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

Anna Ahronheim, “Russian Supply of S-300 Systems to Syria Major Threat to IAF,” Jerusalem Post, April 15, 2018. https://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/Russian-supply-of-S-300-systems-to-Syria-major-threat-to-IAF-549837 

Shehab al-Makahleh, “Jordan Between Regional Threats and Internal Pressures: The Economic Key,” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, April 11, 2018. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/fikraforum/view/jordan-between-regional-threats-and-internal-pressures-the-economic-key

Shimon Arad, “Israel and United States Military Assistance to Egypt,” INSS, April 29, 2018. http://www.inss.org.il/publication/israel-united-states-military-assistance-egypt/?offset=0&posts=1049&type=399

Amiram Barkat, “OECD Exposes a Bipolar Israel,” Globes, March 12, 2018. https://www.globes.co.il/en/article-oecd-exposes-a-bipolar-israel-1001227320

Mordechai Beck, “Classical music gets eastern spice: Israel is embracing sounds from the Arab world,” The Jewish Chronicle, April 17, 2018. https://www.thejc.com/lifestyle/arts/classical-music-gets-eastern-spice-1.462571

Burak Bekdil, “Erdoğan vs. the Free Press,” Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, April 27, 2018. https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/erdogan-vs-free-press/

Ron Ben-Yishai, “The lessons of the Holocaust and Syria,” YNet News, April 11, 2018. https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5227509,00.html

Patrick Clawson, “Tactical Issues Surrounding a U.S. Withdrawal from the Iran Nuclear Agreement,” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, April 2018. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/tactical-issues-surrounding-a-u.s.-withdrawal-from-the-iran-nuclear-agreeme

Barry Davis, “Avital’s Bass Flow,” Jerusalem Post, April 25, 2018. https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Culture/Avitals-bass-flow-552693

James Dorsey, “Natural Gas: An Underrated Driver of Saudi Hostility Towards Iran and Qatar,” International Policy Digest, March 28, 2018. https://intpolicydigest.org/2018/03/28/natural-gas-an-underrated-driver-of-saudi-hostility-towards-iran-and-qatar/ 

Shmuel Even, “What Happened to Israel’s Policy of Ambiguity vis-à-vis Syria?” INSS, April 24, 2018. http://www.inss.org.il/publication/happened-israels-policy-ambiguity-vis-vis-syria/?offset=2&posts=1049&type=399

Greer Fay Cashman, “Grapevine: Moufleta Politics,” Jerusalem Post, April 10, 2018. https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Culture/Grapevine-Moufleta-politics-549419

Dror Feuer, “Israeli hospitals provide care to thousands of Syrians,” Globes, March 26, 2018. https://www.globes.co.il/en/article-israel-becomes-health-center-for-syrian-children-1001229351

Chuck Freilich and James F. Jeffrey, “Beyond ‘Mowing the Grass;’ U.S. and Israeli Strategy in the Middle East,” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, April 24, 2018. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/beyond-mowing-the-grass-us-and-israeli-strategy-in-the-middle-east

Hillel Frisch, “The Palestinian Way of War: The March of Return in Gaza,” Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, March 27, 2018. https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/gaza-march-return/

Yitzhak Gal, “Fruit of Israeli-Jordanian peace still on the tree,” YNet News, March 30, 2018. https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5209464,00.html

Linda Gradstein, “Why Food Critics Are Obsessing Over Israeli Cuisine,” The Forward, April 18, 2018. https://forward.com/food/399068/why-food-critics-are-obsessing-over-israeli-cuisine/

Michael Herzog, “Israel’s 2007 Strike on Syrian Nuclear Reactor: Lessons Learned for Iran,” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, April 25, 2018. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/israels-2007-strike-on-syrian-nuclear-reactor-lessons-learned-for-iran 

Michael Herzog, “The International De-Legitimization Campaign Against Israel: Analysis and Counter Strategy,” Jewish People Policy Institute, March 29, 2018. http://jppi.org.il/new/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/JPPI-De-legitimization_eng.pdf

House of Lords, “The Middle East: Time for New Realism,” House of Lords: Select Committee on International Relations, April 24, 2018 (conclusions, p.92). https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201617/ldselect/ldintrel/159/159.pdf

Efraim Karsh, “How Harry Truman Crossed His Own State Department to Recognize Israel in 1948,” Mosaic, April 16, 2018. https://mosaicmagazine.com/response/2018/04/how-harry-truman-crossed-his-own-state-department-to-recognize-israel-in-1948/

Can Kasapoğlu, “Control of the Syrian Airspace: Russian Geopolitical Ambitions and Air Threat Assessment,” SWP Berlin, April 2018. https://www.swp-berlin.org/fileadmin/contents/products/comments/2018C14_kpu.pdf

Martin Kramer, “The May 1948 Vote that Made the State of Israel,” Mosaic, April 2, 2018. https://mosaicmagazine.com/essay/2018/04/the-may-1948-vote-that-made-the-state-of-israel/

