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

Wajat Ali, “I Talked to Zionists—Then I Was Disinvited by a Major Muslim Group,” The Atlantic, May 30, 2018. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/05/i-talked-to-zioniststhen-i-was-disinvited-by-a-major-muslim-group/561575/

Jon Alterman, Heather A. Conlet, Haim Malka and Donatienne Ruy, “Restoring the Eastern Mediterranean as a US Strategic Anchor,” Center for Strategic and International Studies, May 22, 2018. https://csis-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/publication/180521_Alterman_RestoringEasternMediterranean_Web.pdf?3Bj0Cb7TeG.alH.R52OTzqyyrk3lH3zR

Abdel Aziz Aluwaisheq, “What America’s Middle East allies want from Pompeo,” Arab News, April 29, 2018. http://www.arabnews.com/node/1293661

Yuval Azulai and Tal Schneider, “Globes Interview with Avigdor Liberman,” Globes, May 21, 2018. http://www.globes.co.il/en/article-liberman-defense-cuts-are-harming-security-1001237124

Shmuel Berkowitz, “The Status of Jerusalem in International and Israeli Law,” Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs. May 2018. http://jcpa.org/the-status-of-jerusalem-in-international-and-israeli-law/

Nevo Brand, Pnina Shuker, David Siman-Tov,Nevo Brand, Pnina Shuker, David Siman, ““The March of Return” – Operative Achievement and Strategic Failure: A Test Case for Cognitive Warfare,” INSS, May 30, 2018. http://www.inss.org.il/publication/march-return-operative-achievement-strategic-failure-test-case-cognitive-warfare/?offset=0&posts=1064

Hannah Brown, “Reframing Reality and Redefining [Israeli] Film,” Jerusalem Post, May 23, 2018. https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Culture/Reframing-Reality-and-redefining-film-558144

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/uploads/Documents/pubs/PolicyNote51-FINAL.pdf

Udi Dekel, Assaf Orion, Anat Ben Haim, Zvi Magen, “Potential for a War on the Northern Front that None of the Parties Want: Insights from a War Game,” INSS, May 3, 2018. http://www.inss.org.il/publication/potential-war-northern-front-none-parties-want-insights-war-game/

Michael Eisenstadt, “Has the Assad Regime ‘Won’ Syria’s Civil War?” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, May 15, 2018. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/has-the-assad-regime-won-syrias-civil-war

Doron Feldman, “Donald Trump’s National Security Doctrine,” Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, May 11, 2018. https://besacenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/830-Trumps-Security-Doctrine-Feldman-English-final-1.pdf

Matti Friedman, “To understand Israel, listen to its pop music,” The Globe and Mail, May 11, 2018. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-to-understand-israel-listen-to-its-pop-music/

Yaron Friedman, “Israel or Iran: Who’s the Arab world’s real enemy?” YNet News, May 17, 2018. https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5263184,00.html

Andrea Ghiselli, “China and the Middle East: Growing Influence and Divergent Perceptions,” The Middle East Institute, April 17, 2018. http://www.mei.edu/content/map/china-and-middle-east-growing-influence-and-divergent-goals

Nimrod Goren, “The Israel-Turkey crisis and the need for containment,” YNet News, May 23, 2018. https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5268575,00.html

Yoel Guzansky, “Nuclear Development in the Arabian Peninsula: The United Arab Emirates – A Harbinger of Things to Come?” Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies, May 16, 2018. https://dayan.org/content/nuclear-development-arabian-peninsula-united-arab-emirates-–-harbinger-things-come-0

Doron Itzchakov, “Iran Faces Economic Challenges as Its Currency Plunges,”Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, May 1, 2018. https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/iran-currency-decline/

JerusalemCenter for Public Affairs Staff, “Political Dimension: ThePositions of the Principal Parties on the Jerusalem Question,” Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs. http://www.jcpa.org/art/jid-poldim.htm

JTA, “‘The Band’s Visit,’ based on Israeli film, gets 11 Tony nominations,” Times of Israel, May 1, 2018. https://www.timesofisrael.com/the-bands-visit-based-on-israeli-film-gets-11-tony-nominations/

