Contemporary Readings

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

Muriel Asseburg and Nimrod Goren, “Divided and Divisive Europeans, Israel and Israeli-Palestinian Peacemaking,” SWP Berlin, 2019. https://www.swpberlin.org/fileadmin/contents/products/fachpublikationen/Asseburg_PAX_REPORT_Divided_Divisive.pdf

Laura Adkins, “This 20 year-old Israeli combat soldier is also a drag queen,” Jewish Telegraph Agency, June 28, 2019. https://www.jta.org/2019/06/28/culture/this-20-year-old-israeli-combat-soldier-is-also-a-drag-queen

Ami Ayalon, “Donald Trump’s dangerous deal,” Ynet News, June 23, 2019.  https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5533424,00.html

Tony Badran, “Hezbollah Isn’t Broke. So Why Is Everyone Claiming Otherwise?” Tablet Magazine, May 31, 2019. https://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-news-and-politics/285612/hezbollah-isnt-broke

Naama Barak, “Meet the Israeli conductor harmonizing East and West,” Israel21C, June 6, 2019. https://www.israel21c.org/meet-the-israeli-conductor-harmonizing-east-and-west/

BBC Staff, “The Arab world in seven charts: Are Arabs turning their backs on religion?,” BBC, June 24, 2019. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-48703377

Hannah Brown, “Revealing the Funny Side of the Mossad [Israeli TV],” Jerusalem Post, June 26, 2019.  https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Revealing-the-funny-side-of-the-Mossad-593809

Tamara Cofman Wittes, “Will the Bahrain workshop lead to progress on Middle East peace?” Brookings Institute, June 25, 2019. https://www.brookings.edu/podcast-episode/will-the-bahrain-workshop-lead-to-progress-on-middle-east-peace/

Amichai Cohen, “For These Do-Over Elections, We are all Smarter,” Israel Democracy Institute, June 16, 2019. https://en.idi.org.il/articles/27034 

Anthony Cordesman, “Iran: More War(s) In the Middle East? There Still May Be Options,” Center for Strategic and International Studies, June 20, 2019. https://www.csis.org/analysis/iran-more-wars-middle-east-there-still-may-be-options

Tyler Cowen, “Israel’s Economic Miracle Most visitors come for the history, but Israel’s economy is also something to marvel at,” Bloomberg, June 6, 2019. https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-06-06/israel-s-economy-shows-that-classical-economic-theory-still-works

James M. Dorsey, “Russian-Iranian Strains Raise Possibility of US-Israel-Russia Deal on Syria,” BESA Center, June 14, 2019. https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/us-israel-russia-deal-syria/

Giora Eiland, “Before Israel is dragged into a U.S.-Iran war,” Ynet News, June 28, 2019. https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5538096,00.html

Tomer Fadlon and Sason Hadad, “Economic Prosperity is Not a Recipe for Resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict,” INSS, June 25, 2019. https://www.inss.org.il/publication/economic-prosperity-not-recipe-resolution-israeli-palestinian-conflict/?offset=4&posts=1185&type=399

Seth Frantzman, “Military Options for Targeting Iran without Ground Forces,” Middle East Forum, My 23, 2019. https://www.meforum.org/58571/former-intelligence-officer-here-is-how-the-us

Hillel Frisch, “Ahead of the Bahrain Conference, Hamas Casts Its Lot with Iran,” BESA Center, June 18, 2019. https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/ahead-of-the-bahrain-conference-hamas-casts-its-lot-with-iran/

Manfred Gerstenfeld, “What Hiding One’s Kippa Says About Europe,” BESA Center, June 11, 2019. https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/what-hiding-ones-kippa-says-about-europe/

Nimrod Goren, Eyal Ronen and Emir Bayburt, “Israel, the EU, and the Mediterranean: Understanding the Perceptions of Israeli Elite Actors,” Peter Lang, 2019. https://www.peterlang.com/view/9783034338196/chapter-08.xhtml

Maj. Gen. (res.) Gershon Hacohen, “The Six-Day War and the Israeli Dream,” BESA Center, June 13, 2019. https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/six-day-war-israeli-dream/

Eytan Halon, “Where do Israeli Businesses Stand Amid the Escalating Trade War?” Jerusalem Post, June 18, 2019. https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Where-do-Israeli-businesses-stand-amid-the-escalating-trade-war-592916

Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman, “Israel Should Prepare for Another Mass Immigration,” Jerusalem Post, July 1, 2019. https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Israel-should-prepare-for-another-mass-immigration-report-594262

Nathan Jeffay, “How Israeli Jews are increasingly becoming part of a growing craze for Arab tunes,” The Jewish Chronicle, June 14, 2019. https://www.thejc.com/news/news-features/how-israeli-jews-are-increasingly-becoming-part-of-a-growing-craze-for-arab-tunes-music-1.485428

Emily B. Landau and Shimon Stein, “New US initiative: Creating an Environment for Nuclear Disarmament (CEND),” INSS, June 13, 2019. https://www.inss.org.il/publication/new-us-initiative-creating-environment-nuclear-disarmament-cend/?offset=9&posts=1185&type=399

Shauna Lyon, “A Tel Aviv Restaurant Brings Bacchanalia and Technique to Hell’s Kitchen,” New Yorker, June 21, 2019. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/07/01/a-tel-aviv-restaurant-brings-bacchanalia-and-technique-to-hells-kitchen

Magid, “Bahrain summit puts Jordan in a tough spot,” Middle East Institute, June 12, 2019. https://www.mei.edu/publications/bahrain-summit-puts-jordan-tough-spot

Michael Milshtein, “Seventy Years since the “First Hudna:” The Legacy of the Rhodes Agreements,” Moshe Dayan Center, June 6, 2019. https://dayan.org/content/seventy-years-first-hudna-legacy-rhodes-agreements

Orna Mizrahi and Oded Eran, “The Negotiations between Israel and Lebanon on the Maritime Border,” INSS, June 24, 2019. https://www.inss.org.il/publication/negotiations-israel-lebanon-maritime-border/?offset=5&posts=1185&type=399

Daniel Neep, “Why hasn’t the Asad Regime Collapsed? Lessons learned from Syria’s History of Turanny,” Crown Center at Brandeis University, June 2019. https://www.brandeis.edu/crown/publications/meb/meb128.html

Paul Salem, “Thinking Arab Futures: Drivers, scenarios, and strategic choices for an improved Arab World,” The Cairo Review of Global Affairs, Summer 2019.  https://www.thecairoreview.com/essays/thinking-arab-futures/

Sophie Schulman, “With Tech Talent Too Expensive, Israeli Startups Look to High School,” Algemeiner, June 30, 2019. https://www.algemeiner.com/2019/06/30/with-tech-talent-too-expensive-israeli-startups-look-to-high-school/

Joel Singer, “An Oral Agreement Isn’t Worth the Paper It’s Written On,” Joel Singer.com, June 12, 2019. https://www.joelsinger.org/an-oral-agreement-isnt-worth-the-paper-its-written-on/

Amy Spiro, “Assessing the Gal Gadot Effect on Israel’s Image,” Jerusalem Post, June 22, 2019.  https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Culture/Assessing-the-Gal-Gadot-effect-593202

Ken Stein, “Egyptian-Israeli Negotiations’ Documents Reader: 1973-1979,” Center for Israel Education, June 2019. https://israeled.org/product/egyptian-israeli-negotiations-documents-reader-1973-1979/

Jessica Steinberg, “As ‘Shtisel’ mania sweeps US, promoter aims to widen the world’s lens on Israel,” Times of Israel, June 20, 2019. https://www.timesofisrael.com/as-shtisel-mania-sweeps-us-promoter-aims-to-widen-the-worlds-lens-on-israel/

Bret Stephens, “The Pirates of Tehran If Iran won’t change its behavior, we should sink its navy,” New York Times, June 14, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/14/opinion/iran-oil-tanker-attack.html

Mehmet Yegin, “Turkey between NATO and Russia: The Failed Balance,” SWP Berlin,  June 2019. https://www.swp-berlin.org/fileadmin/contents/products/comments/2019C30_Yegin.pdf

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

Meirav Arlosoroff, “Shabbat Costs Israel Billions of Dollars Every Year,” Haaretz, May 16, 2019. https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-how-keeping-shabbat-costs-israel-tens-of-billions-of-shekels-every-year-1.7242501

Shay Atias, “The Barring of Eurovision from Jerusalem Is a Win for the BDS Movement,” BESA Center, May 14, 2019. https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/barring-eurovision-jerusalem-win-for-bds/

Naama Barak, “South Koreans are flocking to Israel for Bible study… why?” Isreal21c, May 26, 2019. https://www.israel21c.org/south-koreans-are-flocking-to-israel-for-bible-study-why/  

Barukh Binah, “US Policies toward Israel and the Middle East,” MITVIM, May 2019. http://mitvim.org.il/images/US_Policies_towards_Israel_and_the_Middle_East_April_2019.pdf

Brian Blum, “Openness to new tech makes Israeli biotech a leader, says Philips exec,” Isreal21c, May 6, 2019. https://www.israel21c.org/philips-executive-explains-why-israel-is-tops-in-biotech/

Lee Cahaner, “The Ultra-Orthodox Community on the Conservatism-Modernism Spectrum,” Israel Democracy Institute, May 31, 2019. https://en.idi.org.il/articles/26911

Center for Israel Education, “June 1967 War theme page: a collection of multimedia resources and primary source documents,” Israeled.org,https://israeled.org/themes/june-1967-war/

Amichai Cohen, “Israel’s New Elections Are the Latest Symptom of an Assault on Its Institutions,” Israel Democracy Institute, May 31, 2019. https://en.idi.org.il/articles/26922

Mohammad Darawshe, “To Close the Rifts, Leadership is Needed,” Dayan Center, May 20, 2019. https://dayan.org/content/close-rifts-leadership-needed

Steven Davidson, “In A-Wa’s New Yemenite-Israeli Hip Hop Album, Home Is Not A Place — It’s A Feeling,” Forward, May 31, 2019. https://forward.com/life/425082/in-a-was-new-yemenite-israeli-hip-hop-album-home-is-not-a-place-its-a/

