Assembled by Ken Stein and Eli Sperling
Emory University and Center for Israel Education
kenstein@israeled.org or kstein@emory.edu
Konrad Adenauer Stiftung Staff in collaboration with the Moshe Dayan Center, “The Coronavirus in the Middle East: State and Society in a Time of Crisis,” Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies and Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, 2020. https://dayan.org/content/coronavirus-middle-east-state-and-society-time-crisis
Nirit Anderman, “The Israeli Version of Netflix: ‘There Are a Lot of “Faudas” Out There,'” Haaretz, July 1, 2020. https://www.haaretz.com/life/television/.premium-the-israeli-version-of-netflix-there-are-a-lot-of-faudas-out-there-1.8962427
Naama Barak, “Chill to the sound of Israeli singers’ personal playlists,” Israel21c, June 11, 2020. https://www.israel21c.org/chill-to-the-sound-of-israeli-singers-personal-playlists/
Amiram Barkat, “OECD sees Israel’s economy shrinking 6.2% in 2020,” Globes, June 10, 2020. https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-oecd-sees-israels-economy-shrinking-by-62-in-2020-1001331877
Yoni Ben Menachem, “Conflict Breaks Out Between the Iraqi Government and Pro-Iranian Militias,” Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, June 30, 2020. https://jcpa.org/conflict-breaks-out-between-the-iraqi-government-and-pro-iranian-militias/
Yoni Ben Menachem, “Nepotism in the Palestinian Authority Angers the Public,” Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs,’ June 24, 2020. https://jcpa.org/nepotism-in-the-palestinian-authority-angers-the-public/
Joy Bernard, “Locked down? Open up to… eclectic singer-songwriter Riff Cohen,” Times of Israel, June 7, 2020. https://www.timesofisrael.com/locked-down-open-up-to-eclectic-singer-songwriter-riff-cohen/
Hannah Brown, “Israeli films included in Cannes official lineup,” Jerusalem Post, June 3, 2020. https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/culture/israeli-films-included-in-cannes-official-lineup-630210
Giora Eiland, “Annexation must wait,” Y-Net News, June 14, 2020. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/HkGRwd7aI
Donna Rachel Edmunds, “Israeli Study Points to Nicotine As A Potential Therapeutic for COVID-19,” Jerusalem Post, June 7, 2020. https://www.jpost.com/health-science/more-studies-point-to-nicotine-as-a-potential-therapeutic-for-covid-19-630576
ET Now Staff, “Israeli music fans get unique live experience with KLANG,” Entertainment Technology Now, June 2020. www.etnow.com/news/2020/6/israeli-music-fans-get-unique-live-experience-with-klang
Joel Fishman and Yossi Kuperwasser, “Willful Blindness and the Mistake of Underestimation: The Oslo Gamble,” National Resilience, Politics and Society, Spring 2020. https://www.ariel.ac.il/wp/nrps/wp-content/uploads/sites/145/2020/06/Fishman-and-Kuperwasser.pdf
Renne Ghert-Zand, “Israeli short animated film on historic ‘Cinema Rex’ wins international award,” Times of Israel, June 24, 2020. https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-short-animated-film-on-historic-cinema-rex-wins-international-award/
Yoel Guzansky, “Israel, the Gulf States, and Annexation,” INSS, June 23, 2020. https://www.inss.org.il/publication/israel-the-gulf-states-and-the-annexation/
Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman, “Israel Inaugurates First ‘Blue-and-White’ COVID-19 Mask Production Line,” Jerusalem Post, June 7, 2020. https://www.jpost.com/health-science/israel-inaugurates-first-blue-and-white-covid-19-masks-production-line-630597
Susan Jung, “Why there is more to Israeli cuisine than falafal, hummus and shakshuka,” South China Morning Post, June 8, 2020. https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/food-drink/article/3087335/why-there-more-israeli-cuisine-falafal-hummus
Yossi Klein Halevi, “A plea to Gantz, Ashkenazi: Israel and its friends need you to block annexation, Times of Israel, June 14, 2020.
