Contemporary Readings

#73 Contemporary Readings, March 2019

April 1, 2019

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

Ghaith Al-Omari, “Oslo’s Mangled Legacy,” The Cairo Review of Global Affairs, Winter 2019. https://www.thecairoreview.com/essays/oslos-mangled-legacy/

Inball Arieli, “How chaos drives success, from the IDF to Tesla,” Israel21c, March 3, 2019. https://www.israel21c.org/how-chaos-drives-success-from-the-idf-to-tesla/

Amb. Allan Baker, “U.S. Recognition of Israeli Sovereignty over the Golan Heights: Some Legal Observations,” Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, March 31, 2019. http://jcpa.org/article/u-s-recognition-of-israeli-sovereignty-over-the-golan-heights-march-2019-some-legal-observations/

Louis René Beres, “Beyond Realpolitik: Israel’s Strategic Imperatives,” BESA Center, March 31, 2019. https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/israel-strategic-imperatives/

Daniel Byman, “Israel’s Four Fronts,” Global Politics and Strategy, March 19, 2019. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00396338.2019.1589094?scroll=top&needAccess=true

Mohamed Chtatou, “What Arab Monarchies Should Take Away from their Neighbors’ Instability,” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, March 22, 2019. https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/fikraforum/view/what-arab-monarchies-should-take-away-from-their-neighbors-instability

William Cubbison, “What Do Israelis think About the Golan Heights?” Israel Democracy Institute, March 31, 2019. https://en.idi.org.il/articles/26456

Barry Davis, “From Electro to Acoustic [Israeli Music],” Jerusalem Post, March 28, 2019. https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Culture/From-electro-to-acoustic-584985

Dan Diker (Ed.), “Defeating Denormalization: Shared Palestinian and Israeli Perspectives on a New Path to Peace,” Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, March 24, 2019. http://jcpa.org/defeating-denormalization/

Economic Times Bureau, “From India to Israel: 3 grand festivals of food, music and fervor you must attend,” Economic Times, March 28, 2019. https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/travel/from-india-to-israel-3-grand-festivals-of-food-music-and-fervour-you-must-attend/articleshow/68593597.cms

Ahmed Eleiba, “Balance of Power in the Middle East (Iran, Syria, Iraq),” Al-Ahram Weekly, March 28-April 3, 2019. http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/News/26808.aspx

Daniel Estrin, “Thousands of Israelis Now Call Berlin Home and Make Their Cultural Mark,” NPR, March 7, 2019. https://www.npr.org/2019/03/07/700356426/thousands-of-israelis-now-call-berlin-home-and-make-their-cultural-mark

Shmuel Even and Sason Hadad, “Is the IDF Ready for War?” INSS, March 25, 2019. https://www.inss.org.il/publication/idf-ready-war/?offset=3&posts=1156&type=399

Robert Farley, “Israel’s Air Force Is One of the Best in World For a Reason,” National Interest, March 22, 2019. https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/israels-air-force-one-best-world-reason-48612

Eitan Fischberger, “A (Euro)vision for the Future,” Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, March 19, 2019. http://jcpa.org/article/a-eurovision-for-the-future/

Manfred Gerstenfeld, “The EU Cannot Fight Antisemitism Effectively,” BESA Center, March 21, 2019. https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/european-union-antisemitism/

A.J. Goldman, “A Golden Bear [Film Award] for Israel,” Tablet, February 21, 2019. https://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-arts-and-culture/film/280801/berlinale-nadav-lapid-israel

Dore Gold, “Testimony: Recognizing Israeli Sovereignty on the Golan Heights,” US House of Representatives, July 17, 2018. http://jcpa.org/testimony-recognizing-israeli-sovereignty-on-the-golan-heights/

Toby Greene, “With Gantz, has Israel’s Centre found its feet?” Fathom Journal, March 2019. http://fathomjournal.org/with-gantz-has-israels-centre-found-its-feet/