Udi Dekel and Carmit Valensi, “Russia and Iran: Is the Syrian Honeymoon Over?” INSS, May 27, 2019. https://www.inss.org.il/publication/russia-iran-syrian-honeymoon/?offset=1&posts=2187

Gadi Eizenkot, “Israeli Security Today: Facing Multiple Challenges on Multiple Fronts,” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, May 17, 2019. https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/israeli-security-today-facing-multiple-challenges-on-multiple-fronts

Oded Eran, “Concerns for Jordan’s Stability,” INSS, May 21, 2019. https://www.inss.org.il/publication/concerns-for-jordans-stability/

Josef Federman, “Tough act to follow: Young maestro leads Israel Philharmonic,” Seattle Times, May 22, 2019. https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/tough-act-to-follow-young-maestro-leads-israel-philharmonic/ 

Shanna Fuld, “Cuisine to Die for, Tel Aviv Combines Food Fair with Eurovision Events,” Jerusalem Post, May 17, 2019. https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Cuisine-to-die-for-Tel-Aviv-combines-food-fair-with-Eurovision-events-589968 

Manfred Gerstenfeld, “Anti-Semitic Cartoons in the Anti-Israel Media,” BESA Center, May 24, 2019. https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/antisemitic-cartoons-media/

Maj. Gen. (res.) Gershon Hacohen , “The Meaning of ‘Mamlachtiut,’” BESA Center, May 26, 2019. https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/mamlachtiut/ 

Tamar Hermann and Or Anabi, “How Jewish Israelis Feel Towards Non-Jews and the Current Conversion Process – Shavuot Survey,” Israel Democracy Institute, June 4, 2019. https://en.idi.org.il/articles/26926

Efraim Inbar, “No reason to fear PA economic collapse,” Jerusalem Post, May 2, 2019. https://www.jpost.com/Opinion/No-reason-to-fear-PA-economic-collapse-588565

ISRAEL21c Staff, “Israel, US science academies sign cooperation agreement,” Isreal21c, May 7, 2019. https://www.israel21c.org/israel-us-science-academies-sign-cooperation-agreement/

Alex Joffe and Asaf Romirowsky, “A Memo to Jared,” BESA Center, May 12, 2019.  https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/jared-kushner-palestinians-policy/

Debra Kamin, “Israel’s Best-Kept Secret: This Food City on the Mediterranean,” Wall Street Journal, May 14, 2019. https://www.wsj.com/articles/israels-best-kept-secret-this-food-city-on-the-mediterranean-11557850111

Yaakov Katz, “Israel Destroyed Syria’s Nuclear Potential. What Would The World Look Like Now If They Hadn’t?” Newsweek, May 26, 2019. https://www.newsweek.com/2019/06/07/israel-destroyed-syria-nuclear-reactor-1433940.html

Jared Kushner and Robert Satloff, “Inside the Trump Administration’s Middle East Peace Effort: A Conversation With Jared Kushner,” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, May 2, 2019. https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/inside-the-trump-administrations-middle-east-peace-effort-a-conversation-wi

Yaakov Lappin, “Egypt and Iran Vie for Influence in Gaza,” BESA Center, May 7, 2019. https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/egypt-iran-influence-gaza/

David Makovsky, “Israel’s Election Redo: Implications for the Trump Peace Plan,” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, May 31, 2019. https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/israels-election-redo-implications-for-the-trump-peace-plan

Orna Mizrahi and Yoram Schweitzer, “Does Hezbollah Want a War with Israel Now?” INSS, May 23, 2019 https://www.inss.org.il/publication/hezbollah-want-war-israel-now/?offset=2&posts=2187

Roisin O’Connor, “Israeli heavy metal band Orphaned Land: ‘The boycott is a great excuse for antisemites to jump on board,'” IndependentUK,May 18, 2019. https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/orphaned-land-band-israel-palestine-boycott-eurovision-tel-aviv-music-a8919746.html

Arik Rudnitzky, “Arab Voting in the 21st Knesset Elections,” Moshe Dayan Center, May 20, 2019. https://dayan.org/content/arab-voting-21st-knesset-elections

Paul Salem, “Thinking Arab Futures Drivers, scenarios, and strategic choices for an improved Arab World,” The Cairo Review of Global Affairs, May 2019. https://www.thecairoreview.com/essays/thinking-arab-futures/

Robert Satloff, “Jared Kushner’s Peace Plan Would Be a Disaster,” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, May 10, 2019. https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/jared-kushners-peace-plan-would-be-a-disaster

Jonathan Schanzer, “The Gaza Conundrum: Israel has many options, none good,” Commentary, May 2019. https://www.commentarymagazine.com/articles/the-gaza-conundrum/

Pnina Shavit Baruch, “The Proposed Changes to Judicial Oversight of Government Powers: Justified Measures or an Erosion of Democracy?” INSS, May 19, 2019.  https://www.inss.org.il/publication/proposed-changes-judicial-oversight-government-powers-justified-measures-erosion-democracy/?offset=5&posts=2187

Joel Singer, “Trump’s Recognition of Israeli Sovereignty in the Golan Heights and Netanyahu’s Promise to Annex the Jewish Settlements in the West Bank – Poison Pills to Middle East Peace,” JoelSinger.com,May 19, 2019. https://www.joelsinger.org/trumps-recognition-of-israeli-sovereignty-in-the-golan-heights-and-netanyahus-promise-to-annex-the-jewish-settlements-in-the-west-bank-poison-pills-to-middle-east-peace/

Jonathan Spyer, “Iranian Missiles in the Iraqi Desert,” Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security, May 20, 2019. https://jiss.org.il/en/spyer-iranian-missiles-in-the-iraqi-desert/

Jessica Steinberg, “This year’s Israel Festival dares audiences to challenge artistic boundaries,” Times of Israel, May 27, 2019. https://www.timesofisrael.com/this-years-israel-festival-dares-audiences-to-challenge-artistic-boundaries/

Ryan Torok, “Israeli Culture, Food and Music Celebrated at Israel Festival,” Jewish Journal, May 15, 2019. https://jewishjournal.com/news/los_angeles/community/298648/israeli-culture-food-and-music-at-celebrate-israel-festival/

Eyal Tsir Cohen, “What we can learn from yet another round of conflict in Gaza,” Brookings Institute, May 16, 2019. https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2019/05/16/what-we-can-learn-from-yet-another-round-of-conflict-in-gaza/

Amos Yadlin, “Paying for calm on the Gaza front, cannot be our policy,” Ynet News, May 11, 2019. https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5506434,00.html

Ben-Dror Yemini, “Liberman is blackmailing Netanyahu for the future of Israel,” Ynet News, May 28, 2019. https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5516775,00.html

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

Said Affassi, “First Arab Cultural Center to open in Israel’s largest Bedouin city,” I24News, April 26, 2019. https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/israel/society/1556210665-the-first-arab-cultural-center-to-open-in-israel-s-largest-bedouin-city

Harriet Agnew and Mehul Srivastava, “Israel looks to ultraorthodox to fill tech skills shortage,” Financial Times, April 7, 2019. https://www.ft.com/content/dae642aa-5601-11e9-a3db-1fe89bedc16e

Muriel Asseburg, “The Deal of the Century for Israel-Palestine,” Stiftung fur Wissenschaft und Politik, April 20, 2019.  https://www.swp-berlin.org/en/publication/the-deal-of-the-century-for-israel-palestine/

Julia Bainbridge, “Israeli restaurants, however they’re defined, arrive in Atlanta,” Atlanta Magazine, April 25, 2019. https://www.atlantamagazine.com/dining-news/israeli-restaurants-however-theyre-defined-arrive-in-atlanta/

Naama Barak, “Tel Aviv culinary platform plates up emerging chefs,” Israel21c, April 21, 2019. https://www.israel21c.org/tel-aviv-culinary-platform-plates-up-emerging-chefs/

Yossi Beilin, “After Years of undermining judiciary, Netanyahu needs its help,” Al-Monitor, April 29, 2019. https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2019/04/israel-benjamin-netanyahu-justice-minister-coalition-court.html

Raphael G. Bouchik-Chen, “Trump’s Foreign Policy is Not Chaotic,” Begin-Sadat Center, April 25, 2019. https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/trump-foreign-policy-chaotic/

Rachel Brenner, “Understanding Israeli Business Culture,” Times of Israel, April 30, 2019. https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/understanding-israeli-business-culture/

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

Meir Elran, Carmit Padan, “Long-Range Rocket Fire on Israel’s Depth: Lessons for Homefront Defense,” INSS, April8, 2019. https://www.inss.org.il/publication/long-range-rocket-fire-israels-depth-lessons-homefront-defense/?offset=5&posts=1165&type=399

Shai Feldman and Khalil Shikaki, “Trump’s Peace Plan: Engagement or Swift Rejection,” Middle East Brief, April 2019. https://www.scribd.com/fullscreen/404004211

Alex Fishman, “Israel should prepare for the day China will rule the Middle East,” Ynet News, April 30, 2019. https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5501134,00.html

Ambassador Avi Gil, “The Evolving World Order: Implications for Israel and the Jewish People,” Jewish people Policy Institute, April 16, 2019. http://jppi.org.il/new/en/article/evolovingworldorder/#.XMhJvy-ZNTZ

Nimrod Goren and Merav Kahana-Dagan, “The Israeli Election Results and Israel’s Foreign Policy,” MITVIM, April 2019. http://mitvim.org.il/images/The_Israeli_elections_results_and_Israels_foreign_policy_-_April_2019.pdf

Michael Gurfinkiel, “Winner in Israel Turns Out to Be New Voting Law,” New York Sun, April 14, 2019. https://www.nysun.com/foreign/winner-in-israel-turns-out-to-be-new-voting-law/90646/ 

Richard N. Haass, “The Structure of a Diplomatic Revolution,” Project Syndicate, April 18, 2019. https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/middle-east-israel-diplomatic-paradigm-shift-by-richard-n-haass-2019-04