Allen Keiswetter, “Trump’s national security strategy: Implications for the Middle East,” The Middle East Institute,” January 20, 2018. http://www.mei.edu/content/article/president-trumps-national-security-strategy-implications-greater-middle-east

Abigail Klein Leichman, “Hello or shalom? Half of Israeli kids grow up bilingual,” Israel21c, May 22, 2018. https://www.israel21c.org/hello-or-shalom-half-of-israeli-kids-grow-up-bilingual/

Abigail Klein Leichman, “Training the disadvantaged to fill Israel’s high-tech gap,” Israel21c, May 21, 2018. https://www.israel21c.org/training-the-disadvantaged-to-fill-israels-high-tech-gap/

Melanie Lidman, “With spotlight on cycling, Giro d’Italia provides much-needed break from reality,” Times of Israel, May 5, 2018. https://www.timesofisrael.com/with-spotlight-on-cycling-giro-ditalia-provides-much-needed-break-from-reality/

Zvi Magen, Vera Michlin-Shapir, Udi Dekel, “Russia as Restraining Factor in the Iranian-Israeli Confrontation in Syria,” INSS, May 29, 2018. http://www.inss.org.il/publication/russia-restraining-factor-iranian-israeli-confrontation-syria/

Kobi Michael, “Time to Reach a Settlement with Functional and Restrained Entity in the Gaza Strip,” INSS. May 22, 2018. http://www.inss.org.il/publication/time-reach-settlement-functional-restrained-entity-gaza-strip/

Michal Navoth, “The Status of Jerusalem in America’s Foreign Policy Legislation and Jurisprudence,” Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, October 28, 2015. http://jcpa.org/article/the-status-of-jerusalem-in-americas-foreign-policy-legislation-and-jurisprudence/

No Camels Staff, “US Aerospace Giant Lockheed Martin To Open Science-Focused Preschool In Jerusalem,” No Camels, May 27, 2018. http://nocamels.com/2018/05/lockheed-martin-preschool-jerusalem/

Assaf Orion, Amos Yadlin, “Iran in the Nuclear Realm and Iran in Syria: A New State of Play,” INSS, May 14, 2018. http://www.inss.org.il/publication/iran-nuclear-realm-iran-syria-new-state-play/?offset=9&posts=1064

Joel Parker, “Hizballah’s Influence in Lebanon and the Syrian Refugee Crisis,” Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies, May 30, 2018. https://dayan.org/content/hizballahs-influence-lebanon-and-syrian-refugee-crisis

Volker Perthes, “Europeans should Negotiate with Iran without the US,” Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, May 22, 2018. https://www.swp-berlin.org/en/point-of-view/2018/europeans-should-negotiate-with-iran-without-the-us/

Ansel Pfeffer, “Iran Spends Billions on Proxy Wars Throughout the Mideast. Here’s Where its Money is Going,” Haaretz, January 2, 2018. https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/iran-spends-billions-on-proxy-wars-here-s-where-its-money-is-going-1.5630081

Robert Philpot, “Meet Sajid Javid, UK’s top Muslim, pro-Israel politician, who just may become PM,” Times of Israel, May 13, 2018. https://www.timesofisrael.com/meet-sajid-javid-uks-top-muslim-pro-israel-politician-who-just-may-become-pm/

Abdul Rahman Al-Rasheed, “If Israel is lying about Iran Tehran must offer real proof,” Arab News, May 4, 2018. http://www.arabnews.com/node/1296576

Paul Rivlin, “Gaza in Crisis,” Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies, May 29, 2018. https://dayan.org/content/gaza-crisis

Asaf Romirowsky, “Zionism and the Wedge Between US and Israeli Jews,” Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, May 24, 2018. https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/zionism-israel-us-jews/

Armin Rosen, “The State of Israel Confronts Anti-Semitism. But What Is It?” Tablet, March 2018. http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-news-and-politics/262247/global-anti-semitism

Shira Rubin, “Israel’s Millenia-Old ‘Biblical Diet,’” BBC, May 9, 2018. http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20180508-israels-millennia-old-biblical-diet

