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

Yaacov Amidror, “The Qatar Crisis: Signs of Weakness,” The BESA-Center, June 14, 2017. https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/qatar-crisis-weakness/

Anna Ahronheim and Seth J Frantzman, The Next War Will be bloody: A Trip Along Israel’s Tense Northern Border,” Jerusalem Post, June 28, 2017. www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/The-next-war-will-be-bloody-A-trip-along-Israels-tense-northern-border-498169

Sarosh Bana, “Shalom, Modi [Indian PM]!” BESA Center, June 30, 2017. https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/narendra-modi-israel-visit/

Michael Barak, “The Pizza Crisis: The Viral Palestinian Prisoners Campaigns,” Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies – Beehive Middle East Social Media, June 7, 2017. http://dayan.org/content/pizza-crisis-viral-palestinian-prisoners-campaigns

Katherine Bauer and Gaith al-Omari, “Defusing the Electricity Crisis in Gaza — For Now,” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, June 22, 2017. www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/defusing-the-electricity-crisis-in-gaza-for-now

Yoni Ben Menachmen, Whatever Happened to the Term “Palestinian State?” Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, June 28, 2017. http://jcpa.org/whatever-happened-term-palestinian-state/

Brookings Institute Conference Proceedings, “Indian Prime Minister Modi visits the U.S. and Israel,” Brookings Institute, June 22, 2017.  https://www.brookings.edu/events/indian-prime-minister-modi-visits-the-u-s-and-israel/ 

Nicky Blackburn, “Michael Solomonov cooks up a storm in the Jerusalem Hills,” Israel21c, June 04, 2017. https://www.israel21c.org/michael-solomonov-cooks-up-a-storm-in-the-jerusalem-hills/

Hannah Brown, “Golden Age for Israeli Cinema,” Jerusalem Post, June 10, 2017. www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Culture/Golden-age-for-Israeli-cinema-496451 

Barry David, “The Masters of Mosaic Music,” Jerusalem Post, June 21, 2017. http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Culture/The-masters-of-mosaic-music-497539

Ofra Bengio, “Jerusalem of the Kurds: Kirkuk and the Kurdish Strategy for Independence, June 29, 2017, The Dayan Center, http://dayan.org/content/jerusalem-kurds-kirkuk-and-kurdish-strategy-independence

Udi Dekel, “East-West-North-South: The Race for Syria after the Islamic State,” INSS, June 25, 2017. www.inss.org.il/publication/east-west-north-south-race-syria-islamic-state/?offset=3&posts=946&type=399

Brandon Friedman, “From Baghdad to Riyadh: A New Regional Security Pact?” Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies, June 1, 2017. http://dayan.org/content/baghdad-riyadh-new-regional-security-pact

Gideon Gera, “Algeria – The Parliamentary Elections and their Implications,” Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies, June 12, 2017. http://dayan.org/journal/tel-aviv-notes-contemporary-middle-east-analysis

Ilan Goldberg and Tamara Cofman Wittes, “How Trump’s black and white world view met reality in the Middle East,” Brookings Institute, June 15, 2017.  https://www.brookings.edu/blog/markaz/2017/06/15/how-trumps-black-and-white-world-view-met-reality-in-the-middle-east/

JJ Goldberg, “To Fight The Kotel Decision, U.S. Jews Have To Understand Israeli Politics,”  Forward Magazine, June 27, 2017.  http://forward.com/opinion/israel/375724/to-fight-the-kotel-decision-us-jews-have-to-understand-israeli-politics/

Globes Staff, ” Smoking cost Israeli economy NIS 13b in 2016,” Globes, June 1, 2017. www.globes.co.il/en/article-smoking-cost-israeli-economy-nis-13b-in-2016-1001190870

Yoel Guzansky, “Mohammed bin Salman as Crown Prince: Ramifications for Riyadh and Beyond,” INSS, June 29, 2017.  www.inss.org.il/publication/mohammed-bin-salman-crown-prince-ramifications-riyadh-beyond/?offset=1&posts=946&type=399

Hussein Haridy, “Minus Qatar- Doha continues to hedge and meddle beyond its stature in Middle East strategic relations,” Al-Ahram Weekly, June 8-14, 2017. http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/News/20638.aspx

Donniel Hartman, “Suspending the Kotel Agreement: An affront to Zionism,” Times of Israel, June 26, 2017.  http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/an-affront-to-zionism/