Gershon HaCohen, “The West Bank’s Area C: Israel’s Eastern Line of Defense,” Begin-Sadat Center, April 19, 2019. https://besacenter.org/mideast-security-and-policy-studies/west-bank-area-c-israel/

Pinhas Inbari, “The Palestinian Authority’s New Prime Minister, Muhammed Shtayyeh,” Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, April 16, 2019. http://jcpa.org/the-palestinian-authoritys-new-prime-minister-muhammed-shtayyeh/

Ofer Kenig, “Farewell Elections, Hello Government,” Israel Democracy Institute, April 10, 2019. https://en.idi.org.il/articles/26510

Abigail Klein Leichman, “The edgy creator gallery in a Jerusalem back alley,” Israel21c, April 29, 2019. https://www.israel21c.org/the-edgy-creator-gallery-in-a-jerusalem-back-alley/

Ivan Levingston, “Bank of Israel Cuts Growth Forecast, Holds Rates Before Election,” Bloomberg, April 8, 2019. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-04-08/bank-of-israel-holds-rates-steady-day-before-national-elections

Martin Kramer, Alberto Fernandez, Simon Henderson, and others, “Sudden Succession Essay Series,” The Washington institute for Near East Policy, April 2019. https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/sudden-succession-essay-series 

Bruce Maddy-Weitzman, “Takin’ it to the Streets in Algeria and Morocco,” The American Interest, April 25, 2019. https://www.the-american-interest.com/2019/04/25/takin-it-to-the-streets-in-algeria-and-morocco/

Michael Milstein, “The Economic Crisis in the Palestinian Authority: Time for a Strategic Alert,” INSS, April 30, 2019. https://www.inss.org.il/publication/economic-crisis-palestinian-authority-time-strategic-alert/?offset=0&posts=1165&type=399

Abdel-Monheim Said, “The new great debate (autocracies vs liberal democracies),” al-Ahram Weekly, April 2019. http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/News/26926.aspx

Itamar Radai, “‘On the Deck of the Titanic:’ Arab Politics in Israel and the 2019 Elections,” Moshe Dayan Center, April 17, 2019. https://dayan.org/content/deck-titanic-arab-politics-israel-and-2019-elections

Max Reider, “‘The Passenger’ [Opera] Makes its Israel Debut,” Jerusalem Post, April 30, 2019. https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Culture/The-Passenger-makes-its-Israel-debut-588220 

Paul Rivlin, “The Oil Market Swings: Shale and Geo-politics,” Moshe Dayan Center, April 30, 2019. https://dayan.org/content/oil-market-swings-shale-and-geo-politics

Liana Saperstein, “Eden Dersso Is the Changing Face of Tel Aviv’s Hip-Hop Scene,” Vogue, April 2, 2019. https://www.vogue.com/vogueworld/article/eden-dersso-israeli-ethiopian-rapper-tel-aviv

Robert Satloff, “Trump Must Not Let Jared Kushner’s Peace Plan See the Light of Day,” The Washington institute for Near East Policy, April 10, 2019. https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/trump-must-not-let-jared-kushners-peace-plan-see-the-light-of-day

Ken Silverstein, “Israel’s Natural Gas Discoveries Are Bridging Political Divides and Are Forging Economic Ties,” Forbes, April 18, 2019. https://www.forbes.com/sites/kensilverstein/2019/04/18/israels-natural-gas-discoveries-are-bridging-political-divides-and-are-forging-economic-ties/#1b8dbd9615aa

Klara Strube, “Rare Israeli-Cultivated Desert Truffles ‘Worth More Than Uranium’ May Soon Be Widely Available,” No Camels, April 21, 2019. https://nocamels.com/2019/04/rare-israel-cultivate-desert-truffles-worth-more-than-uranium/

George N. Tzogopoulos, “A New EastMed Friendship, with US Support,” Begin-Sadat Center, April 10, 2019. https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/eastmed-pipeline-us-support/

TOI Staff, “Poll: Two-thirds of Israeli Jews support unity government without Haredi parties,” Times of Israel, April 23, 2019. https://www.timesofisrael.com/poll-two-thirds-of-israelis-support-unity-government-without-haredi-parties/

Avi Waksman, “Israelis’ Economic Confidence Growing, Government Survey Finds,” Haaretz, April 11, 2019. https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/business/.premium-israelis-economic-confidence-growing-government-survey-finds-1.7109325

Ehud Yairi, “Israel’s Armistice with Hamas, Growing Tensions with Abbas,” The Washington institute for Near East Policy, April 24, 2019.  https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/israels-armistice-with-hamas-growing-tensions-with-abbas

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

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

Michael Barak, “Civil War? The rift between Fatah and Hamas, as seen on social media,” Moshe Dayan Center, February 7, 2019. https://dayan.org/content/civil-war-rift-between-fatah-and-hamas-seen-social-media

Naama Barak, “Tel Aviv’s most unlikely nightlife hot spot,” Israel21c, February 19, 2019.  https://www.israel21c.org/tel-avivs-most-unlikely-nightlife-hot-spot/

Amiram Barkat, “Israel’s economic skies darken,” Globes, January 1, 2019. https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-israels-economic-skies-darken-1001267201

Amiram Barakat, “Jerusalem and Tel Aviv both have negative migration,” Globes, February 18, 2019. https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-jerusalem-and-tel-aviv-both-have-negative-migration-1001273709

BICOM, “Israeli Elections: Everything you need to know,” British Israel Communications and Research Center, February 15th, 2019. www.bicom.org.uk/analysis/israeli-elections-everything-you-want-and-need-to-know/

BICOM, “The Netanyahu investigations: What next after the Attorney General’s announcement?” February 2019. file:///C:/Users/kstein/Downloads/Netanyahu-Investigations-paper%20(1).pdf

Edwin Black, “BDS Prosecution Efforts at UCLA and UCI,” BESA Center, February 5, 2019. https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/bds-prosecution-university-california/ 

Alan Boyle, “‘Big step for Israel’: SpaceX launches lunar lander along with high-flying satellites,” Geek Wire, February 21, 2019. https://www.geekwire.com/2019/spacex-launches-israeli-lunar-lander-along-high-flying-satellites/

Itai Brun, Sarah J. Feuer, Itay Haiminis, “Eight Years after the Upheaval: Alternative Approaches to Understanding the Current Middle East,” INSS, February 26, 2019. http://www.inss.org.il/publication/eight-years-upheaval-alternative-approaches-understanding-current-middle-east/?offset=0&posts=1143&type=399

Center for Israel Education, “How Israel Votes Whiteboard Video,” Center for Israel Education, February 28, 2019. https://israeled.org/how-israel-votes/

Udi Dekel, “Obstacles to Israel’s Strategic Objectives: Main Insights from the INSS 12th Annual International Conference,” INSS, February 12, 2019.  http://www.inss.org.il/publication/obstacles-israels-strategic-objectives-main-insights-inss-12th-annual-international-conference/?offset=3&posts=1140&type=399 

Shira Feder, “Mike Solomonov’s New Venture Shows Israeli Food Is More Than Falafel and Hummus,” Forward, February 7, 2019. https://forward.com/food/418860/mike-solomonovs-new-venture-shows-israeli-food-is-more-than-falafel-and/

Brandon Friedman, “The Crisis in Palestinian Politics: From National Consensus to National (Dis)Unity,” Moshe Dayan Center, February 6, 2019. https://dayan.org/content/crisis-palestinian-politics-national-consensus-national-disunity

Sophie Friedman, “L’Chaim: exploring Israel’s burgeoning wine culture,” The Bowdoin Orient, February 22, 2019. https://bowdoinorient.com/2019/02/22/lchaim-exploring-israels-burgeoning-wine-culture/

Jennifer Greenberg, “Why Women are Rocking Tel Aviv’s Electronic Music Scene,” Jerusalem Post, February 28, 2019. https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Culture/Why-women-are-rocking-Tel-Avivs-electronic-music-scene-582013

Tsilla Hershco, “The “Yellow Vests” in France: Social Protest, Violence, and Antisemitism,” BESA Center, February 28, 2019. https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/yellow-vests-france-antisemitism/

Nick Ismail, “Israel’s tech start-up scene: the heartbeat of the economy,” Information Age, February 19, 2019. https://www.information-age.com/israels-tech-start-up-scene-123479255/

Israel Democracy Institute, “Investigation – A Guide for the Perplexed,” Israel Democracy Institute (explains various possibilities about the indictments presented to PM Netanyahu and what next), February 14, 2019. https://en.idi.org.il/articles/25944

Jerusalem Center – Iran Desk, “Iran’s President Rejects Foreign Minister Zarif’s Resignation,” Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, February 27, 2019. http://jcpa.org/irans-president-rejects-foreign-minister-zarifs-resignation/

Alex Joffe and Asaf Romirowsky, “Americans’ Two Conceptions of Israel,” BESA Center, February 21, 2019. https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/americans-conceptions-israel/

Dan Kaken, “Israel agrees to reopen economic agreements with Palestinians,” Globes, February 7, 2019. https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-israel-agrees-to-reopen-economic-agreements-with-palestinians-1001272404

Israel Kasnett, “Israelis and Palestinians unite to create economic viability,” Jewish News Syndicate, February 28, 2019. https://www.jns.org/israelis-and-palestinians-join-together-to-create-economic-viability/

Abigail Klein Leichman, “Israeli wine, art and music provides ‘cultural foreplay,’” Israel21c, February 3, 2019. https://www.israel21c.org/israeli-wine-art-and-music-provides-cultural-foreplay/

Martin Kramer, Norman Stillman, Jacob Lassner, “The Enduring Legacy of Professor Bernard Lewis,” ASMEA, November 2018. https://vimeo.com/314561631

Ori J. Lenkinski, “Israel Museum’s Dance: Dancing in the Dark,” Jerusalem Post, February 19, 2019. https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Israel-Museums-Dance-Dancing-in-the-dark-572302

