Assembled by Ken Stein, Emory University and Center for Israel Education

Today in Israeli History, Center for Israel Education, https://israeled.org/israeli-history/

Elliot Abrahms, “Why Did Hamas Provoke A War?” Center for Foreign Relations Blog. July 09, 2014. http://blogs.cfr.org/abrams/2014/07/09/why-did-hamas-provoke-a-war/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+eabrams+%28Elliott+Abrams%3A+Pressure+Points%29

Yaacov Amidor, “The War with Hamas: Decision Time Approaching.” BESA Center. July 24, 2014. http://besacenter.org/uncategorized/war-hamas-decision-time-approaching/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=war-hamas-decision-time-approaching

Benny Avni, “Kerry’s Ceasefire Pivot Angers Egypt, Israel—Even the Palestinian Authority.” News Week. July 28, 2014. http://www.newsweek.com/kerrys-ceasefire-pivot-angers-egypt-israel-even-palestinian-authority-261834

Ofra Bengio, “Surprising Ties Between Israel and the Kurds.” Middle East Quarterly, Summer. Summer 2014. http://www.meforum.org/3838/israel-kurds

Ron Ben-Yishai, “Talking and Shooting in Gaza.” Ynet News. July 16, 2014. http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4544353,00.html

Shoshana Bryen, “How Does Israel End Up the Bad Guy.” Jewish Policy Center. July 10, 2014. http://www.jewishpolicycenter.org/5330/how-does-israel-end-up-the-bad-guy

Soner Cagaptay and Ege Cansu Sacikara, “Turks in Europe and Kurds in Turkey Could Elect Erdogan.” Washington Institute for Near East Policy. July 23, 2014. http://washin.st/UsI9mb

Soner Cagaptay, “The Future of Turkish Democracy – Testimony before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, and Emerging Threats.” House Foreign Affairs Committee. July 15, 2014. http://washin.st/1oEePBu

Soner Cagaptay, “Yesterday’s Enemies, Tomorrow’s Friends.” Washington Institute for Near East Policy. July 09, 2014. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/yesterdays-enemies-tomorrows-friends

Harel Chorev, “Hamas–Charting a New Strategic Course of Action.” European Israel Press Association. July 10, 2014. http://eipa.eu.com/2014/07/hamas-charting-a-new-strategic-course-of-action/

Patrick Clawson, “Iran Can Afford to Say No to a Nuclear Deal.” Washington Institute for Near East Policy. July 17, 2014. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/iran-can-afford-to-say-no-to-a-nuclear-deal

Steven A. Cook, “The Last Great Myth About Egypt.” Foreign Policy. July 21, 2014. http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2014/07/21/the_last_great_myth_about_egypt_israel_palestine_gaza

Udi Dekel and Shlomo Brom, “The Second Stage of Operation Protective Edge: A Limited Ground Maneuver.” INSS Insight. July 21, 2014. http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=7239

Udi Dekel. “Israel-Hamas: Conditions for a Stable Ceasefire.” INSS Insight. July 17, 2014. http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=7222

Michael Doran, “Misidentifying the Conflict in Iraq and Syria.” Brookings Institute. July 10, 2014. http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/iran-at-saban/posts/2014/07/10-doran-obama-iraq-syria-strategy

Michael Doran, “Obama and the Syria Two-Step.” Brookings Institute. July 09, 2014. http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/iran-at-saban/posts/2014/07/09-doran-obama-syria-iraq-two-step

Eric Edelman and Dennis Ross, “Improving the Prospects for an Acceptable Final Deal with Iran.” JINSA’s Gemunder Center Iran Task Force. July 2014. http://www.jinsa.org/files/ImprovingProspectsForAcceptableFinalDealWithIran.pdf

Giora Eiland, “History Unlikely to Repeat Itself.” Ynet News. July 09, 2014. http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4539706,00.html

Meir Eliran and Alex Altshuler, “Operation Protective Edge: Lessons from the Civilian (Israeli) Front – Interim Summary.” INSS Insight. July 31, 2014. http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=7388

Shai Feldman, “Five Early Lessons from the Israel-Hamas War.” Crown Center for Middle East Studies, Brandeis University. July 14, 2014. http://nationalinterest.org/feature/five-early-lessons-the-israel-hamas-war-10871

Professor Hillel Frisch, “Hit Hamas Hard to Create a Different Balance Against Islamic Terrorism.” BESA Center. July 19, 2014. http://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/hit-hamas-hard-create-different-strategic-balance-islamic-terrorism/

Jeffrey Goldberg, “What Exactly Is Hamas Trying to Prove?” The Atlantic. July 13, 2014. http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2014/07/what-exactly-is-hamas-trying-to-prove/374342/

David P. Goldman, “The One-State Solution Is on Our Doorstep.” Tablet Magazine. July 14, 2014. http://www.meforum.org/4753/israel-one-state-solution

Michael Gurfinkiel, “You Only Live Twice.” Mosaic Magazine. August 2014. http://mosaicmagazine.com/essay/2013/08/you-only-live-twice/

Yoel Guzanksy and Gallia Lindenstrauss, “Operation Protective Edge and a Fragile Regional Area.” INSS Insight. July 24, 2014. http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=7306

