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

Anna Ahronheim, “American Students go back to School with Israeli Bulletproof Backpacks,” August 29, 2018. https://www.jpost.com/Jpost-Tech/American-students-go-back-to-school-with-Israeli-bulletproof-backpacks-566069  

Amiram Barkat, “Israel’s economy grew at just 2% in Q2,” Globes, August 16, 2018. https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-israels-economy-grew-at-just-2-in-q2-1001250399

Tal Becker, “The Claim for Recognition of Israel as a Jewish State,”Washington Institute for Near East Policy, February 2011. https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/uploads/Documents/pubs/PolicyFocus108.pdf

Maj. Nadav Ben-Hour, IDF and Michael Eisenstadt, “The Great Middle Eastern War of 2019,”Washington Institute for Near East Policy, August 29, 2018.  https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/the-great-middle-eastern-war-of-2019

Hannah Brown, “Haifa International Film Festival Also Gets in on the Act,” Jerusalem Post, August 15, 2018. https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Culture/Haifa-International-Film-Festival-also-gets-in-on-the-act-564970

Yitzhak Degani, “The Assad Regime Returns to the Golan,”  Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, August 15, 2018, https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/assad-returns-golan/

Michael de la Merced, “PepsiCo to Buy [Israeli Company] SodaStream for $3.2 Billion, in Push for Healthier Options,” New York Times, August 20, 2018.  https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/20/business/dealbook/pepsi-sodastream.html

Giora Eiland, “What do the three players [Israel, Egypt, & Hamas] stand to gain from the Gaza ceasefire deal?” Ynet News, August 19, 2018. https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5331489,00.html

Caleb Esrig, “Jordan’s Economy at a Crossroads: Part 2,” Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies,August 2018. https://dayan.org/content/jordan’s-economy-crossroads-part-2

Shmuel Evan, “Israel’s Credit Rating and National Security,” INSS, August 24, 2018. www.inss.org.il/publication/israels-credit-rating-national-security/?offset=3&posts=1091&type=399  

Doron Feldman, “The US 2018 Midterms and 2020 Presidential Election: Implications for Israel,” BESA Center, August 20, 2018. https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/midterm-elections-israel/

Oliver Franklin-Wallace, “The hottest startups in Tel Aviv,” Wired, August 30, 2018.   https://www.wired.co.uk/article/best-startups-in-tel-aviv-2018

Yaron Friedman, “The Parallel Universe of Hassan Nasrallah” Y-Net. August 30, 2018. https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5338317,00.html

Hillel Frisch, “The Gulf States: The Weak Link in Sanctions on Iran,”BESA Center, August 13, 2018. https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/gulf-states-weak-link-sanctions-on-iran/

Maj. Gen. (res.) Gershon Hacohen, “The Israel-Hamas Deal: Escape from Oslo,” BESA Center, August 28, 2018. https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/israel-hamas-oslo/   

Michal Hatuel-Radoshitzky, “US-Israel Bilateral Relations and Recent Developments in the UN,”INSS, August 24, 2018. www.inss.org.il/publication/us-israel-bilateral-relations-recent-developments-un/?offset=8&posts=1091&type=399

David Hazony, “Israeli Identity and the Future of American Jewry,” The Tower, June-July 2017.  www.thetower.org/article/israeli-identity-and-the-future-of-american-jewry/

Abigail Klein-Leichman, “Israeli tech incubator partners with South Korean VC funds,” Israel21c,August 6, 2018. https://www.israel21c.org/israeli-tech-incubator-partners-with-south-korean-vc-funds/=

Julia Knobloch, “German Girls and Israeli Heartthrobs: ‘Eskimo Limon’ Turns 40,” Tablet Magazine, August 08, 2018. https://www.tabletmag.com/scroll/268146/when-german-girls-learned-to-love-israeli-screen-stars-eskimo-limon-turns-40

David Makovsky and Ghaith al-Omari, “Arab Leaders Need to Step Up to Avert War in Gaza,” Wall Street Journal, August 6, 2018. https://www.wsj.com/articles/arab-leaders-need-to-step-up-to-avert-war-in-gaza-1533596034

Asaf Malchi, “Israel’s wealthiest are abandoning IDF combat units,”The Israel Democracy Institute, August 01, 2018.  https://en.idi.org.il/articles/24325