Yaakov Lapid, “Can Israel Defeat Hamas Without Toppling It?” BESA Center, February 21, 2019. https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/israel-defeat-hamas/

Ivan Levingston and Michael Arnold, “Israel’s Economy Beats Expectations on Consumer Spending,” Bloomberg, February 17, 2019. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-02-17/israel-s-economy-grows-3-1-in-4th-quarter-as-consumption-surges

Elior Levy, “Gaza suffers from brain drain as young professionals look for better life,” Y-Net, Jan 18, 2019. https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5446415,00.html

Lacie Levy, “Israel Is Innovating Its Way To Success,” Business Facilities, February 2019. https://businessfacilities.com/2019/02/israel-innovating-way-success/

David Makovsky, “Dueling Narratives in Israel’s Election Campaign,” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, February 22, 2019. https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/dueling-narratives-in-israels-election-campaign

David Makovsky, “Israel’s Battle of the ‘Benjamins’: Netanyahu vs. Gantz,” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, February 11, 2019. https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/israels-battle-of-the-benjamins-netanyahu-vs.-gantz

Elhanan Miller, “The Enigmatic Benny Gantz,” Tablet Magazine, February 11, 2019. https://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-news-and-politics/280284/the-enigmatic-benny-gantz

Rachel Neiman, “Israel National Library launches free Israeli music app,” Israel21c, February 11, 2019. https://www.israel21c.org/israel-national-library-launches-free-israeli-music-app/

Volker Perthes, “The EU and its members will have to come up with their own policy for the new reality in Syria,” The Security Times, February 2019. www.the-security-times.com/eu-members-will-come-policy-new-reality-syria/

Claire Polansky, “How Exporting Cannabis Will Boost Israel’s Economy,” Times of Israel, February 10, 2019. https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/how-exporting-cannabis-will-boost-israels-economy/

Adi Pick, “Israel and Japan in Talks to Enter a Free Trade Agreement,” Calcaslist, January 15, 2019. https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3754321,00.html

Sever Plocker, “Why do Israelis have a soft spot for generals as politicians?” Ynet News, February 7, 2019. https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5459654,00.html

Haviv Rettig Gur, “Netanyahu and the Kahanists: A moral compromise that may ruin his legacy,” Times of Israel, February 25, 2019. https://www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahu-and-the-kahanists-a-moral-compromise-that-may-ruin-his-legacy/

Paul Rivlin, “Tunisia 2019: The Success and Failures of the Arab Spring,” Moshe Dayan Center, February 28, 2019. https://dayan.org/journal/iqtisadi-middle-east-economy

Itamar Sharon, “Danube days: Hungary launches culture year in Israel with song and dance,” Times of Israel, February 20, 2019. https://www.timesofisrael.com/danube-days-hungary-launches-culture-year-in-israel-with-song-and-dance/

Eldad Shavit, “President Trump versus his Administration,” INSS Insight,February 12, 2019, http://www.inss.org.il/publication/?ptype=399

Nadav Shragai, Lenny Ben-David, “New Waqf Council Managing the Temple Mount,” Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, February 28, 2019. http://jcpa.org/new-waqf-council-managing-the-temple-mount/

Amy Spiro, “Band’s Visit to End Its Broadway Run,” Jerusalem Post, February 5, 2019. https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Culture/Bands-Visit-to-end-its-Broadway-run-579730

Jonathan Spyer, “The Rise of Iraq’s Shia Militias: An Emergent Threat to Israel,” The Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security, February 20, 2019. https://jiss.org.il/en/spyer-berman-the-rise-of-iraqs-shia-militias-and-their-threat-to-israel/

Itay Stern, “Israeli Director’s Film Wins Top Prize at Berlin Festival,” Haaretz, February 16, 2019. https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/culture/.premium-israeli-director-s-film-wins-top-prize-at-berlin-festival-1.6939066

Ofir Winter, Gallia Lindenstrauss, “Beyond Energy: The Significance of the Eastern Mediterranean Gas Forum,” INSS, February 3, 2019. www.inss.org.il/publication/beyond-energy-significance-eastern-mediterranean-gas-forum/?offset=9&posts=1143&type=399

Raz Zimmt, “The Khamenei Roadmap on the 40th Anniversary of the Islamic Revolution,” INSS, February 20, 2019. www.inss.org.il/publication/khamenei-roadmap-40th-anniversary-islamic-revolution/?offset=3&posts=1143&type=399

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

Amb. (Ret.) Barukh Binah, “US Policies towards Israel and the Middle East,” The Israel Institute for Regional Foreign Relations, January 2019. http://mitvim.org.il/images/US_Policies_towards_Israel_and_the_Middle_East_-_December_2018.pdf

Anat Ben Haim and Udi Dekel, “Israel’s Dilemma over Syrian Reconstruction,” INSS, January 27, 2019. https://www.inss.org.il/publication/israels-dilemma-syrian-reconstruction/?offset=0&posts=1133&type=399

Nir Boms and Stephane Cohen, “Iran and the New State of Play in Southwest Syria,” Moshe Dayan Center, January 22, 2019.  https://dayan.org/content/iran-and-new-state-play-southwest-syria

Alan Boyle, “Israeli lunar lander passes tests in preparation for SpaceX launch to the moon,” Geek Wire, January 30, 2019. https://www.geekwire.com/2019/israeli-lunar-lander-passes-tests-preparation-spacex-launch-moon/

Jeffrey Feltman, Samantha Gross, Martin Indyk, Kemal Kirişci, Suzanne Maloney, Bruce Riedel, Natan Sachs, Amanda Sloat, Angela Stent, Tamara Cofman Wittes, and Bruce Jones, “The new geopolitics of the Middle East: America’s role in a changing region,” Brookings Institute, January 2019. https://www.brookings.edu/research/the-new-geopolitics-of-the-middle-east-americas-role-in-a-changing-region/

Seth J. Frantzman, “Israeli Strikes in Syria Reveal New Battlefield for Post-civil War Era,” Jerusalem Post, January 21, 2019. https://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Israeli-strikes-in-Syria-reveal-new-battlefield-for-post-civil-war-era-578148

Matti Friedman, “There Is No ‘Israeli-Palestinian Conflict,’” New York Times, January 16, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/16/opinion/israeli-palestinian-conflict-matti-friedman.html

Manfred Gerstenfeld, “Angela Merkel’s Legacy and the Jews,” BESA Center, January 3, 2019. https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/angela-merkel-jews/

Cassandra Gomes-Hochberg, “In the Heart of the Negev, Where Musicians and Hikers Meet,”Jerusalem Post, January 22, 2019. https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Culture/In-the-heart-of-the-Negev-where-musicians-and-hikers-meet-578288

Eytan Halon, “Israel Gives Green Light to Medical Cannabis Exports,” Jerusalem Post, January 27, 2019. https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Israel-gives-green-light-to-medical-cannabis-exports-578815

Ari Kalker, “Is Zionism Dead?” Jerusalem Post, January 26, 2019. https://www.jpost.com/Jerusalem-Report/Is-Zionism-dead-578398

Matthew Kalman, “Israel’s “startup nation” is under threat from the tech giants that nurtured it,” MIT Technology Review, January 8, 2019. https://www.technologyreview.com/s/612717/israels-startup-nation-is-under-threat-from-the-tech-giants-that-nurtured-it/

Knesset, ” Elections for the Knesset,” The Knesset, January 2019. https://main.knesset.gov.il/en/mk/pages/elections.aspx

Daniel Kurtzer, “Israeli politics: A guide to the perplexed,” New York Daily News, January 22, 2019. https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-israeli-politics-a-guide-to-the-perplexed-20190122-story.html

Abigail Klein Leichman, “Israeli jazz musician wins international piano competition,” Israel21c, January 8, 2019. https://www.israel21c.org/israeli-jazz-musician-wins-international-piano-competition/

David Makovsky and Dennis Ross, “We need to talk about Iran and Russia in this Israeli election,” Ynet News, January 2, 2019. https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5439738,00.html

Haim Malka, “Turbulence Ahead The North African Maghreb in 2019,” Center for Strategic and International Studies, January 2019. https://csis-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/publication/190115_HMalka_commentary_v3.pdf

Judy Maltz, “Nonreligious Israeli Teachers Are Suddenly in High Demand in America,” Haaretz, January 23, 2019. https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-nonreligious-israeli-teachers-are-suddenly-in-high-demand-in-america-1.6869217

Yehuda Mersky, “The End of the World that 1948 Made,” Tablet Magazine, January 2, 2019. https://www.tabletmag.com/scroll/277870/the-end-of-the-world-made-in-1948

Emmanuel Navon, “The New Emerging Energy Hub in the Eastern Mediterranean,” Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security, January 18, 2019. https://jiss.org.il/en/navon-the-new-emerging-energy-hub-in-the-eastern-mediterranean/

Margaux Nijkerk, “France’s Role in Syrian Reconstruction, and the Implications for Israel,” INSS, Winter 2019. https://www.inss.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/nijkerk.pdf

Daniel Pipes, “Europe’s Jews vs Israel,” Israel Hayom, February 2, 2019. www.israelhayom.com/opinions/europes-jews-vs-israel/

Gideon Rahat, “Why Are There so Many Political Parties, and Why Does This Fragmentation Obstruct Governance?” Israel Democracy Institute, January 27, 2019. https://en.idi.org.il/articles/25792 

Rachel Ringler, “The Grand Canvases of Nirit Takele’s Ethiopian-Israeli Experience,” Tablet, January 15, 2019. https://www.tabletmag.com/scroll/278904/the-grand-canvases-of-nirit-takeles-ethiopian-israeli-experience

Natan Sachs, “Iran’s revolution, 40 years on: Israel’s reverse periphery doctrine,” Brookings Institute, January 24, 2019. https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2019/01/24/irans-revolution-40-years-on-israels-reverse-periphery-doctrine/

Yoram Schweitzer, Aviad Mendelboim and Adi Gozlan, “Suicide Attacks in 2018: Fewer Attacks and Victims in Fewer Countries,” INSS, January 7, 2019. https://www.inss.org.il/publication/suicide-attacks-2018-fewer-attacks-victims-fewer-countries/?offset=6&posts=1133&type=399