Eitan Halon, “Bank warns: Economic slowdown without ultra-Orthodox, Arab integration,” Jerusalem Post, March 28, 2019. https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Bank-warns-Economic-slowdown-without-ultra-Orthodox-Arab-integration-585007

Ephraim Inbar, “What Happens after the “Deal of the Century” is Tabled?” Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security, March 6, 2019. https://jiss.org.il/en/inbar-what-happens-after-the-deal-of-the-century-is-tabled/

Yusri Khaizran, “Civil Trends in Israel’s Arab Society in Light of the “Arab Spring,” Moshe Dayan Center, March 14, 2019. https://dayan.org/content/civil-trends-israels-arab-society-light-arab-spring

Abigail Klein Leichman, “United Hatzalah opens new emergency response unit in Colombia,” Israel21c, March 20, 2019. https://www.israel21c.org/united-hatzalah-opens-new-emergency-response-unit-in-colombia/

Amb. (Ret.) Dr. Haim Koren, “Israel and Egypt: Strategic Partnership, Civil Remoteness?” MITVIM, March 2019. http://www.mitvim.org.il/images/Haim_Koren_-_Israel-Egypt_-_Strategic_cooperation_and_civil_remoteness_-_March_2019.pdf

Yaakov Lappin, “Hamas Is Willing to Risk War to Avoid Economic Collapse,” BESA Center, March 10, 2019. https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/hamas-is-willing-to-risk-war-to-avoid-economic-collapse/ 

Ivan Levingston, “Even Israel Is Getting the Trump Treatment on Trade,” Fortune, March 9, 2019. http://fortune.com/2019/03/09/israel-trump-trade/

Luca Miehe and Stephan Roll, “Three Scenarios for the Development of the Sisi Regime in Egypt,” SWP Berlin, March 2019. https://www.swp-berlin.org/en/publication/sisi-regime-in-egypt-three-scenarios-for-its-development/

Michael Milshtein, “A Middle Eastern “Apocalypse Now:” The Islamic State (IS) as a Social and Cultural Phenomenon,” Moshe Dayan Center, March 6, 2019. https://dayan.org/content/middle-eastern-apocalypse-now-islamic-state-social-and-cultural-phenomenon?fbclid=IwAR33s1-HDi3rAsSU5EoXfCH0quSompWiQyoPChAeONLIKrkUbKAw_DC-8Fs

Hassan Mneimneh, “Another Course Correction Needed: Towards a Better Reception of U.S. Positions in the Middle East,” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, January 25, 2019.  https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/fikraforum/view/another-course-correction-needed-towards-a-better-reception-of-us-positions

Nicu Popescu and Stanislav Secrieru, “Russia’s return to the Middle East Building sandcastles?” Chaillot Paper, July 2018. https://www.iss.europa.eu/sites/default/files/EUISSFiles/CP_146.pdf

Mike Richar, “Exploring Israeli Cuisine Through 5 Quintessential Foods,” The Manual, March 4, 2019. https://www.themanual.com/food-and-drink/quintessential-israeli-cuisine-dishes/

Paul Rivlin, “China: Economy, Energy and the Middle East,” Moshe Dayan Center, March 28, 2019. https://dayan.org/content/china-economy-energy-and-middle-east

Scott Roxborough, “Why the world is watching Israeli TV series,” Deutsche Welle, March 25, 2019. https://www.dw.com/en/why-the-world-is-watching-israeli-tv-series/a-48049546

Elyakim Rubenstein, “The Players of Camp David,” The Cairo Review of Global Affairs, Winter 2019. https://www.thecairoreview.com/essays/the-players-of-camp-david/ 

Alexander Jacob Shapiro, “Examining Newly-Formed Mixed Arab-Jewish Municipal Coalitions,” Moshe Dayan Center, March 14, 2019. https://dayan.org/content/examining-newly-formed-mixed-arab-jewish-municipal-coalitions

