on the Possibility of Introducing a System of Agricultural Cooperation in Palestine,’ July 3, 1930,” June 2026.

Center for Israel Education, “President Trump Celebrates Iran Deal, Criticizes Israel, June 2026,” June 17, 2026.

Center for Israel Education, “U.S.-Israel-Lebanon Trilateral Framework Agreement on Recognized Sovereignty, Mutual Security, and Peaceful Relations, June 2026,” June 26, 2026.

Avi Davidi and Seth Cropsey, “Iran’s Effort to Impose a New Maritime Order in the Strait of Hormuz: The Emergence of a New World Order?” Jerusalem Center for Strategy and Security, June 29, 2026. 

Dror Doron, “The American-Iran Memorandum of Understanding: Ceasefire in Lebanon and the Reactions of the Resistance Axis,” Amit Terrorism and Intelligence Research Institute, June 23, 2026.

Chen Friedberg, “Explainer: The State Comptroller and the Appointment Procedure,” Israel Democracy Institute, June 3, 2026.

Ari Heistein, “The Evolution of the Houthi Security Concept After October 7, 2023,” Institute for National Security Studies, June 22, 2026.

Tamar Hermann, Lior Yohanani, and Yaron Kaplan, “Sharp Decline in Share of Israelis Who Think Israel’s Security is a Central Consideration of President Trump,” Israel Democracy Institute, June 9, 2026.

Tammy Hoffman and Meital Baron, “First Time Voters Ahead of the 26th Knesset Elections,” Israel Democracy Institute, June 21, 2026.

Efraim Inbar, “A Divided Gaza is Not a Bad Outcome,” Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security, June 15, 2026. 

Ely Karmon, “Turkey under Erdogan: An Emerging Immediate Strategic Threat,” International Institute for Counter-Terrorism, June 25, 2026.

Yaakov Katz, “The US-Israel Alliance Reached a Military Peak, But its Political Future is Under Threat,” Jewish People Policy Institute, June 1, 2026.

Eran Lerman, “Can Jerusalem Halt the Democratic Party’s Dangerous Anti-Israel Drift?” Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security, June 24, 2026. 

Eran Lerman, “The Missing Element in Israel’s Lebanese Equation: Can Hezbollah’s Grip on Lebanon’s Shiite Community Be Loosened?” Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security, June 11, 2026.

Guy Lurie, “The Bill to Weaken Israel’s Attorney General Threatens a Key Safeguard of Democracy,” Israel Democracy Institute, June 1, 2026.

Yossi Mansharof, “Iran’s Ambition to Destroy Israel,” Middle East Quarterly, June 2026.

Batsheva Neuer, “Beyond Partisanship: Political Theology and the Changing Republican Consensus on Israel,” Institute for National Security Studies, June 28, 2026. 

Dana Polak, “Heat Map of Airstrikes in Lebanon During the ‘Ceasefire’ (April 17 – June 10, 2026),” Alma Research and Education Center, June 11, 2026.

Benjamin Porat and Shlomit Ravitsky Tur-Paz, “Explainer: Basic Law: Torah Study and Its Implications,” Israel Democracy Institute, June 10, 2026. 

Noam Raydan, “Iran is Still Intent on Preventing a Return to the Old Navigational Order,” The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, June 26, 2026. 

Gregg Roman, “Israel Won the War, but the Peace is Being Signed Without It,” Middle East Forum, June 18, 2026. 

Sondos Salah, “Joint Management of the Waste Crisis in Israel and Palestine as an Environmental and Political Opportunity,” Mitvim Institute for Regional Foreign Policies, May 2026.

Robert Satloff, “14 Points on the 14 Points: Assessing the Israel-Lebanon Agreement,” The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, June 29, 2026.

Ofira Seliktar and Farhad Rezaei, “Iran’s Islamist Antisemitism and Anti-Zionism: Jews as Source of All Evil (Part 1),” Middle East Quarterly, June 2026.

Eldad Shavit and Sima Shine, “Not Quite the End: The Implications of the U.S.-Iran Memorandum of Understanding,” Institute for National Security Studies, June 22, 2026. 

Colin Shindler, “If Andy Burnhum becomes UK PM, What Will that Mean for Middle East Policy?” The Jewish Independent, June 24, 2026.

Dana Spektor Mereminsky, “The Internationalization of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: From Containment to Management,” Institute for National Security Studies, June 29, 2026. 

Jonathan Spyer, “Can Israel Fend off Hezbollah Without Alienating America?” Middle East Forum, June 25, 2026.

Ken Stein, “Strait of Hormuz: A Struggle to Determine Iran’s Strength Tomorrow,” Center for Israel Education, March 29, 2026, Audio, Spanish, Hebrew, German.

“The Israeli Foreign Policy Index of 2026,” Mitvim Institute for Regional Foreign Policies, June 2026.

Luke Tress, “Mamdani-Backed Primary Sweep Further Cements Anti-Zionist Politics in NYC,” The Times of Israel, June 24, 2026.

Alex Vatanka, “Iran’s New Security Doctrine and Its Old Dilemma,” Al Majalla, June 9, 2026.

Alex Vatanka, “The War Inside Iran’s Right,” Al Majalla, June 19, 2026.

Dov Zakheim, “Israel’s American Dilemma: How to Win Back Democrats and Young People,” Jerusalem Strategic Tribune, June 2026.

Sarit Zehavi, “Hezbollah After the War: Degraded But Not Defeated,” Alma Research and Education Center, June 17, 2026. 

Raz Zimmt, “Under the Shadow of War: The Continued Erosion of Iran’s Middle Class,” Institute for National Security Studies, June 24, 2026.