Meir Shemuel, “Israel and Iran Exchange Blows in Syria: A View From Israel,” Atlantic Council, January 25, 3019. https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/iransource/israel-and-iran-exchange-blows-in-syria-a-view-from-israel

Michael Singh, “Beijing’s Curious Silence on the Syria Withdrawal,” Wall Street Journal, January 8, 2019. https://www.wsj.com/articles/beijings-curious-silence-on-the-syria-withdrawal-11546908726

Shlomo Slonim, “The Birth of Israel: U.S. Envoy McDonald’s Tireless Efforts,” Middle East Forum, Winter 2019. https://www.meforum.org/7264/the-birth-of-israel-us-envoy-mcdonald-tireless

Shoshana Solomon, “Israeli tech exits decline as ecosystem matures, global uncertainty weighs,” Times of Israel, December 30, 2019. https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-tech-exits-decline-as-ecosystem-matures-global-uncertainty-weighs/

Amy Spiro, “Israeli Director’s Shia Labeouf Biopic Wows Sundance,” Jerusalem Post, January 27, 2019. https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Culture/Israeli-directors-Shia-LaBeouf-biopic-wows-Sundance-578822

Jiri Valenta and Leni Friedman Valenta, “The Birth of Israel: Prague’s Crucial Role,” Middle East Forum, Winter 2019. https://www.meforum.org/7263/the-birth-of-israel-prague-crucial-role

Washington Institute Staff, “Sending the Right Message in Cairo: Advice for Secretary Pompeo,” January 7, 2019. https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/sending-the-right-message-in-cairo-advice-for-secretary-pompeo

Amos Yadlin, “The Strategic Challenges facing Israel,” Britain Israel Communication and Research Centre, January 2019. http://www.bicom.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Yadlin-Jan-2019-1.pdf

Amos Yadlin, Itai Brun, Udi Dekel, “The Ten Leading Challenges Facing the New IDF Chief of Staff,” INSS, January 15, 2019. https://www.inss.org.il/publication/ten-leading-challenges-facing-new-chief-staff/?offset=3&posts=1133&type=399

Abraham B. Yehoshua, “Amos Oz, my brother, my teacher,” Ynet News, January, 1, 2019.  https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5437046,00.html

Yasmin Yablanko, “Japan business chief: We’re building Society 5.0 with Israeli tech,” Globes, January 22, 2019. https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-japan-business-chief-were-building-society-50-with-israeli-tech-1001269922

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Emory University and Center for Israel Education
kenstein@israeled.org or kstein@emory.edu

Major General (res.) Yaacov Amidror, “The Withdrawal of the US from Syria in Broad Perspective,” JISS, December 26, 2018. https://jiss.org.il/en/amidror-the-withdrawal-of-the-us-from-syria-in-broad-perspective/

Hady Amr, Ilan Goldenberg, Kevin Huggard, and Natan Sachs, “Ending Gaza’s perpetual crisis: A new U.S. approach,” Brookings Institute, December 2018. https://www.brookings.edu/research/ending-gazas-perpetual-crisis-a-new-u-s-approach/

Tony Badran, “The Curtain Is Falling on Bibi’s Lebanese Belly Dance,” Tablet, December 13, 2018. https://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-news-and-politics/277051/netanyahu-lebanon-hezbollah

Dany Bahar, “Migrants and the Startup Nation: Addressing Israel’s Growing Demand for Skills by Increasing the Country’s Role in the Developing World,” Brookings Institute, December 2018. https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/FP_20181221_israel_developing_world1.pdf

Amb. (Ret.) Barukh Binah, “US Policies towards Israel and the Middle East,” MITVIM, December 2018. http://mitvim.org.il/images/US_Policies_towards_Israel_and_the_Middle_East_-_November_2018.pdf

Ben Beaumont-Thomas, “Nick Cave: cultural boycott of Israel is ‘cowardly and shameful,'” The Guardian, December 11, 2018. https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/dec/11/nick-cave-cultural-boycott-israel-brian-eno 

Nicky Blackburn and Abigail Klein Leichman, “35 ways Israel inspired the world in 2018,” Israel21c, December 26, 2018. https://www.israel21c.org/35-ways-israel-inspired-the-world-in-2018/

Brian Blum, “The 15 biggest acquisitions in Israeli history,” Israel21c, December 27, 2018. https://www.israel21c.org/the-15-biggest-acquisitions-in-israeli-history/

Dr. Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak, “Turkey at the Eastern Mediterranean Crossroads,” JISS, December 12, 2018. https://jiss.org.il/en/yanarocak-turkey-at-the-eastern-mediterranean-crossroads/

Mike Desimone, “Israel: New World Wines with a Bordeaux Connection,” Wine Enthusiast, December 2018. https://www.winemag.com/2018/10/04/israel-new-world-wines-bordeaux-connection/

Ofir Dror, “Israeli Edtech Companies Inspired by Recent China-Israel Deal,” Calcalist, December 9, 2018. https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3751620,00.html

Joanna Dyduch, “The Visegrád Group’s Policy towards Israel: Common Values and Interests as a Catalyst for Cooperation,” SWP Berlin, December 2018. https://www.swp-berlin.org/en/publication/the-visegrad-groups-policy-towards-israel/

Alon Einhorn, “21.2% of Israeli Population Lives Below the Poverty Line – New Report,” Jerusalem Post, December 31, 2018. https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/212-percent-of-Israeli-population-lives-below-the-poverty-line-new-report-575883

Brandon Friedman, “Saudi Arabia: A Future Interrupted,” Moshe Dayan Center, December 18, 2018. https://dayan.org/content/saudi-arabia-future-interrupted

Shuki Friedman, “Two Democracies for Two Peoples,” Israel Democracy Institute, December 12, 2018. https://en.idi.org.il/articles/25271

Caroline Glick, “Why Should Israelis Vote if their Vote is Meaningless?” Jerusalem Post, December 27, 2018. https://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Column-One-Do-election-results-matter-in-Israel-575663

Shalom Goldman, “David Ben-Gurion Asks 51 Jewish Scholars: ‘Who Is a Jew?’ Tablet, November 30, 2018. https://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-arts-and-culture/275873/david-ben-gurion-who-is-a-jew   

Haaretz Staff, “Natalie Portman Eulogizes Amos Oz: ‘My Heart Is Broken,'” Haaretz, December 30, 2018. https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/natalie-portman-eulogizes-amos-oz-my-heart-is-broken-1.6789649

Maj. Gen. (res.) Gershon Hacohen, “Lebanon’s Strategic Symbiosis,” BESA Center, December 10, 2018. https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/lebanons-strategic-symbiosis/

Jessica Haflin, “Best cookbooks for Israeli food,” Israel21c, December 4, 2018.  https://www.israel21c.org/make-gift-giving-easy-with-these-12-tasty-cookbooks-from-israel/

Eytan Halon, “Israeli Food-tech Start-up Produces World’s First ‘cell-grown’ Steak,” Jerusalem Post, December 13, 2018. https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Israeli-food-tech-start-up-produces-worlds-first-cell-grown-steak-574260

Prof. Tamar Hermann, Ella Heller, Or Anabi, Fadi Omar, “The Israeli Democracy Index 2018,” Israel Democracy Institute, December 2018. https://en.idi.org.il/publications/25031

Yaakov Katz, “Elections Will Be Greatest Test of Netanyahu’s Career,” Jerusalem Post, December 28, 2019. https://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Editors-Notes-The-real-reason-Israel-is-going-to-elections-575664

Joshua Krasna, “Israel and the Gulf States: Some Things Change, Some Stay the Same,” JISS, November 29, 2018. https://jiss.org.il/en/krasna-israel-and-the-gulf-states-some-things-change-some-stay-the-same/

Anat Kurz, Kobi Michael, Gabi Siboni, “Six Days, Fifty Years: The June 1967 War and its Aftermath,” INSS, November 2018. www.inss.org.il/publication/six-days-fifty-years/

Francis Lam, “Exploring the soul of Israeli food with chef Michael Solomonov,” The Splendid Table, December 28, 2018.  https://www.splendidtable.org/story/exploring-the-soul-of-israeli-food-with-chef-michael-solomonov

Kobi Michael and Udi Dekel, “The Escalation in the West Bank: The Need for a Change in Israeli Strategy and Policy,” INSS, December 18, 2018. www.inss.org.il/publication/escalation-west-bank-need-change-israeli-strategy-policy/

Fiamma Nirenstein, “Mission Impossible? Repairing the Ties between Europe and Israel,” Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, December 2018. http://jcpa.org/mission-impossible-repairing-the-ties-between-europe-and-israel/

Emanuele Otteolenghi and Jose Luis Stein, “Trump Should Cut Hezbollah’s Lifeline in the Americas,” Foundation for Defense of Democracies, December 13, 2018. https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2018/12/13/trump-should-cut-hezbollahs-lifeline-in-the-americas/

Adi Pick, “Supporting Arab Entrepreneurs Is Vital for Israeli Economy, Says Innovation Authority Chief,” Calcalist, December 11, 2018.  https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3751844,00.html

Maxim Reider, “For the Love of [Classical] Music,” Jerusalem Post, December 19, 2018. https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Culture/For-the-love-of-music-574823

Arik Rudnitzky, “The 2018 Municipal Elections in Arab Localities: an Overview,” Moshe Dayan Center, December 10, 2018. https://dayan.org/content/2018-municipal-elections-arab-localities-overview

Eldad Shavit and Udi Dekel, “The United States Decision to Withdraw Forces from Syria: Significance for Israel,” INSS, December 24, 2018. www.inss.org.il/publication/united-states-decision-withdraw-forces-syria-significance-israel/

Jessica Steinberg, “In first, Andalusian Orchestra Ashdod performs in Morocco,” Times of Israel, December 26, 2018. https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-first-andalusian-orchestra-ashdod-performs-in-morocco/

