Assembled by Ken Stein and Eli Sperling
Emory University and Center for Israel Education
kenstein@israeled.org or kstein@emory.edu

Elliott Abrams and Michael Singh, “The United States just Made Middle East Peace harder,” The Washington Post, December 23, 2016. http://tinyurl.com/gq7owhd 

Alan Baker, “The Dangers of UN Security Council Resolution 2334,” Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, December 26, 2016. http://jcpa.org/dangers-un-security-council-resolution-2334-2016/

Nahum Barnea, “Netanyahu has sown the wind, Israel is reaping the whirlwind,” Y-net News, December 25, 2016. http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4898086,00.html

Nahum Barnea, “Kerry’s Failure, Netanyahu’s Liberation,” Y-Net News, January 2, 2017. http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4901775,00.html

Eyal Bino, “5 Bold Predictions For Israeli Tech In 2017,” Forbes, December 29, 2016. http://www.forbes.com/sites/eyalbino/2016/12/29/5-bold-predictions-for-israeli-tech-in-2017/#994f2797304c

Nicky Blackburn, “31 reasons 2016 was actually a great year,” Israel21c,  December 28, 2016. http://www.israel21c.org/31-reasons-2016-was-actually-a-great-year/

Stephane Cohen, “Despite the challenges emerging on the horizon, Israel is well positioned to welcome 2017,” Jerusalem Post, December 26, 2016.  http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Israel-in-a-nutshell-Summarizing-2016-476604

Kate Connolly, “Daniel Barenboim opens Berlin music academy for Middle East students,” The Guardian, December, 8, 2016. https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/dec/08/daniel-barenboim-opens-berlin-music-academy-for-middle-east-students

Glenn Kenny, “Movie Review: The Team That Put Israeli Basketball ‘On the Map’”  New York Times, December 8, 2016. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/08/movies/on-the-map-review.html

Shlomi Daskal, “Nazareth Illit: From Judaization of the Galilee to a Mixed City, Vision versus Reality,” The Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies, December 26, 2016. http://dayan.org/content/nazareth-illit-judaization-galilee-mixed-city-vision-versus-reality

Barry Davis, “Music: Love, Ethiopian style,” Jerusalem Post, December 8, 2016. http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Culture/Music-Love-Ethiopian-style-474849

Meir Elran, “The Fires across Israel: Insights and Lessons for National Security,” INSS, December 12, 2016. http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=5154&page=1

Oded Eran, “Jordan-Israel Relations: Normalization in the Shadow of Political Deadlock,” INSS, December 1, 2016. http://www.inss.org.il/uploadImages/systemFiles/No.%20873%20-%20Oded%20for%20web.pdf

Yoram Ettinger, “Israel’s Economy Defies BDS,” The Jewish Press, December 12, 2016. http://www.jewishpress.com/indepth/analysis/the-ettinger-report/israels-economy-defies-bds/2016/12/12/

Shmuel Even and Eran Yashiv, “The Defense Budget for 2017-2018,” INSS, December 28, 2016. http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=12711

Caroline Glick, Column One: Obama and Israel, strike and counter-strike,” The Jerusalem Post, December 29, 2016.  http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Column-One-Obama-and-Israel-strike-and-counter-strike-476948

Mark Goldfeder, “Kerry and Obama can change policy, not history or law,” The Hill, December 29, 2016.  http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/foreign-policy/312106-kerry-and-obama-can-change-policy-not-history-or-law

Mark Goldfeder, “Obama administration was hypocritical on UN’s Israel’s settlements vote,” CNN, December 26, 2016. http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/26/opinions/us-role-in-israel-un-vote-was-hypocritical-goldfeder/

Evelyn Gordon, “Disorder in the [Israeli Supreme] Court,” with responses, Mosaic, December 6, 2016. https://mosaicmagazine.com/essay/2016/12/disorder-in-the-court/

Eitan Haber, “Things Look Different from the White House [includes moving the US embassy to Jersualem,” Y-Net News, December 26, 2012. http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4895770,00.html

Ephraim Kam, “Iran: Naval Bases in Syria and in Yemen?” INSS, December 21, 2016. http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=12690

KKL/Jewish National Fund Staff, “Israeli Water Technology Changing the World,” Jerusalem Post, December 14, 2016. http://www.jpost.com/Green-Israel/Israeli-Water-Technology-Changing-the-World-475364

Abigail Klein Leichman, “15 ways Israel amazed and inspired the world in 2016,” Israel21c, December 19, 2016. http://www.israel21c.org/15-ways-israel-amazed-and-inspired-the-world-in-2016/

Zeev Klein, “Defeating projections, Israeli economy grows by 3.5% in 2016,” Israel Hayom, December 29, 2016. http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_article.php?id=39145

Yoni Kempinski, “F-35 boasts Israeli technology, can challenge Iranian threat,” Arutz Sheva, December 12, 2016. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/221626

Michael Kopolow, “UNSCR 2334,”in Israel and Ottomans Blogpost, December 27, 2016. https://ottomansandzionists.com/2016/12/27/unscr-2334/

