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

Amiram Barkat, “IMF: Israeli economy less damaged than others,” Globes, November 19, 2020. https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-imf-israel-economy-less-damaged-than-others-by-coronavirus-1001350193

Almog Ben Zikri, “Thousands of Middle-class Israelis Join the Homeless, and the Soup Kitchens Can’t Keep Up,” Haaretz, November 27, 2020. https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium.MAGAZINE-thousands-of-middle-class-israelis-join-homeless-and-the-soup-kitchens-can-t-keep-u-1.9330627

Hannah Brown, “Celebrating a ‘Portrait of Victory’ for Israeli cinema,” Jerusalem Post, November 26, 2020. https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/culture/celebrating-a-portrait-of-victory-for-israeli-cinema-650393 

Ethan Cadeux, “5 things to know about Wizards draft pick [Israeli Basketball Star] Deni Avdija,” NBC Sports, November 18, 2020. https://www.nbcsports.com/washington/wizards/5-things-know-about-wizards-draft-pick-deni-avdija

Center for Israel Education, “UNGA (Palestine Partition) Resolution 181 [November 29, 1947],” Center for Israel Education, January 10, 2010. https://israeled.org/resources/documents/unga-resolution-181/

Shmuel Even and Meir Elran, “How Long Will Today’s IDF Conscripts Serve?” INSS, November 22, 2020. https://www.inss.org.il/publication/enlistment-july-2020/?offset=6&posts=1411&type=399   

Quint Forgey and Matthew Choi, “Biden and Netanyahu have ‘warm conversation’ and agree to meet soon,” Politico, November 17, 2020. https://www.politico.com/news/2020/11/17/biden-israel-prime-minister-conversation-437017

GeekTime Staff, “The week that was: Catching up with Israel’s tech ecosystem,” Geektime, November 22, 2020. https://www.geektime.com/israels-tech-ecosystem-the-week-that-was/

Tom Grater, “‘Asia’ Wins Top Prize At Israel’s Ophir Awards & Becomes Country’s International Oscar Submission,” Deadline, November 13, 2020. https://deadline.com/2020/11/asia-israels-ophir-awards-international-oscar-1234615314/ 

Hagai Hacohen, “Prices stay high as unemployment soars, fueling economic crisis,” Jerusalem Post, November 11, 2020. https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/prices-stay-high-as-unemployment-soars-fueling-economic-crisis-analysis-648736

Michal Hatuel-Radoshitzky and Eldad Shavit, “The Changing of the Guard: Israel at the Outset of the Biden Era,” INSS, Vember 7, 2020. https://www.inss.org.il/publication/biden-era/?utm_source=activetrail&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=INSS%20Insight%20No.%201400

Jessica Halfin, “How the humble pita went through a gourmet makeover,” Israel21c, November 5, 2020. https://www.israel21c.org/how-the-humble-pita-has-gone-through-a-gourmet-makeover/

Heritage Foundation Staff, “Israel: Economic Freedom Score,” Heritage Foundation, November 2020. https://www.heritage.org/index/country/israel?version=688 

Tamar Hermann and Or Anabi, “Haredim Trust Rabbis More Than the Health Ministry on COVID-19,” Israel Democracy Institute, November 26, 2020. https://en.idi.org.il/articles/32950?ct 

Samantha Hogson, “This Israeli Tech Company Wants to Beam Music to Your Ears,” Rolling Stone, November 12, 2020. https://www.rollingstone.com/pro/news/noveto-soundbeaming-music-israel-technology-1089572/  

Israel Democracy Institute Staff, “Large Majority Think IDF Should Manage Coronavirus Crisis,” Israel Democracy Institute, November 20, 2020. https://en.idi.org.il/articles/32922

Efraim Inbar and Eran Lerman, “Time for an Israeli Peace Initiative,” Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security, November 22, 2020. https://jiss.org.il/en/inbar-lerman-time-for-an-israeli-peace-initiative/ 

Yaakov Katz, “How Joe Biden as president will change Israeli politics,” Jerusalem Post, November 8, 2020. https://www.jpost.com/opinion/us-election-would-a-joe-biden-victory-change-israeli-politics-648190?utm_source=Yaakov+Katz&utm_campaign=fbae2ca539-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_11_05_09_16&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_0c089b8575-fbae2ca539-16240149

Isabel Kirshner, “‘It’s Like Falling in Love:’ Israeli Entrepreneurs Welcomed in Dubai,” New York Times, November 7, 2020. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/07/world/middleeast/israel-dubai-entrepreneurs.html

Abigail Klein Leichman, “Hebrew language and Israeli culture institute opens in UAE,” Israel21c, November 29, 2020. https://www.israel21c.org/hebrew-language-and-israeli-culture-institute-opens-in-uae/

Payton Knopf and Jeffrey Feltman, “Normalizing Sudan-Israel relations now is a dangerous game,” Brookings Institute, September 24, 2020. https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2020/09/24/normalizing-sudan-israel-relations-now-is-a-dangerous-game/