Haisam Hassaneim, “Why Regional Dynamics Open the Door for the Jordan-Israel Cooperation,” The Cipher Brief, June 13, 2017. https://www.thecipherbrief.com/article/exclusive/middle-east/why-regional-dynamics-open-door-jordan-israel-cooperation-1091

Ariel Dominique Handelman, “ Israeli-Ethiopian Grounded Groove,” Jerusalem Post, June 27, 2017. http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Culture/Israeli-Ethiopian-grounded-groove-498091

Simon Henderson, “Saudi Royal Rivalries Test U.S. Relations,” The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, June 29, 2017. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/saudi-royal-rivalries-test-u.s.-relations

Bruce Hoffman and Zacharay Laub,” Why Did the Islamic State Target Tehran?” Council on Foreign Relations, June 8, 2017. https://www.cfr.org/interview/why-did-islamic-state-target-tehran

David Horovitz, “Sharansky: We may solve Western Wall and conversion crises. I’m not sure we can rebuild trust,” Times of Israel, June 28, 2017. www.timesofisrael.com/sharansky-we-may-solve-western-wall-and-conversion-crises-im-not-sure-we-can-rebuild-trust/

Alexey Khlebnikov, “What Does Trump’s Visit to Saudi Arabia Mean for Russia?” Middle East Institute, May 31, 2017. Middle East Institute http://www.mei.edu/content/article/what-does-trump-s-visit-saudi-arabia-mean-russia   

Rami G. Khouri, “Is this the start of the final battle for the Arab region?Agence Global, June 14, 2017.  http://agenceglobal.com/author/rami-g-khouri/

Yossi Klein Halevi, “The tragedy of the Wall,” Times of Israel, June 22, 2017.  http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/the-tragedy-of-the-western-wall/

Michael Koplow, “The Six Day War Was a Step Backward for Zionism,” The Atlantic, June 6, 2017, https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2017/06/six-day-war-pragmatic-zionism/529242/

Martin Kramer and others, “The Balfour Declaration Was More than the Promise of One Nation,” June 2017,  https://mosaicmagazine.com/response/2017/06/the-balfour-declaration-was-more-than-the-promise-of-one-nation/

Dan Kurtzer, “Transformational Leadership and the Prospects for Peace,” Palestine-Israeli Journal, June 3, 2017. http://www.pij.org/details.php?id=1771

Eran Lehrman, “The “Game of Camps” Revisited: Why Qatar? Why Now?” BESA Center, June 12, 2017. https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/game-camps-revisited-qatar-now/

Abigail Klein Leichman, “Award-winning Israeli film is bound for Broadway,” Israel21c, June 20, 2017. https://www.israel21c.org/award-winning-israeli-film-is-bound-for-broadway/

Matthew Levitt, “Attacking Hezbollah’s Financial Network: Policy Options,” The Washington Institute for Near East Policy Testimony submitted to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, U.S. House of Representatives, June 8, 2017. http://docs.house.gov/meetings/FA/FA00/20170608/106094/HHRG-115-FA00-Wstate-LevittM-20170608.pdf

Jacob Magid, “NFL Hall of Famers laud Israelis’ sense of family, love for their country,” Times of Israel, June 19, 2017. www.timesofisrael.com/nfl-hall-of-famers-laud-israelis-sense-of-family-love-for-their-country/   

Doron Matza and Meir Elran, “Jewish-Arab Relations following the Kafr Qassem Incident: The Danger of the Slippery Slope,” INSS, June 18, 2017. www.inss.org.il/publication/jewish-arab-relations-following-kafr-qassem-incident-danger-slippery-slope/?offset=8&posts=946&type=399

Jazz Monroe and Noah Yoo, “Thom Yorke Blasts “Offensive” Radiohead Israel Controversy,” Pitchfork, June 2, 2017. http://pitchfork.com/news/73084-thom-yorke-blasts-offensive-radiohead-israel-controversy/ 

Abdou Mubasher, “The Road to Naksa,” (the silence that engulfed the mistakes that led to the 1967 war, now spoken,” al-Ahram Weekly, 1-7June 2017, http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/News/20630.aspx

Galal Nassar, “The Six Day War,” al-Ahram Weekly, 1-7June 2017, http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/Files/31/SPECIAL-FILES/0.aspx