Bruce K. Rutherford, “Egypt’s New Authoritarianism under Sisi,” The Middle East Journal, Spring 2018. http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/mei/mei/2018/00000072/00000002/art00002;jsessionid=1cm1u2xcc2ks4.x-ic-live-01

Hiddai Segev, “Sino-Israeli Security Relations: In America’s Shadow,” The Middle East Institute, May 15, 2018. http://www.mei.edu/content/map/sino-israeli-security-relations-americas-shadow

Assaf Shapira, Ofer Kenig, Reut Izkovitch, “The Representation of Women in Israeli Politics,” Israel Democracy Institute, April 2016. https://en.idi.org.il/media/4123/the-representation-of-women-in-israeli-politics.pdf

Elidad Shavit, “The Parliamentary Elections in Lebanon: Hezbollah’s Victory within the Political Status Quo,” INSS, May 10, 2018. http://www.inss.org.il/publication/parliamentary-elections-lebanon-hezbollahs-victory-within-political-status-quo/

Nadav Shragai, “The US Embassy Prepares to Move to Jerusalem,” Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, May 7, 2018. http://jcpa.org/article/the-u-s-embassy-prepares-to-move-to-jerusalem/

Tom Sietsema, “Sababa brings Israeli ‘cool’ to Cleveland Park [Washington, DC],” Wahsington Post, May 30, 2018. https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/food/sababa-brings-israeli-cool-to-cleveland-park/2018/05/29/2a3d83c8-52e7-11e8-9c91-7dab596e8252_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.f390398b62f4

Anav Silverman, “Israel’s Book Surfing phenomenon is making global waves,” Israel21c, May 31, 2018. https://www.israel21c.org/israels-booksurfing-phenomenon-is-making-global-waves/

Max Singer, “The “Game” Israel and Iran Must Play in Syria,” Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, May 8, 2018. https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/israel-iran-in-syria/

Jonathan Spyer, “Game on: The New Strategy of the US and its allies in the Middle East,” Middle East Forum, May 24, 2018. https://www.meforum.org/articles/2018/game-on-the-new-strategy-of-the-us-and-its-allies

Jessica Steinberg, “A one-woman band: How Israel’s Eurovision winner Netta Barzilai rose to fame,” Times of Israel, May 13, 2018. https://www.timesofisrael.com/eurovision-star-netta-barzilai-was-always-destined-for-greatness/

TLVI Staff, “This Week’s Israeli Soundtrack,” TLV1, May 31, 2018. https://tlv1.fm/music/kol-cambridge/2018/05/31/this-weeks-israeli-soundtrack-10/

Sue Surkes, “IMF says Israeli economy robust but social gaps threaten long-term stability,” Times of Israel, May 1, 2018. https://www.timesofisrael.com/imf-says-israeli-economy-robust-but-social-gaps-threaten-long-term-stability/

Richard Vines, “Israel Is the World’s New Dining Hotspot,” Bloomberg, April18, 2018. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-04-18/israel-s-best-restaurants-by-ottolenghi-and-eyal-shani

David Wainer and Yaacov Benmeleh, “Israel’s $10 Billion Island Project Sparks European Interest,” Bloomberg, May 29, 2018. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-05-29/israel-s-10-billion-island-project-sparks-european-interest

David Weinberg, “Gaza prejudice and perfidy: What is Western support for “Israel’s right to exist within secure and recognized borders” worth if those borders cannot be defended?” The Jerusalem Institute for Strategic Studies, May 21, 2018. https://jiss.org.il/en/weinberg-gaza-prejudice-and-perfidy/

Michael Wildes, “E Visas: Economic & Cultural Exchange,” Times of Israel, May 22, 2018. http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/e-visas-economic-cultural-exchange/

Amos Yadlin, “Hamas incites violence to hide its own shortcomings,” Ynet News, May 14, 2018. https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5260612,00.html

Ben-Dror Yemini, “Gazans are victims of an ideology of hatred,” Ynet News, May 11, 2018. https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5252626,00.html

Jim Zanotti, “US Foreign Air to the Palestinians,” Congressional Research Service, May 18, 2018. https://fas.org/sgp/crs/mideast/RS22967.pdf