Yossi Kupperwasser, “What Is Going to Change in the Middle East under Biden?” Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, November 22, 2020. https://jcpa.org/article/what-is-going-to-change-in-the-middle-east-under-biden/ 

Jan Laben-Eilon, “Israel Requests Bids for New Settlement in East Jerusalem [Interview with Eli Sperling],” Atlanta Jewish Times, November 24, 2020. https://atlantajewishtimes.timesofisrael.com/israel-requests-bids-for-new-settlement-in-east-jerusalem/

Tess Levy, “9 Israeli rising stars in Hollywood,” Israel21c, November 25, 2020. https://www.israel21c.org/watch-for-these-9-israeli-rising-stars-in-hollywood/

Shalom Lipner, “Has Trump Been Good for Israel?” Foreign Policy, November 3, 2020. https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/11/03/has-trump-been-good-for-israel/

Irwin Mansdorff, “The 2020 Presidential Election: How Jewish-Americans Voted,” Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, November 16, 2020. https://jcpa.org/article/the-2020-presidential-election-how-jewish-americans-voted/

Middle East Institute Staff, “The Future of Palestinian Politics under a Biden Administration [Video Webinar],” Middle East Institute/YouTube, November 17, 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7S7ZkKMFUuU

Jaques Neriah, “Transformations in the Middle East: Challenges for the New U.S. Administration,” Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, November 29, 2020. https://jcpa.org/article/transformations-in-the-middle-east-challenges-for-the-new-u-s-administration/

Liam Pritchett, “The World’s First Lab-Grown Meat Restaurant Opens in Israel,” LiveKindly, November 10, 2020. https://www.livekindly.co/first-lab-grown-meat-restaurant/ 

Itamar Rabinovich, “The United States and Israel vs. the Syria of Bashar al-Assad: Challenges, Dilemmas, and Options,” INSS, October 2020. https://www.inss.org.il/publication/the-united-states-and-israel-vs-the-syria-of-bashar-al-assad-challenges-dilemmas-and-options/

Abdulrahman al-Rashed, Mohamed Anwar E. al-Sadat, Asli Aydintasbas, and David Horovitz, “America Votes, the Middle East Reacts: Views on U.S. Elections from Across the Region [Video and Transcript],” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, November 9, 2020. https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/america-votes-the-middle-east-reacts-views-on-u.s.-elections-from-across-th 

Paul Rivlin, “Israel and the UAE: Old New Friends,” Moshe Dayan Center, November 30, 2020. https://dayan.org/content/israel-and-uae-old-new-friends

Reuven Rivlin and Robert Satloff, “Israeli President [Reuven Rivlin’s First Interview Since the U.S. Election]: Biden Should Help ‘Build Confidence’ Between Israelis, Palestinians [Video and Transcript],” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, November 20, 2020. https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/israeli-president-biden-should-help-build-confidence-between-israelis-pales

Natan Sachs and Tamara Cofman Wittes, “Saudi-Israeli relations: The curious case of a NEOM meeting denied,” Brookings Institute, November 25, 2020. https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2020/11/25/saudi-israeli-relations-the-curious-case-of-a-neom-meeting-denied/

Jonathan Schanzer, “How to Build Upon Recent Progress in the Middle East,” Pundicity, November 17, 2020. http://schanzer.pundicity.com/24745/how-to-build-upon-recent-progress-in-the-middle 

Asaf Shapira, “Comments on the Electoral Strength of the Joint Arab List,” Moshe Dayan Center, November 2, 2020. https://dayan.org/content/comments-electoral-strength-joint-arab-list

Shoshana Solomon, “Israel’s economy surges 38% in third quarter, after exit from first lockdown,” Times of Israel, November 16, 2020. https://www.timesofisrael.com/israels-economy-rebounds-in-third-quarter-after-exit-from-first-lockdown/

Ken Stein, “From Balfour to Begin 1917-1977,” Center for Israel Education, November 19, 2020. https://israeled.org/from-balfour-to-begin-1917-1977/

Ken Stein, “Sadat’s Leadership: Lessons for the Palestinians,” Center for Israel Education, November 25, 2020. https://israeled.org/sadats-leadership-lessons-for-the-palestinians/

Ken Stein and Michael Jacobs, “Yitzhak Rabin: Israel Leadership in a Lifetime,” Center for Israel Education, November 2, 2020. https://israeled.org/yitzhak-rabin-israel-leadership-in-a-lifetime/

Jessica Steinberg, “‘We Got This’ is rallying cry of new Static song [produced by group of Israeli pop stars] for COVID-19,” Times of Israel, November 26, 2020. https://www.timesofisrael.com/we-got-this-is-rallying-cry-of-new-static-song-for-covid-19/

Times of Israel Staff, “Legal pressure mounts on government to pass budget as elections loom,” Times of Israel, November 29, 2020. https://www.timesofisrael.com/legal-pressure-mounts-on-government-to-pass-budget-as-elections-loom/ 

Idan Zonshine, “Israeli researchers create AI capable of writing personalized jazz solos,” Jerusalem Post, November 10, 2020. https://www.jpost.com/jpost-tech/israeli-researchers-create-ai-capable-of-writing-personalized-jazz-solos-648694