Assembled by Ken Stein and Eli Sperling
Emory University and Center for Israel Education
kenstein@israeled.org or kstein@emory.edu
Hussein Abdulhussein, “Five Lessons from Syria,” Now, February 2, 2016. https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/commentaryanalysis/566585-five-lessons-from-syria
Abdelmahdi Alsoudi, “The Impact of the Arab Spring on the Political Future of the Muslim Brotherhood in the Middle East: Jordan as a Case Study,” Rubin Center, February 23, 2016. http://www.rubincenter.org/2016/02/the-impact-of-the-arab-spring-on-the-political-future-of-the-muslim-brotherhood-in-the-middle-east-jordan-as-a-case-study/
Nahum Barnea, “Israel to transfer NIS 500 million in withheld taxes to Palestinians,” Y-Net News, February 26, 2016. http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4771224,00.html
Burak Bekdil, “Russia’s Trap: Luring Sunnis into War,” Gatestone institute, February 16, 2016. http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/7441/russia-syria-sunni-war
Natalie Vainer Benaiah, “Who’s Afraid of ISIS?” Ynet News.com, February 17, 2016.http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4767576,00.html
Hannah Brown, “Migrants, Women and Israel Win Big at Berlinale,” Jerusalem Post,” February 21, 2016. http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Culture/Migrants-women-and-Israel-win-big-at-Berlinale-445652
A.J. Caschetta, “Syracuse U. Professor Exposes the Anti-Semitic Foundations of BDS,” American Thinker, February 25, 2016. http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2016/02/fighting_the_bds_movement.html
James R. Clapper, Worldwide Threat Assessment of the US Intelligence Community, Director of National Intelligence, February 9, 2016, http://www.armed-services.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Clapper_02-09-16.pdf
Steven A. Cook, “Who Exactly Are ‘the Kurds’? The Atlantic, February 25, 2016, http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2016/02/kurds-turkey-pkk-ypg/470991/
Meir Elran, Eran Yasiv, Mohammad Abo Nasra,” The Five-Year Plan to Integrate the Arab Population in Israel: A Quantum Leap Forward?” INSS Insight, February 2, 2016. http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=11389
Oded Eran and Owen Alterman, “The Road to the White House: The Establishment, the Populists, and What They Mean for Israel,” INSS Insight, February 4, 2016. http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=11413
Alberto M. Fernandez, “Countering the Islamic State’s Message,” The Journal of International Security Affairs, 30 (Winter 2016). http://www.securityaffairs.org/issues/number-30/countering-islamic-states-message
Brandon Friedman, “Tel Aviv Notes: Saudi Brinkmanship in the Syrian War,” Dayan Center, February 28, 2016. http://dayan.org/content/tel-aviv-notes-saudi-brinkmanship-syrian-war
Danielle Crittenden Frum, “The Next Ottolenghi: How Philly’s Michael Solomonov is Globalizing Israeli Cuisine,” February 2, 2016. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/danielle-crittenden/the-next-ottolenghi-how-p_b_9140048.html
Hanin Ghaddar, “Iran Won Lebanon,” NOW, February 4, 2016. http://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/commentaryanalysis/566574-iran-won-lebanon
Eytan Gilboa, “Obama and Israel: The Final Year,” BESA Center, February 17, 2016. http://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/obama-and-israel-the-final-year-2/
Hirsch Goodman and Yossi Kupperwasser (Ed.), “The Knife and the Message: The Roots of the New Palestine Uprising,” [Seven articles, 100 pages] Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, February 2016. http://jcpa.org/the-knife-and-the-message-the-roots-of-the-new-palestinian-uprising/
Alex Grobman, “BDS: The movement to destroy Israel,” Arutz Sheva, February 21, 2016. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Generic/Generic/SendPrint?print=1&type=1&item=18438
Yossi Klein Halevi, “Israel’s Options in a Chaotic Middle East,” The Wall Street Journal, February 26, 2016, http://www.wsj.com/articles/israels-options-in-a-chaotic-middle-east-1456512527?tesla=y
John Hudak, “What the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election Means for the Middle East,” Brookings, February 15, 2016. http://www.brookings.edu/research/reports2/2016/02/22-us-presidential-election-middle-east-hudak
Efraim Inbar, “The Consequences of American Retreat from the Middle East,” BESA Center Perspectives, February 24, 2016. http://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/consequences-of-american-retreat-from-the-middle-east/
Israel21c Staff, “Arab-Israeli Tech Hub Opens Near Tel Aviv,” The Tower, February 22, 2016. http://www.thetower.org/2995oc-arab-israeli-tech-hub-opens-near-tel-aviv/
Efraim Karsh, “Obama’s Middle East Delusions,” The Middle East Quarterly, Winter 2016, Volume 23: Number 1, http://www.meforum.org/5685/obama-middle-east-delusions