Dana Stroul and Soner Cagaptay, “As Washington Prepares to Withdraw from Syria, Turkey Is Set to Invade,” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, December 19, 2018.  https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/as-washington-prepares-to-withdraw-from-syria-turkey-is-set-to-invade

Times of Israel Staff, “New Bank of Israel governor installed amid economic turmoil,” Times of Israel, December 24, 2018. https://www.timesofisrael.com/new-bank-of-israel-governor-installed-amid-economic-turmoil/

Vox Tablet, “Amos Oz Still Dreams of Life on the Kibbutz,” Tablet, September 23, 2013. https://www.tabletmag.com/podcasts/145655/amos-oz-interview

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

Hicham Alaoui “Failed Dream of political Islam,” LeMonde Diplomatique, November 2018. https://mondediplo.com/2018/11/02arab-world

Anadolu Agency, “Israeli saz player gives Jerusalem the sound of Turkey,” Hurriyet Daily News, November 30, 2018.  www.hurriyetdailynews.com/israeli-saz-player-gives-jerusalem-the-sound-of-turkey-139307

Irad Atzmon Schmayer, “Locust Schnitzel? Israeli High-tech Firms Cooking Up the Future’s Meat Alternatives,” Haaretz, November 30, 2018. https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/business/.premium-locust-schnitzel-israeli-high-tech-firms-cooking-up-a-meatless-future-1.6701136

Mitchell Bard, “Eighty Years After Kristallnacht, the Murder of Jews Continues,” Algemeiner, November 2, 2018. https://www.algemeiner.com/2018/11/01/eighty-years-after-kristallnacht-the-murder-of-jews-continues/?utm_content=blog1&utm_medium=daily_email&utm_campaign=email&utm_source=internal/

Dr. Mordechai Chaziza, “Chinese VP Visits Israel Innovation Conference,” BESA Center, November 5, 2018. https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/china-wang-qishan-israel/

Barry Davis, “Israeli Jazz for the Asking,” Jerusalem Post, November 27, 2018.  https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Culture/Israeli-jazz-for-the-asking-572966

Edward P. Djerejian, Marwan Muasher, and six others, “Two States or One? Reappraising the Israeli-Palestinian Impasse,” Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, September 18, 2018. 43 pages, https://carnegieendowment.org/2018/09/18/two-states-or-one-reappraising-israeli-palestinian-impasse-pub-77269

Dr. James M. Dorsey, “The Fragility of Middle East Alliances,” BESA Center, November 12, 2018. https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/frail-middle-east-alliances/

Rachana Dubey, “Ten Israeli films to be screened at IFFI in Goa, India,” Times of India, November 13, 2018. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/english/hollywood/news/ten-israeli-films-to-be-screened-at-iffi-in-goa/articleshow/66606931.cms

Jospeh Dubroff, “Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 Economic Reforms in Light of Recently Assertive Foreign Policy Choices,” Moshe Dayan Center, November 25, 2018. https://dayan.org/content/saudi-arabias-vision-2030-economic-reforms-light-recently-assertive-foreign-policy-choices

Wilson Fache, “Palestinians fear for their lives as real estate battle rages in Jerusalem,” The National, November 27, 2018. https://www.thenational.ae/world/mena/palestinians-fear-for-their-lives-as-real-estate-battle-rages-in-jerusalem-1.796596

Seth J. Frantzman, “How Hamas Brought Israel to the Brink of Election Chaos,” The National Interest, November 16, 2018.  https://nationalinterest.org/blog/middle-east-watch/how-hamas-brought-israel-brink-election-chaos-36272

Dr. Manfred Gerstenfeld, “Can Organized Jewry in Germany Behave “Normally?” BESA Center, November 6, 2018. https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/germany-jews-afd/

Jonathan Gratch, “Millennial musicians breach borders at Tel Aviv Jazz Fest,” i24News, November 29, 2018. https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/culture/189882-181129-tel-aviv-jazz-festival-showcases-millennial-musicians

Shaun Ho, “The Future of Sino-Israeli Relations: Optimism or Caution,” Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, November 27, 2018. http://jcpa.org/article/the-future-of-sino-israeli-relations-optimism-or-caution/

Raymond Kelly, Michael Silber, David Cohen, “NYPD’S Top Cops; This is how we Should Combat Violent Anti-Semitism,” Jerusalem Post, November 21, 2018. https://www.jpost.com/Opinion/NYPDs-top-cops-This-is-how-we-should-combat-violent-antisemitism-572485

Joshua Krasna, “Israel and the Gulf States: Some Things Change, Some Stay the Same,” JISS, November 29, 2018. https://jiss.org.il/en/krasna-israel-and-the-gulf-states-some-things-change-some-stay-the-same/

Kim Lavi and Udi Dekel, “Looking at the Gaza Strip: From Short Term to Long Term,” INSS, November 20, 2018. www.inss.org.il/publication/looking-gaza-strip-short-term-long-term/?offset=1&posts=1111&type=399

Derek Lief, “Jordan’s Summer of Discontent and Its Consequences,” Moshe Dayan Center, November 25, 2018. https://dayan.org/content/jordans-summer-discontent-and-its-consequences

Peter Lintl, Stefan Wolfrum, “Israel’s Nation-State Law,” SWP Berlin, November 2018. https://www.swp-berlin.org/en/publication/israels-nation-state-law/

David Makovsky, “Why Has Netanyahu Reversed Course on Early Elections?” The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, November 20, 2018. https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/why-has-netanyahu-reversed-course-on-early-elections

Sarah Moosazadeh, “Israeli-Iranian Singer Unites Different Cultures,” Jerusalem Post, November 12, 2018. https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Culture/Israeli-Iranian-singer-unites-different-cultures-571761

Tarek Osman, “Arabs and Europeans: The way forward,” Al-Ahram Weekly, November 2018. http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/News/25398.aspx

David Pollock, “New Polls Show Most Gazans Want Israeli Jobs, Not Hamas Mobs,” The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, October 29, 2018. https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/fikraforum/view/new-polls-show-most-gazans-want-jobs-not-mobs

Itamar Rabinovich, “Israel and the Arab World,” (Hazan, et al ed.) The Oxford Handbook of Israeli Politics and Society, Oxford University Press, 2018. http://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/view/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190675585.001.0001/oxfordhb-9780190675585-e-28

Jennifer Richler, “Finding a New Path: Israel Wakes up to the Nedds of ex-haredim,” Tablet, November 16, 2018. https://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-life-and-religion/274033/finding-a-new-path

Armin Rosen, “The BDS Debate Enters its Next Phase (goes to Congress,), Tablet, November 19, 2018. https://www.tabletmag.com/scroll/275442/the-bds-debate-enters-its-next-phase

Nathan Sales, “Tehran’s International Targets: Assessing Iranian Terror Sponsorship,” The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, November 13, 2018.  https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/tehrans-international-targets-assessing-iranian-terror-sponsorship

Robert Sarner, “At Paris conference, expat Israelis strategize how to empower growing ‘diaspora’,” Time of Israel, November 4, 2018. https://www.timesofisrael.com/at-paris-conference-expat-israelis-strategize-how-to-empower-growing-diaspora/

Avram Sela, “Israel and the Palestinians,” (Hazan, et al ed.) The Oxford Handbook of Israeli Politics and Society, Oxford University Press, 2018. http://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/view/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190675585.001.0001/oxfordhb-9780190675585-e-27

Shalom Salomon Wald, “India’s Israel relations, the Middle East and China,” Jewish People’s Policy Institute, November 2018. http://jppi.org.il/new/en/article/english-indias-israel-relations-the-middle-east-and-china/#.XAU94C-ZNTZ

Anita Shapira, “Political History of Israel.” (Hazan, et al ed.) The Oxford Handbook of Israeli Politics and Society, Oxford University Press, 2018. http://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/view/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190675585.001.0001/oxfordhb-9780190675585-e-5

Shoshana Solomon, “As obesity surges, Israeli startup develops sweet protein to help cut calories,” Times of Israel, November 8, 2018. https://www.timesofisrael.com/as-obesity-surges-israeli-startup-develops-sweet-protein-to-help-cut-calories/

Amy Spiro, “Several Israel-Themed Films Heading to Sundance,” Jerusalem Post, November 29, 2018. https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Culture/Several-Israel-themed-films-heading-to-Sundance-573137

Kenneth Stein, “US-Israel Relationship,” (Hazan, et al ed.) The Oxford Handbook of Israeli Politics and Society, Oxford University Press, 2018, http://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/view/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190675585.001.0001/oxfordhb-9780190675585-e-29

Shimon Stein, Emily B. Landau, “Trump’s Intent to Exit the INF Treaty: Implications for US-Russian Arms Control and Strategic Stability,” INSS, November 18, 2018. www.inss.org.il/publication/trumps-intent-exit-inf-treaty-implications-us-russian-arms-control-strategic-stability/?offset=2&posts=1111&type=399

Yael Yishai, “Civil Society and Israel Democracy,” (Hazan, et al ed.) The Oxford Handbook of Israeli Politics and Society, Oxford University Press, 2018. http://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/view/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190675585.001.0001/oxfordhb-9780190675585-e-35

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

Adnan Abu Amer,  “Have Palestinians given up on resistance?” Al-Monitor, October 26, 2018. https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2018/10/palestinian-poll-support-armed-resistance-negotiations.html#ixzz5VfZvi5PS

Entsar Abu Jahal, “How Palestinian Exports of $1 Billion Impact Trade Deficit,” Al-Monitor, October 31, 2018. https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2018/10/palestine-exports-increase-israel-economy-trade-deficit.html

Anna Ahronheim, “The Most Vegan Army in the World,” Jerusalem Post, October 3, 2018. https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/The-most-vegan-army-in-the-world-568595

Daniel L. Byman, “Will Israel and Iran go to war in Syria?”Brookings, October 5, 2018.  https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2018/10/05/will-israel-and-iran-go-to-war-in-syria/

Omer Dostri, “China-Israel Relations: Growing Cooperation Amidst Conflicting Interests,” JISS, October 25, 2018. https://jiss.org.il/en/dostri-china-israel-relations-growing-cooperation-amidst-conflicting-interests/