Lexi Leban, “10 modern Israeli films to watch on Israel’s 70th birthday,” J. The Jewish News of Northern California, April 6, 2018. https://www.jweekly.com/2018/04/06/10-modern-israeli-films-watch-israels-70th-birthday/

Liel Leibovitz, “The Seven Quintessentially Israeli Movies,” Tablet, April 19, 2018. http://www.tabletmag.com/scroll/260207/the-seven-quintessentially-israeli-movies

Ido Levy, “These 4 Israeli Startups Are Leading Sustainability Efforts In The Food Sector,” No Camels, April 9, 2018.http://nocamels.com/2018/04/4-israeli-startups-sustainability-food/

Avigdor Liberman, “Between Syria and Gaza: Urgent Challenges for Israel’s Security A Discussion with Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman,” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, April 27, 2018. www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/between-syria-and-gaza-urgent-challenges-for-israels-security

Steve Linde, “Israeli, Polish Presidents Fail to Resolve Polish ‘Holocaust Law’ Crisis,” Jerusalem Post, April 13, 2018. https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Politics-And-Diplomacy/Israeli-Polish-presidents-fail-to-resolve-Polish-Holocaust-law-crisis-549706

Michael Margalit, “Israel’s economy strong, gaping inequality remains,” YNet News, March 11, 2018. https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5156387,00.html

Vibha Maru, “Celebrating 70 years of Israeli Independence in Delhi,” Times of India, April 23, 2018. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/events/delhi/celebrating-70-years-of-israeli-independence-in-delhi/articleshow/63868907.cms

Guy Plopsky, “Enhancing the IAF’s Qualitative Edge: The Air-Launched Cruise Missile Option,” Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, April 16, 2018. https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/enhancing-iafs-qualitative-edge/

Mauro Primavera, “Rami Makhlouf and the Syrian war economy,” Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies, April 25, 2018. https://dayan.org/content/rami-makhlouf-and-syrian-war-economy

Haim Ramon, “It’s Time to end policy of coexistence with Hamas,” YNet News, April 13, 2018. https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5225030,00.html

Paul Rivlin, “Syria: towards reconstruction or deconstruction?” Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies, March 2018. https://dayan.org/content/syria-towards-reconstruction-or-deconstruction

Margy Rochlin, “An Israeli chef rediscovers his roots, plus a recipe for shakshouka,” Los Angeles Times, April 11, 2018. http://www.latimes.com/food/dailydish/la-fo-co-alon-shaya-cookbook-20180411-htmlstory.html

Neil Rogachevsky, “Self-Portrait (Moshe Arens) of a Zionist Statesman and Thinker,” Mosaic, March 28, 2018. https://mosaicmagazine.com/observation/2018/03/self-portrait-of-a-zionist-statesman-and-thinker/

Max Schindler, “On 70th Anniversary, Israel’s Economy Growing as Some Sectors Lag Behind,” Jerusalem Post, April 20, 2018. https://www.jpost.com/Israels-70th-anniversary/On-70th-anniversary-Israels-economy-growing-as-some-sectors-lag-behind-551303

Penny Schwartz, “7 Treasures from the Library of Congress celebration of Leonard Bernstein,” Times of Israel, April 26, 2018. https://www.timesofisrael.com/7-treasures-from-the-library-of-congress-celebration-of-leonard-bernstein/

Avi Shilon, “Ben-Gurion’s Pragmatic Approach to Borders,” Mosaic, April 23, 2018. https://mosaicmagazine.com/response/2018/04/ben-gurions-pragmatic-approach-to-borders/

Phillip Smyth, “Lebanese Hezbollah’s Islamic Resistance in Syria,” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, April 26, 2018. www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/lebanese-hezbollahs-islamic-resistance-in-syria  

Shoshana Solomon, “From 1950s rationing to modern high-tech boom: Israel’s economic success story,” Times of Israel, April 18, 2018. https://www.timesofisrael.com/from-1950s-rationing-to-21st-century-high-tech-boom-an-economic-success-story/

Amy Spiro, “Spotify Reveals that Israelis Love Israeli Music,” Jerusalem Post, April 15, 2018. https://www.jpost.com/OMG/Spotify-reveals-that-Israelis-love-Israeli-music-549883

Rebecca Stadlen Amir, “17 Israeli songs to get your Independence Day party moving,” Israel21c, April 12, 2018. https://www.israel21c.org/17-israeli-songs-to-get-your-independence-day-party-moving/

Gil Troy, “The Continuing Promise of American Zionism,” Commentary, April 16, 2018. https://www.commentarymagazine.com/articles/continuing-promise-american-zionism/

Yohanan Tzoreff, “From the First Intifada to the ‘March of Return,’” INSS, April 11, 2018. http://www.inss.org.il/publication/first-intifada-march-return/?offset=8&posts=1049&type=399

Ehud Yaari, “Bracing for an Israel-Iran Confrontation in Syria,” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, April 30, 2018. www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/bracing-for-an-israel-iran-confrontation-in-syria 

Neri Zilber and Ghaith al-Omari, “State with no Army, Army with no State: Evolution of the Palestinian Authority Security Forces 1994-2018,” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, March 2018. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/state-with-no-army-army-with-no-state