Peter Harling, “Taking Iraq Apart.” Le Monde Diplomatique. July 2014. http://mondediplo.com/2014/07/02middleeast

Fuad Hussein and Falah Mustafa Bakir, “Iraq’s Crisis and the KRG.” Policy Watch. July 11, 2014. http://washin.st/U6Gvqt

Avi Issacharoff, “Gaza Underground, the Threat Israel Chose to Ignore.” The Times of Israel. July 25, 2014. http://www.timesofisrael.com/gaza-Underground-the-threat-Israel-Chose-to-ignore

Efraim Karsh, “The Myth of Palestinian Centrality.” MEforum. July 07, 2014. http://www.meforum.org/4750/the-myth-of-palestinian-centrality

Efraim Karsh, “The Uses of Lydda.” Mosaic Magazine. July 2014. http://mosaicmagazine.com/supplemental/2014/07/the-uses-of-lydda/

Tamer Khorma, “The Myth of the Jordanian Monarchy’s Resilience to the Arab Spring.” German Institute for International and Security Affairs. July 2014. http://www.swp-berlin.org/en/publications/swp-comments-en/swp-aktuelle-details/article/jordan_resilience_to_arab_spring.html

Sami Kleib, “Baghdad Attacks Gulf Leaders in Taped Sermon, World Powers Mull Response to ISIS Threat.” Al-Akhbar English. July 07, 2014. http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/baghdadi-attacks-gulf-leaders-taped-sermon-world-powers-mull-response-isis-threat

Martin Kramer, “What Happened at Lydda.” Mosaic Magazine. July 2014. http://mosaicmagazine.com/essay/2014/07/what-happened-at-lydda/

Clifford May, “Murder and Revenge in Jerusalem.” Washington Times. July 09, 2014. http://www.cliffordmay.org/15022/murder-revenge-jerusalem

Aaron David Miller, “Stay Home and Stay Out of This Fight.” Foreign Policy. July 08, 2014. http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2014/07/08/stay_home_and_stay_out_of_this_fight_israel_hamas_gaza_john_kerry

Abdel Moneim Said, “Winning the War on Terrorism.” Al-Ahram On-line. July 17, 2014. http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/News/6793/21/Winning-the-war-on-terrorism.aspx.

Morris, Benny. “Zionism’s Black Boxes.” Mosaic Magazine. July 2014. http://mosaicmagazine.com/supplemental/2014/07/zionisms-black-boxes/

Lt. (ret.) Dr. Jacque Neriah,  “Egypt, Israel and Hamas — the Impossible Equation.” Jerusalem Center For Public Affairs. July 27, 2014. http://jcpa.org/egypt-israel-hamas-impossible-equation/

Michael Oren, “Israel Must Be Permitted to Crush Hamas.” Washington Post. July 24, 2014. http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/michael-oren-israel-must-be-permitted-to-crush-hamas/2014/07/24/bd9967fc-1350-11e4-9285-4243a40ddc97_story.html

David D. Patrick, “Arab Leaders Viewing Hamas as Worse than Israel, Stay Silent, New York Times.” New York Times. July 30, 2014. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/31/world/middleeast/fighting-political-islam-arab-states-find-themselves-allied-with-israel.html?_r=0

Orit Perlov, “Operation Protective Edge: Trends in Public Opinion in Social Media in Gaza and Egypt.” Institute for National Security Studies. July 23, 2014. http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=7303

Pew Research Global Attitudes Project, “Concerns About Islamic Extremism on the Rise in the Middle East—Negative Opinions of Al-Qaeda, Hamas and Hezbollah.” Pew Global. July 01, 2014. http://www.pewglobal.org/2014/07/01/concerns-about-islamic-extremism-on-the-rise-in-middle-east/

Steven Plaut, “The Myth of Ethnic Inequality in Israel.” Middle East Quarterly, Summer. Summer 2014. http://www.meforum.org/3839/israel-inequality

David Pollock, “Gaza Public Rejects Hamas, Wants Ceasefire.” Washington Institute for Near East Policy. July 15, 2014. http://washin.st/U7p9cZ

David Pollock, “PA and Other Arab Reactions to the Gaza Crisis.” Washington Institute for Near East Policy. July 09, 2014. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/pa-and-other-arab-reactions-to-the-gaza-crisis

Dennis Ross, “How to Think about the New Middle East.” Politico. July 30, 2014. http://washin.st/1m13VVU

Jonathan Spyer, “The Fire This Time.” MEforum. July 10, 2014. http://www.meforum.org/4748/the-fire-this-time

Jeffrey White and Neri Zilber, “Boots on the Ground: Israel Enters Gaza.” Washington Institute for Near East Policy. July 18, 2014. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/boots-on-the-ground-israel-enters-gaza

Amos Yadin, “A Unilateral Move: Preferable to a Bad Agreement with a Terrorist Organization.” INSS Insight. August 03, 2014. http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=7448

Ronen Zeidel, “How ISIS Controls the Occupied Areas in Iraq.” Tel Aviv Notes. July 11, 2014. http://www.dayan.org/sites/default/files/Ronen_Zeidel_How_ISIS_Controls_Occupied_Areas_In_Iraq_11072014.pdf