Natan Sachs, “The end is nigh for Netanyahu,” Brookings Institute, March 4, 2019. https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2019/03/04/the-end-is-nigh-for-netanyahu/

Assaf Shapira, “Alliance of Interests,” Israel Democracy Institute, March 10, 2019. https://en.idi.org.il/articles/26138

Pnina Sharvit Baruch, “The Violent Events along the Gaza-Israel Border: The Report of the Commission of Inquiry of the Human Rights Council,” INSS, March 12, 2019. https://www.inss.org.il/publication/violent-events-along-gaza-israel-border-report-commission-inquiry-human-rights-council/?offset=8&posts=1156&type=399

Jagdish N. Singh, “Erdoğan’s Dangerous Ambitions Threaten India and Beyond,” BESA Center, March 27, 2019. https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/erdogan-turkey-india/ 

Shoshana Solomon, “Clouds gather as Israel emerges from economic ‘golden decade,’” Times of Israel, March 14, 2019. https://www.timesofisrael.com/clouds-gather-as-israel-emerges-from-economys-golden-decade/

Shoshana Solomon, “Japanese investment in Israel blossoms as firms scout for tech,” Times of Israel, April 1, 2019. https://www.timesofisrael.com/japanese-investment-in-israel-blossoms-as-firms-scout-for-tech/   

Amy Spiro, “Israeli DJs React to Renewed Michael Jackson Allegations,” Jerusalem Post, March 10, 2019. https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Culture/Israeli-DJs-react-to-renewed-Michael-Jackson-allegations-582992

Jonathan Spyer, “Armed Opposition Groups in Iran,” Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security, March 12, 2019. https://jiss.org.il/en/spyer-armed-opposition-groups-in-iran/

Gil Stein, “Why this Israeli band of disabled musicians said no to Eurovision,” Jewish Weekly, March 13, 2019. https://www.jweekly.com/2019/03/13/why-this-israeli-band-of-disabled-musicians-said-no-to-eurovision/

Ken Stein, “The Egyptian-Israeli Peace Treaty at 40: Lessons Learned and Impacts Sustained,” Center for Israel Education, March 27, 2019. https://israeled.org/the-egyptian-israeli-peace-treaty-at-40-lessons-learned-and-impacts-sustained/

Todd Stein, “Rep. Omar’s comments are worse than you think,” Times of Israel, March 11, 2019. https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/rep-omars-comments-are-worse-than-you-think/

Bret Stephens, “Ilhan Omar Knows Exactly What She Is Doing,” New York Times, March 7, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/07/opinion/ilhan-omar-anti-semitism.html

Shibley Telhami, “Will Israel’s Palestinian Arab citizens turn out to vote?” Brookings Institute, March 25, 2019. https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2019/03/25/will-israels-palestinian-arab-citizens-turn-out-to-vote/

Yohanan Tzoreff, “Is the PLO Still the “Sole Representative of the Palestinian People?” INSS, March 18, 2019. https://www.inss.org.il/publication/plo-still-sole-representative-palestinian-people/

Adv. Alona Vinograd, “Behind Every Man Stands… Another Man,” Israel Democracy Institute, March 10, 2019. https://en.idi.org.il/articles/26137

Ofra Winter and Udi Dekel, “Egypt and Israel: From Peace between Leaders and Armies to Peace between Peoples,” INSS, March 27, 2109.  https://www.inss.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/No.-1153.pdf

Yad Izhak Ben-Tzvi Insititute, “Between Jerusalem and Cairo: 40 Years to the Israel-Egypt Peace Agreement,” INSS, March 14, 2019. https://www.inss.org.il/event/jerusalem-cairo-40-years-israel-egypt-peace-agreement/

Amos Yadlin, Zvi Magen, “The Netanyahu-Putin Meeting: What was Agreed, and What are Russia’s Intentions?” INSS, March 18, 2019. https://www.inss.org.il/publication/netanyahu-putin-meeting-agreed-russias-intentions/?offset=6&posts=1156&type=399

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