Oded Eran, “Israel’s Stake in the Egyptian Natural Gas Pipeline: Strategic and Economic Benefits,” INSS, October 23, 2018. www.inss.org.il/publication/israels-stake-in-the-egyptian-natural-gas-pipeline-strategic-and-economic-benefits/?offset=5&posts=1103&type=399

Frank Fang, “China’s Growing Economic and Military Interests in Israel Tech investments and military tech transfers aimed at countering US,” Epoch Times, October 28, 2018. https://www.theepochtimes.com/chinas-growing-economic-and-military-interests-in-israel_2701919.html

Shai Feldman, “Forty-Five Years After the 1973 War, Israel Faces Another Year of Decision,” October 15, 2018. https://nationalinterest.org/blog/middle-east-watch/forty-five-years-after-1973-war-israel-faces-another-year-decision-33551

Daniel Friedman, “An Israeli wedding between an Arab and a Jew,” Ynet News, October 15, 2018. https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5371760,00.html

Hillel Frisch, “Comparing Hebrew and Arabic Wikipedia Entries on the 1973 War,” Begin Sadat Center,October 31, 2018. https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/yom-kippur-war-wikipedia/

Jerusalem Media Center: Ceasefire, Confderation and Gender in the Palestinian Community, Poll no. 93, October 16, 2018, http://www.jmcc.org/documentsandmaps.aspx?id=880

Polina Garev, “Is Berlin the new promised land for Israelis?” i24News, October 18, 2018.  https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/culture/186507-181016-is-berlin-the-new-promised-land-for-israelis

Jessica Haflin, “Eyal Shani, Israel’s world-famous roasted-cauliflower king,”Israel21c, October 4, 2018. https://www.israel21c.org/eyal-shani-israels-world-famous-roasted-cauliflower-king/

Haisam Hassanein, “Sisi’s Anti-Israel Rhetoric: New Speeches, Old Problems,”Washington Institute for Near East Policy, October 17, 2018. https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/sisis-anti-israel-rhetoric-new-speeches-old-problems

Human Rights Watch, “Palestine: Authorities Crush Dissent,” Human Rights Watch, October 23, 2018. https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/10/23/palestine-authorities-crush-dissent

Alex Joffe and Asaf Romirowsky, “As the US Cuts Funding, UNRWA Employees Flee Gaza,”Begin Sadat Center,October 25, 2018. https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/unrwa-funding-employees-gaza/

Abigail Klein Leichman, “Israeli named BBC Philharmonic chief conductor,” Israel21c, October 10, 2018. https://www.israel21c.org/israeli-named-bbc-philharmonic-chief-conductor/

Ariel Koch, “Al-Qaeda’s Propaganda in the Virtual Turkey,” Moshe Dayan Center, October 15, 2018. https://dayan.org/content/al-qaedas-propaganda-virtual-turkey

Melanie Lidman, “New fund utilizes Israeli tech to help small farmers in Africa,” Time of Israel, October 11, 2018. https://www.timesofisrael.com/new-fund-utilizes-israeli-tech-to-help-small-farmers-in-africa/

Peter Lintl and Stefan Wolfrum, “Israel’s Nation-State Law Netanyahu Government Lays the Foundations for a Majoritarian System,” SWP Berlin, October 2018.  https://www.swp-berlin.org/en/publication/israels-nation-state-law/

Shalom Lipner, “After the midterms, could a threatened, volatile Trump flip on Israel?”Brookings, October 24, 2018. https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2018/10/24/after-the-midterms-could-a-threatened-volatile-trump-flip-on-israel

David Mikics, “Ivory Tower Bigots,” Tablet, October 16, 2018. https://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-arts-and-culture/272512/ivory-tower-bigots?fbclid=IwAR2LRtz8iUjcWlatrmZlDFeezqwlLlsyucKt3zPDiv9FLpBcmY4yNAkoFm0

Tarek Osman, “Arabs and Europeans: The way forward,” al-Ahram Weekly, October 2018. http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/News/25398.aspx

Oren Peleg, “Can California Embrace Israeli Water Technology?” Jewish Journal, October 24, 2018. http://jewishjournal.com/cover_story/240749/can-california-embrace-israeli-water-technology/

Oded Raanan & Vera Michlin-Shapir, “Israel-Russia Relations: Mutual Esteem or Cold-Eyed Utilitarianism?” Abba Eban Institute for International Diplomacy, October 14, 2018.https://www.eng.arenajournal.org.il/single-post/2018/10/14/raanan-michlin-israel-russia-ENG

Ofek Riemer, “Not by the Media Alone: The Israeli Campaign against the Conversion of Rockets in Lebanon to Precision-Guided Missiles,”INSS, October 23, 2018. www.inss.org.il/publication/not-media-alone-israeli-campaign-conversion-rockets-lebanon-precision-guided-missiles/?offset=2&posts=1103&type=399

Paul Rivlin, “The Sanctioned States: Economic Crises in Iran and Turkey,” Moshe Dayan Center, October 24, 2018. https://dayan.org/content/sanctioned-states-economic-crises-iran-and-turkey

Asaf Romirovsky, “Normalizing Anti-Semitism in the US,”Begin Sadat Center,October 12, 2018. https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/antisemitism-united-states/

Dennis Ross and David Makovsky, “If Trump Wants the Ultimate Deal, He Must Not Repeat These Mistakes,”Washington Institute for Near East Policy, October 2, 2018. https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/if-trump-wants-the-ultimate-deal-he-must-not-repeat-these-mistakes

Shoshana Solomon, “Australian-Israeli startup creates water-based fuel for electric vehicles,” Times of Israel, October 30, 2018. https://www.timesofisrael.com/australian-israeli-startup-creates-water-based-fuel-for-electric-vehicles/

Jessica Steinberg, “This balaboosta reigns over her own Israeli food empire, in New York City,” Times of Israel, October 15, 2018. https://www.timesofisrael.com/this-balaboosta-reigns-over-her-own-israeli-food-empire-in-new-york-city/

Aaron Davdi Miller and Hillel Zand, “Progress Without Peace in the Middle East,” The Atlantic, November 1, 2019. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/11/israeli-arab-cooperation-without-israeli-palestinian-peace/574564/

Gilead Sher and Mor Ben-Kalifa, “Challenge to the Israel-Jordan Peace Treaty,” INSS, October 29, 2018.www.inss.org.il/publication/challenge-israel-jordan-peace-treaty/?offset=0&posts=1103&type=399

Meir Y. Soloveichick, “Jimmy Carter: The Sunday-School Years,” Commentary Magazine, October 2018. https://www.commentarymagazine.com/articles/jimmy-carter-sunday-school-years/

Rebecca Stadlen Amir, “7 extraordinary Israeli-designed music videos,” Israel21c, October 11, 2018. https://www.israel21c.org/7-extraordinary-israeli-designed-music-videos/

Times of Israel Staff, “Co-hosting trade conference with Netanyahu, China’s VP hails Israeli technology,” Times of Israel, October 25, 2018. https://www.timesofisrael.com/co-hosting-trade-conference-with-netanyahu-chinas-vp-hails-israeli-technology/

Times of Israel Staff, “In first, ‘Hatikva’ anthem played at UAE contest as Israeli judoka wins gold,” Times of Israel, October 28, 2018. https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-first-hatikva-anthem-played-at-uae-contest-after-israeli-judoka-wins-gold/

Times of Israel Staff, “TV report: Israel silent as Iran hit by computer virus more violent than Stuxnet,” Times of Israel, October 31, 2018. https://www.timesofisrael.com/tv-report-israel-silent-as-iran-hit-by-computer-virus-more-violent-than-stuxnet/

Dr. George N. Tzogopoulos, “Merkel’s Approach to Israel Has Not Progressed,”Begin Sadat Center,October 15, 2018. https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/merkel-israel-history/

Amos Yadlin, “How to get out of the Palestinian trap,” Ynet News, October 18, 2018. https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5373585,00.html

Jim Zanotti, “Israel: Background and U.S. Relations,” Congressional Research Service, July 31, 2018.  https://fas.org/sgp/crs/mideast/RL33476.pdf

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Emory University and Center for Israel Education
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Adnan Abu Amer, “Economic ties going strong between Israel, Palestine,” Al-Monitor, September 28, 2018. https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2018/09/palestine-israel-telecom-economic-political-relations.html

Dania Akkad, “Pipeline purchase paves way for Israeli gas exports to Egypt,” Middle East Eye, October 1, 2018. https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/deal-allow-israeli-gas-exports-egypt-1178922390

Alexander Apfel, “Trump says ‘two-state solution works best,’” YNet News, September 26, 2018. https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5358627,00.html

Emil Avdaliani, “Battle with Fate: Russia, Geography, and the Historical Cycle,” BESA Center. September 20, 2018. https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/russia-geography/

Lidia Averbukh and Margarete Klein, “Russia-Israel Relationship Transformed by Syria Conflict,” SWP Berlin, September 2018. https://www.swp-berlin.org/en/publication/russia-israel-relationship-transformed-by-syria-conflict/

Yossi Beilin. “Looking Back on Oslo, 25 Years Later,” Al Monitor, September 10, 2018. https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2018/09/israel-us-palestinians-oslo-yitzhak-rabin-shimon-peres-abbas.html

Jamille Bigio. “25 Years Since the Oslo Accords: Tzipi Livni and Zahira Kamal on Women’s Contributions to Peace,” Council on Foreign Relations, September 13, 2018. https://www.cfr.org/blog/25-years-oslo-accords-tzipi-livni-and-zahira-kamal-womens-contributions-peace

Brian Bloom, “VC fund for food-tech in Israel signs Cornell partnership,” Israel21c, September 12, 2018. https://www.israel21c.org/vc-fund-for-food-tech-in-israel-signs-cornell-partnership/

Raphael G. Bouchnik-Chen, “The Passing of Uri Avnery,” BESA Center. September 24, 2018. https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/uri-avnery/