Galal Nassar, “The Three-Year War,” (memoir by General Mohamed Fawzi, then Minister of Defense), al-Ahram Weekly, 1-7June 2017, http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/News/20627.aspx

Galal Nassar, “Picking Up the Pieces (memoir on Amin Howeidi),” al-Ahram Weekly, 1-7 June 2017,

http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/News/20625.aspx

Galal Nasser, “Israeli Strategy in Sinai after 1967,” al-Ahram Weekly, 1-7June 2017, http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/News/20631.aspx

Galal Nasser, “The US, Nasser and 1967,” al-Ahram Weekly, 1-7June 2017, http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/News/20629.aspx

David Pollock, “The Palestinian Public’s Tough Choices: On Violence, Instability, Hamas, “Jewish State,” The Washington Institute for Near East Studies, June 2017. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/fikraforum/view/the-palestinian-publics-tough-choices-on-violence-instability-hamas-jewish

David Pollock, “What Gazans Really Want: Hard Data About A Hard Problem,” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, June 20, 2017.  www.washingtoninstitute.org/fikraforum/view/what-gazans-really-want-hard-data-about-a-hard-problem

Paul Rivlin, “The Qatar Crisis,” Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies, June 22, 2017. http://dayan.org/content/qatar-crisis

George Robinson, “The Best Jewish, Israeli Films Of 2017 So Far,” New York Jewish Week, June 13, 2017. http://jewishweek.timesofisrael.com/the-cinema-of-schisms/

Dennis Ross, Nicholas Rostow, and Michael Mandelbaum, “LBJ and the June 1967 War: Lessons from the American Role,” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, June 9, 2017. www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/lbj-and-the-june-1967-war-lessons-from-the-american-role

Abdel-Moneim Said, “The limits of Power Qatar overstepped its status and now faces the consequences, Al-Ahram Weekly, June 8-14 , 2017. http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/News/20749.aspx

Shoshanna Solomon, “Intel Seeks Israeli Tech to Foil Hackers with Deceptive Chips,” Times of Israel, June 21, 2017.www.timesofisrael.com/intel-seeks-israeli-tech-to-foil-hackers-with-deceptive-chips/

Zaki Shalom and Kobi Michael, “From Obama to Trump: Continuity versus Change in Middle East Policy,” INSS, June 15, 2017.  www.inss.org.il/publication/obama-trump-continuity-versus-change-middle-east-policy/?offset=9&posts=946&type=399

Eldad Shavit and Yoel Guzansky, “President Trump in Riyadh: A New Start for US-Saudi Relations?” INSS, June 15, 2017.   www.inss.org.il/publication/president-trump-riyadh-new-start-us-saudi-relations/?offset=14&posts=946&type=399

Jonathan Spyer, “Lines in the Sand: Qatar’s Increasing Isolation in the Arab World–A Pro- American Arab Alliance that Fights,” The Jerusalem Post, June 9, 2017. http://www.jpost.com/International/Lines-in-the-Sand-496326

Ken Stein “50 Voices 50 Years (since the June 1967 war),” Bicom-Fathom Journal, June 2017, https://www.50voices50years.com/ken-stein

The Tower Staff, “Israel and Jordan Intensify Cooperation as Iran Tightens Grip on Southern Syria,” The Tower, June 21, 2017. www.thetower.org/5116-israel-and-jordan-intensify-cooperation-as-iran-tightens-grip-on-southern-syria/

George N. Tzogopoulos, “The EastMed Pipeline Could Be a Giant Step Towards Enhancing Regional Security,” BESA Center, June 22, 2017. https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/eastmed-pipeline-security/ 

Sharon Udasin, “OCED Projects Continued Growth for Israel in 2017-18,” Jerusalem Post, June 08, 2017. www.jpost.com/Business-and-Innovation/OECD-projects-continued-growth-for-Israel-in-2017-18-496197

Hala Youssef, “Halting (Egypt’s) Population Growth,” Al-Ahram Weekly, June 4-14, 1967. http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/News/20678.aspx

Raz Zimmer, “No More Palestinian than the Palestinians: Iranians React to the Hamas Revised Charter,” Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies – Beehive Middle East Social Media, June 7, 2017. http://dayan.org/content/no-more-palestinian-palestinians-iranians-react-hamas-revised-charter