Stephen Marshal, “The Israeli job market is growing rapidly – career guidance,” Times of Israel, September 4, 2018. https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/the-israeli-job-market-is-growing-rapidly-career-guidance/

Doron Matza, Meir Elran, Khader Sawaed and Ephraim Lavie, “The Arab Society in Israel and the Nation State Law,”INSS, August 24, 2018. www.inss.org.il/publication/arab-society-israel-nation-state-law/?offset=4&posts=1091&type=399

Amir Mizroch, “Something Big Is Cooking In Israel’s Food Tech Kitchen,” Forbes, September 3, 2018.  https://www.forbes.com/sites/startupnationcentral/2018/09/03/something-big-is-cooking-in-israels-food-tech-kitchen/#1e53d8c96b18

Yohanan Plesner, “Strengthening Jewish Peoplehood in The Diaspora – But Not in Israel,” Israel Democracy Institute, August 7, 2018, https://en.idi.org.il/articles/24366

James Phillips, “Iran’s Economy Can’t be Shielded from US Sanctions,” National Interest, August 16. 2018, https://nationalinterest.org/blog/middle-east-watch/irans-economy-cant-be-shielded-us-sanctions-28942

David Pollock, “Seeing Saudi Changes Up Close: A Week’s Worth of Surprises,” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, August 13, 2018.   https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/fikraforum/view/seeing-saudi-changes-up-close-a-weeks-worth-of-surprises

Dennis Ross, “Iran Is Throwing a Tantrum but Wants a Deal,”Washington Institute for Near East Policy, August 15, 2018. https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/iran-is-throwing-a-tantrum-but-wants-a-deal

Armin Rozen, “Israel’s Top Military Strategist Talks War and Peace,” Tablet Magazine, August 12, 2018. https://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-news-and-politics/middle-east/268149/yaakov-amidror-israel-top-military-strategist

Dr. Assaf Shapira, Avital Fridman and Shahaf Zamir, “Parliamentary Work Index for Israel’s Political Parties,” The Israel Democracy Institute, August 15, 2018. https://en.idi.org.il/articles/24407  

Adi Schwartz, “Is a Historic Decision on UNRWA Imminent?” BESA Center, August 29, 2018. https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/unrwa-historic-decision/

Joel Singer, “Twenty-five years since Oslo: an insider’s account,” Fathom Journal, August 2018. http://fathomjournal.org/oslo-25-twenty-five-years-since-oslo-an-insiders-account/   

Amy Spiro, “Israeli Cuisine Continues to Conquer the Globe,”Jerusalem Post, August 28, 2018. https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Israeli-cuisine-continues-to-conquer-the-globe-565986

Times of Israel Staff, “Israel to boost security budget by hundreds of millions of dollars,” Times of Israel, August 16, 2018. https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-to-boost-security-budget-by-hundreds-of-millions-of-shekels/

The Tower Staff, “Israeli Finance Minister Looks to Improve West Bank Economy as PA Rejects Peace Overtures,” The Tower,August 23, 2018. www.thetower.org/6584-israeli-finance-minister-looks-to-improve-west-bank-economy-as-pa-rejects-peace-overtures/

Yohanan Tzoreff, “The PLO Central Council Meeting and Efforts toward an Arrangement in Gaza: Two Sides of the Same Coin,” INSS, August 27, 2018. www.inss.org.il/publication/plo-central-council-meeting-efforts-toward-arrangement-gaza-two-sides-coin/?offset=0&posts=1091&type=399

Mark Venables, “Israel Eyeing the Oil And Gas Prize For Its Technology Cluster,” Forbes, August 30, 2018https://www.forbes.com/sites/markvenables/2018/08/30/israel-eyeing-the-oil-and-gas-prize-for-its-technology-cluster/#1d97d44b65ee

Emily Zemler, “Lana Del Rey Defends Israel Performance: ‘Music Is Universal,’” Rolling Stone, August 20, 2018. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/lana-del-rey-defends-israel-performance-music-is-universal-713207/

Niri Zilber, “Trump Wants to Help Israel by Cutting Aid to Palestinians. Why Are Some Israelis Worried?” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, August 29, 2018. https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/trump-wants-to-help-israel-by-cutting-aid-to-palestinians.-why-are-some-isr