Wharton Staff, “Integrating Arabs into Israel’s High-Tech Sector,” Knowledge @ Wharton, February 1, 2016. http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/integrating-arabs-into-israels-high-tech-sector/
Isi Leibler, “The Tragedy of Ehud Olmert in Retrospect,” Algemeiner, February 19, 2016. http://www.algemeiner.com/2016/02/19/the-tragedy-of-ehud-olmert-in-retrospect/
Abigail Klein Leichman, “Israel’s Newest National Park, Palmahim Beach,” Israel21c, February 22, 2016. http://www.israel21c.org/israels-newest-national-park-palmahim-beach/
Tanvi Madan, “Why India and Israel Are Bringing Their Relationship Out from ‘Under the Carpet,’” Brookings, February 11, 2016. http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/order-from-chaos/posts/2016/02/11-india-israel-relations-madan
Bruce Maddy-Weitzman, “Between Alliance and Rivalry: Egyptian-Israeli Relations Remain Solid, If Not Particularly Warm,” Rubin Center, February 16, 2016. http://www.rubincenter.org/2016/02/between-alliance-and-rivalry-egyptian-israeli-relations-remain-solid-if-not-particularly-warm/
Arye Mekel, “A New Geopolitical Bloc is Born in the Eastern Mediterranean: Israel, Greece and Cyprus,” February 16, 2016. http://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/israel-greece-and-cyprus/
Aaron David Miller, “Moderation in Iran?” Don’t get your hopes up? Los Angeles Times, February 26, 2016, http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-miller-iran-elections-20160226-story.html
Dr. Jacques Neriah, “Earthquakes in the Middle East,” Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, February 24, 2016. http://jcpa.org/article/earthquakes-of-the-middle-east/
Raed Omari, “Can Arab world economies achieve what politics couldn’t?” Al-arabiya, February 29, 2016. https://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/news/middle-east/2016/02/29/Can-Arab-world-economies-achieve-what-politics-couldn-t-.html
Viva Sarah Press, “Oracle Buys Ravello Systems for $500 Million,” Israel21c, February 23, 2016. http://www.israel21c.org/oracle-buys-ravello-systems-for-500-million-2/
James Renton, “The post-colonial caliphate: Islamic State and the memory of Sykes-Picot,” The
Conversation, February 23, 2016, http://theconversation.com/the-post-colonial-caliphate-islamic-state-and-the-memory-of-sykes-picot-52655
Paul Rivlin, “Iqtisadi: Saudi Arabia’s Multiple Crises,” Dayan Center, February 24, 2016. http://dayan.org/content/iqtisadi-saudi-arabias-multiple-crises
Asaf Romirowsky and Benjamin Weinthal, “The Obama Administration’s Soft Boycott of Israel,” The National Interest, February 16, 2016. http://www.meforum.org/5856/obama-administration-israel-boycott
Uri Savir, “Israelis, Palestinians Secretly Discuss French Initiative,” Al-Monitor, February 14, 2016. http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2016/02/secret-talks-france-israel-palestinians-international.html
David Shamah, “Bill Gates: Israeli Tech ‘Changing the world,’” Times of Israel, February 25, 2016. http://www.timesofisrael.com/bill-gates-israeli-tech-changing-the-world/
Michael Singh, “The Great Unraveling [of the Middle East],” Washington Institute for Near East Policy,” February 25, 2016, http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/the-great-unraveling
Shimon Stein, “Israel-European Union Relations: Crisis as a Norm,” INSS Insight, Feburary 22, 2016. http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=11455
Jessica Steinberg, “A Little Bit Oud Country, A Little Bit Rock ‘N’ Roll,” Times of Israel, February 27, 2016. http://www.timesofisrael.com/a-little-bit-oud-country-a-little-bit-rock-n-roll/
The Tower Staff, “Gallup: American Sympathy for Israel Strong Across ‘All Major Political Subgroups,’” The Tower, February 29, 2016. http://www.thetower.org/3023-gallup-american-sympathy-for-israel-strong-across-all-major-political-subgroups/
Steven Windmueller, “The 2016 Election: Jews and The Politics,” Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, February 1, 2016. http://jcpa.org/article/the-2016-election-jews-and-their-politics/
Sharon Wrobel, “Nestle to Buy Out Israeli Food Maker Osem for About $840 Million,” Bloomberg, February 4, 2016. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-02-04/nestle-to-buy-out-israeli-food-maker-osem-for-about-840-million
Amos Yadlin, “Past Lessons and Future Objectives: A Preemptive Strike on Hamas Tunnels,” INSS Insight, February 15, 2016. http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=11428
Yossi Yehoshua, “Gadi Eisenkot: A Leading Moral Figure,” YNET News, February 18, 2016. http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4767915,00.html
Michael Young, “True or False? America is deeply distrusted over Syria, here’s why,” January 29, 2016. NOW, https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/commentaryanalysis/566549-true-or-false
Eyal Zisser, “The farce of the Iranian elections,” Israel Hayom, February 28, 2016,
http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_opinion.php?id=15381