Abigail Klein Leichman, “Meet the Israeli king of US college tennis,” Israel21c, June 21, 2020. https://www.israel21c.org/meet-the-israeli-king-of-us-college-tennis/
Haaretz Staff, “Coronavirus Israel Live: Israel Tops 20,000 Confirmed Cases,” Haaretz, June 19, 2020. https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/coronavirus-israel-live-new-hot-spots-emerging-in-south-tel-aviv-jaffa-1.8921483
Tamar Hermann and Or Anabi, “Israel Voice Index: Half of Israelis Favor Applying Sovereignty,” Israel Democracy Institute, June 3, 2020. https://en.idi.org.il/articles/31733
INSS Staff, “Annexation or Separation? [A Series of Articles],” INSS, June 2020. https://www.inss.org.il/subjects_tags/AnnexationorSeparation/
Zachary Keyser, “Israeli AI Firm that Offers Early COVID-19 Detection Receives FDA Approval,” Jerusalem Post, June 17, 2020. https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/israeli-medtech-firm-specializing-in-early-detection-of-covid-19-receives-fda-approval-631752
Colonel (res.) Dr. Eran Lerman and Professor Efraim Inbar, “Phased Territorial Implementation of the Trump Peace Plan,” The Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security, May 31, 2020. https://jiss.org.il/en/lerman-inbar-phased-implementation-of-trump-peace-plan/
David Makovsky, Basia Rosenbaum and Lauren Morganbesser, “Mapping West Bank Annexation: Territorial and Political Uncertainties,” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, June 15, 2020. https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/mapping-west-bank-annexation-territorial-and-political-uncertainties
David Makovsky, Ghaith al-Omari, Dana Stroul, and Dennis Ross, “Israeli Annexation in the West Bank? Scenarios and Implications,” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, June 23, 2020. https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/israeli-annexation-in-the-west-bank-scenarios-and-implications
Maayan Manel, “Survey finds Israeli tech workers taking Covid-19 salary cuts on the chin,” Calcalist, June 26, 2020. https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3835937,00.html
Salai Meridor, “Is annexation really good for the Jews?” Ynet News, June 17, 2020. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/By3QUIw6L
Aaron Miller, “What Annexation Would Really Mean for Middle East Peace Benjamin Netanyahu Is Ready to Bury the Two-State Solution,” Foreign Affairs, June 30, 2020. https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/middle-east/2020-06-30/what-annexation-would-really-mean-middle-east-peace
Joshua Mitnick, “Why the U.S. Can’t Get Israel to Break Up With China,” Forbes, June 16, 2020. https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/06/16/us-israel-china-deals/
Yousef Al Otaibi, “Annexation will be a serious setback for better relations with the Arab world,” Ynet News, June 6, 2020.
https://www.ynetnews.com/article/H1Gu1ceTL
Joel Parker, “The Boomerang Effect: How Syria Brought down Lebanon, which is bringing down Syria,” The Moshe Dayan Center of Tel Aviv University, June 28, 2020. https://dayan.org/content/boomerang-effect-how-syria-brought-down-lebanon-which-bringing-down-syria
Ed Power, “How Israel became a global power in television,” The Sydney Morning Review, June 3, 2020. https://www.smh.com.au/culture/tv-and-radio/how-israel-became-a-global-power-in-television-20200602-p54yn0.html
Itamar Rabinovich, “We Have No role But to Bear Witness (Syrian Art and Culture decline),” Tel Aviv Notes, The Moshe Dayan Center, June 30, 2020. https://dayan.org/content/we-have-no-role-bear-witness
Robert Satloff, “I’m an ardent Zionist. But Israel’s annexation makes no sense,” Washington Post, June 25, 2020. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/im-an-ardent-zionist-but-israels-annexation-makes-no-sense/2020/06/25/f949e6a4-b59e-11ea-a8da-693df3d7674a_story.html
Robert Satloff, “Wrestling with Annexation The Elusive Search for a Policy Rationale,” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, June 2020.
https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/uploads/Documents/pubs/PolicyNote82-Satloff.pdf
Roy Schulman, “COVID-19 and the Post-Truth Age: The Role of Facts in Public Policy | Summary of an Online International Conference,” INSS, June 15, 2020. https://www.inss.org.il/publication/coronavirus-and-post-truth-seminar/
Lt. Col (ret.) Michael Segall, “Iran’s President Rouhani: Coronavirus Will be Here for a Long Time,” Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, June 8, 2020. https://jcpa.org/irans-president-rouhani-coronavirus-will-be-here-for-a-long-time/
Joel Singer, “Israeli West Bank Annexation – Answers to Frequently Asked Questions,” Joel Singer.com, June 8, 2020. https://www.joelsinger.org/israeli-west-bank-annexation-answers-to-frequently-asked-questions/
Ken Stein, “The Impact of Covid-19 on Middle Eastern and North African Studies: A Curated Reading List (Updated – June 19, 2020),” Center for Israel Education, June 19, 2020. https://israeled.org/the-impact-of-covid-19-on-middle-eastern-and-north-african-states-a-curated-reading-list/
Gil Murciano, “Unpacking the Global Campaign to Delegitimize Israel,” SWP Berlin, June 2020. https://www.swp-berlin.org/en/publication/unpacking-the-global-campaign-to-delegitimize-israel/
Rosella Tercatin, “Why dance? From prehistory to the Bible, scholar offers answers,” Jerusalem Post, June 11, 2020. https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/why-dance-from-prehistory-to-the-bible-scholar-offers-answers-631134
Ishaan Tharoor, “For Israel, annexation is saying the quiet part loud,” Washington Post, June 16, 2020. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2020/06/16/israel-annexation-is-saying-quiet-part-loud/
Fareed Zakaria, “[Video] On GPS: Israel’s Annexation Plans,” CNN, June 21, 2020. https://www.cnn.com/videos/tv/2020/06/21/exp-gps-0621-olmert-annexation.cnn
Isa Zweiback, “Eating authentic Israeli hummus in New Orleans,” Israel21c, June 8, 2020. https://www.israel21c.org/tals-hummus-authentic-israeli-food-in-new-orleans/
Benjamin Weinthal, “Ex-Israeli ambassador discloses ground-breaking research on Damascus Jews,” Jerusalem Post, June 21, 2020. https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/ex-israeli-ambassador-discloses-ground-breaking-research-on-damascus-jews-632191