Mitchel Hochberg, “Israel’s Amona Compromise May Bolster the Settler Movement,”
Washington Institute for Near East Policy, December 28, 2016. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/israels-amona-compromise-may-bolster-the-settler-movement

Eran Lerman, “UNSCR 2334: A Disservice to the Cause of Peace,” December 26, 2016, Begin Sadat Center Perspective Papers, http://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/389-lerman-unscr-2334-a-disservice-to-the-cause-of-peace/

Eran Lerman, “After Aleppo: Iran’s Ascendency and Its Implications,” Begin Sadat Center Perspective Papers, December 22, 2016. http://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/388-lerman-after-aleppoirans-ascendancy-and-its-implications/

David Makovsky, “Early Implications of the UN Settlements Resolution,” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, December 27, 2016. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/early-implications-of-the-un-settlements-resolution

David Makovsky, “Kerry’s Speech: Some Continuity, Some Disconnect,” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, December 29, 2016.

http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/kerrys-speech-some-continuity-some-disconnect

Cliff May, “Throwing Israel to the U.N. Wolves,” The Washington Times, December 27, 2016. http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/dec/27/obama-throwing-israel-to-the-uns-wolves/

Hisham Melhem, “Good riddance to a calamitous year,” al-‘Arabiya, December 24, 2016.

https://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/news/world/2016/12/24/Good-riddance-to-a-calamitous-year-.html

Galal Nassar, “The only way is up [The Middle East and Egypt hit rock bottom this past year] Al-Ahram Weekly, December 22, 2016. http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/News/19181/17/The-only-way-is-up.aspx

Becca Noy, “Musician Ahuva Ozeri passes away at 68 after long battle with cancer,” Jerusalem Online, December 13, 2016. http://www.jerusalemonline.com/culture-and-lifestyle/legendary-israeli-singer-passes-away-at-68-25313

Viva Sarah Press, “27 Israeli companies rank on Deloitte Tech Fast 500 EMEA list,” Israel21c, December 12, 2016. http://www.israel21c.org/27-israeli-companies-rank-on-deloitte-tech-fast-500-emea-list/

Uzi Rabi, “President-elect Trump and the Middle East?” The Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies, December 1, 2016. http://dayan.org/content/president-elect-trump-and-middle-east

Paul Rivlin, “The Arab Human Disaster Report: The Arab World Five Years After: Part 1, “ IqtisadiThe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies, December 2016. http://dayan.org/content/arab-human-disaster-report-arab-world-five-years-after-part-1

Michael Rubin, “Eight Possible Responses to the UN Israel Vote,” The Washington Examiner, December 24, 2016. http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/eight-possible-trump-responses-to-the-un-israel-vote/article/2610328

Curt Schleier, “IDF Prepares Israeli for Heat of NY Kitchens,” Forward, December 8, 2016. http://forward.com/food/356443/idf-prepares-israeli-for-heat-of-ny-kitchens/

Natan Sachs, “What’s new and what’s not in the U.N. resolution on Israeli settlements,” Brookings Institute, December 26, 2016. https://www.brookings.edu/blog/markaz/2016/12/26/whats-new-and-whats-not-in-the-u-n-resolution-on-israeli-settlements/

Pnina Sharvit Baruch, “Security Council Resolution 2334: The Legal Significance,” INSS, December 30, 2016. http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=12740

Gilead Sher, “More of the Same? Fatah’s Seventh General Congress and the Reelection of Abbas,” INSS, December 18, 2016. http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=12670

Gerald Steinberg, “Beyond anger: How to respond to the UN Security Council vote,” The Jerusalem Post,” December 27, 2016. https://t.co/mbvHUbpGF6

Inbal Tal, “Gender Aspects of the ‘Virtual Enclave’ of the Islamic Movement in Israel,” The Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies, December 26, 2016.  http://dayan.org/content/gender-aspects-virtual-enclave-islamic-movement-israel

Shibley Telhami, “American attitudes on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict,” Brookings Institute, December, 2, 2016. https://www.brookings.edu/research/american-attitudes-on-the-israeli-palestinian-conflict/

Andrew Tobin, “Why Tel Aviv is Israel’s new aliyah capital,” Times of Israel, January 1, 2016. http://www.timesofisrael.com/why-tel-aviv-is-israels-new-aliyah-capital/

Khaled Yacoub Oweis, “The Military Topography of Syria’s South,” SWP Insitute for International and Security Affairs Berlin, December 2016. https://www.swp-berlin.org/fileadmin/contents/products/comments/2016C56_ows.pdf

Amos Yadin, “Radical Moves will only deepen our [Israel’s] diplomatic isolation,” Y-Net News, December 27, 2016.  http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4899206,00.html

Michael Zeff, “Aliya from France great for economy, Bar-Ilan profs say,” Jerusalem Post, December 16, 2016. http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Aliya-from-France-great-for-economy-Bar-Ilan-profs-say-475785