Lars Brozus, “While We Were Planning Unexpected Developments in International Politics. Foresight Contributions 2018,” SWP Berlin, September 2018. https://www.swp-berlin.org/en/publication/unexpected-developments-in-international-politics/

Dan Diker, “Defeating Denormalization: Shared Palestinian and Israeli Perspectives on a New Path to Peace,” Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, September 2018. http://jcpa.org/defeating-denormalization/

Tomer Fadlon and Sason Hadad, “Collateral Damage: How US Sanctions against Iran Harm Iraq,” www.inss.org.il/publication/collateral-damage-how-us-sanctions-against-iran-harm-iraq/?offset=1&posts=1096&type=399

Shlomo Fischer, “The Jewish State at 70,” Jewish People Policy Institute, September 2018. http://jppi.org.il/new/en/article/aa2018/#.W7IyMGaZNTb

Hillel Frisch, “What Is the Right Strategy with Hamas: Make Concessions or Fight?” BESA Center. September 27, 2018. https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/hamas-concessions-fight/

Tamar Hammerman and Ephraim Yaar, “Is the Two-State Solution Still Relevant?” Israel Democracy Institute, Setpember 5, 2018. https://en.idi.org.il/articles/24478

Michal Hatuel-Radoshitzky and Kobi Michael, “The End to US Funding to UNRWA: Opportunity or Threat?” INSS, September 6, 2018. www.inss.org.il/publication/end-us-funding-unrwa-opportunity-threat/?offset=2&posts=1096&type=399

Efraim Inbar. “Twenty Years to Oslo: Perspectives.” BESA Center, September 10, 2013. http://besacenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/perspectives2131.pdf.

Martin Indyk. “The Day Israeli-Palestinian Peace Seemed Within Reach,” The Atlantic, September 13, 2018. https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/09/25-years-oslo-anniversary-israeli-palestinian-peace/570190/

Paula Jacobs, “Israeli Kids Living in the U.S. Find a Classroom of Their Own,” Tablet Magazine, September 26, 2018. https://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-life-and-religion/269892/israelis-united-states-classroom

Alex Joffe, “The Anti-Israel Effort Intensifies in Politics and On Campus,” BESA Center, September 11, 2018. https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/anti-israel-politics-campus/

Efraim Karsh. “The Oslo Disaster Revisited: How it Happened” BESA Center, September 13, 2018. https://besacenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/154-Karsh-The-Oslo-Disaster-Revisited-Web.pdf

Herb Keinon, “Russia-Israel Ties: From the Viewpoint of Russi’a Embassy in Tel Aviv,” Jerusalem Post, September 30, 2018. https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Russia-Israel-ties-From-the-viewpoint-of-Russias-embassy-in-Tel-Aviv-568018

Dana Kessler, “Searching for ‘Real’ Israeli Food,” Tablet Magazine, September 12, 2018. https://www.tabletmag.com/scroll/270598/is-there-such-a-thing-as-israeli-food

Abigail Klein Leichman, “Israeli water filters donated to Cameroon to fight cholera,” Israel21c, September 9, 2018. https://www.israel21c.org/israeli-water-filters-donated-to-cameroon-to-fight-cholera/

Cnaan Liphshiz, “An Israeli singer in Amsterdam creates the world’s first Ladino pop album,” Times of Israel, September 24, 2018. https://www.timesofisrael.com/an-israeli-singer-in-amsterdam-creates-the-worlds-first-ladino-pop-album/

Sharon Magen, “From Regulation to Relaxation: The Story of Two Start-Up Nations,” Times of Israel, September 2, 2018. https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/from-regulation-to-relaxation-the-story-of-two-start-up-nations/

Linda Menuhin AbdelAziz, “An Israeli Facebook Page ‘In Iraqi Dialect,’” The Washington Institute for Near East Studies, September 24, 2018. https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/fikraforum/view/an-israeli-facebook-page-in-iraqi-dialect

Elhanan Miller, “Between War and Peace: an interview with Senior Hamas Leader, Husam Badran,” Tablet Magazine, September 17, 2018. https://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-news-and-politics/271017/interview-hamas-leader-husam-badran

Yaakov Peri, “A roaring Gazan economy could silence the booms of conflict,” YNet News, September 30, 2018. https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5361144,00.html

Ofer Petersburg, “Israeli-Palestinian hi-tech hub heading to West Bank,” YNet News, September 3, 2018. https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5340253,00.html

David Pollack, “New Saudi Views of Jews—and of Israel,” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, September 12, 2018. https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/fikraforum/view/new-saudi-views-of-jewsand-of-israel

Bruce Reidel. “The Oslo Accords at 25: The View from Jordan,” Brookings Institute, September 11, 2018. https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2018/09/11/the-oslo-accords-at-25-the-view-from-jordan/

Jacob Rosen-Koenigsbuch, “Who Will Reconstruct War-Torn Syria? China Might Be a Candidate,” Abba Eban Institute of International Diplomacy, September 28, 2018. https://www.eng.arenajournal.org.il/single-post/2018/09/12/Rosen-China-Syria-ENG 

Jennifer Roskies. “Selling Oslo to the Jewish Community,” Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, September 16, 2018. http://jcpa.org/selling-oslo-to-the-jewish-community/

Shmuel Rosner and Camil Fuchs, “From Reckoning to Biking: Israelis Remake Yom Kippur?” The Jewish People Policy Institute, September 13, 2018. http://jppi.org.il/new/en/article/bikeday/#.W7IuTWaZNTa

Dennis Ross, “A Delicate Dance: The Arab World’s Critical Role in the Trump Peace Plan,” Abba Eban Institute of International Diplomacy, September 28, 2018. https://www.eng.arenajournal.org.il/single-post/2018/09/12/Rosen-China-Syria-ENG

Matan Rubin and Beatrice Hasler, “Through the Other’s Eyes: How VR Can Transform Diplomacy,” Abba Eban Institute of International Diplomacy, September 28, 2018. https://www.eng.arenajournal.org.il/single-post/2018/09/28/Through-the-Other’s-Eyes-How-VR-Can-Transform-Diplomacy

Robert Satloff, “The Myth of “Failed” Peace:” Oslo at 25 Looking Ahead,” The American Interest, September 12, 2018. https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/the-myth-of-failed-peace

Malina Saval, “Meet Dennis Lloyd, the Israeli Singer Who’s Charting in the Arab World,” Variety, September 7, 2018. https://variety.com/2018/music/news/dennis-lloyd-nevermind-interview-1202924931/

Ben Shalev, “The Ethiopian Music Scene in Israel Begins to Take Center Stage,” Haaretz, September 30, 2018. https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-say-it-loud-these-musicians-are-black-and-they-re-proud-1.6511428

Harriet Sherwood, “‘I want to be a doctor, not a rabbi:’ how Israeli ultra-Orthodox are being drawn into work,” The Guardian, September 10, 2018. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/10/i-want-to-be-a-doctor-not-a-rabbi-how-israeli-ultra-orthodox-are-being-drawn-into-work

Joel Singer, Dennis Ross, Ghaith al-Omari and David Makovsky. “The Oslo Diaries: Insiders’ Views of the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process Then and Now,” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, September 13, 2018. https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/hbos-the-oslo-diaries

Husam Zomlot. “After Oslo’s failure, the two-state solution is now an international responsibility: an interview with Husam Zomlot,” Fathom, Summer 2016. http://fathomjournal.org/after-oslos-failure-the-two-state-solution-is-now-an-international-responsibility-an-interview-with-husam-zomlot/

Tamara Cofman Wittes. “The Oslo Accords at 25: A personal reflection,” Brookings Institute, September 13, 2018. https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2018/09/13/the-oslo-accords-at-25-a-personal-reflection/v

Amos Yadlin, “Israel’s war between wars,” Ynet News, September 7, 2018. https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5342962,00.html

Ynet News Staff, “UAE used Israeli software to spy on Saudi Arabia, Qatar,” Ynet News, September 1, 2018. https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5339086,00.html

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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, 2018. https://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

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Emory University and Center for Israel Education
kenstein@israeled.org or kstein@emory.edu 

Amiram Barkat, “Moody’s Gives Israel a ‘Positive’ Economic Outlook,” Jerusalem Post, July 23, 2018. https://www.jpost.com/Diaspora/Moodys-gives-Israel-a-positive-economic-outlook-563202

Nicky Blackburn, “Rescuers Turn to Israeli Tech to Help Save Trapped Thai Boys, Israel21c, July 4, 2018. https://www.israel21c.org/rescuers-turn-to-israeli-tech-to-help-save-trapped-thai-boys/

Yonah Jeremy Bob, “U.S. Defense Official Works with Israel on Cutting Edge Anti-Terror Tech,” Jerusalem Post, July 6, 2018. https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/US-defense-official-works-with-Israel-on-cutting-edge-anti-terror-tech-561797

Edy Cohen, “Saudi Arabia and Israel: Know Thine Enemy,” Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, July 20, 2018. https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/saudi-arabia-israel-enemies/

Michelle Divon, “Israeli Jew and Yemenite Muslim: A Musical Match that Could Only Be Made in NY,” The Times of Israel, July 18, 2018. https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-jew-and-yemenite-muslim-a-musical-match-that-could-only-be-made-in-ny/

Oded Eran and Elia Rettig, “New Obstacles Facing Israeli Natural Gas Exports,” INSS, July 10, 2018. http://www.inss.org.il/publication/new-obstacles-facing-israeli-natural-gas-exports/

Yoram Ettinger, “Israel’s high-tech opportunities,” The Ettinger Report, August 2, 2018. http://www.theettingerreport.com/Overseas-Investments/Israel-s-high-tech-opportunities.aspx

Shmuel Even and Sason Hadad, “US Aid to Israel: Budgetary and Strategic Significance,” INSS, July 4, 2018. http://www.inss.org.il/publication/us-aid-israel-budgetary-strategic-significance/?offset=9&posts=1081&type=399

Nizan Feldman and Shmuel Even, “The Global Trade War: Scenarios and Significance for Israel,” INSS, July 19, 2018. http://www.inss.org.il/publication/global-trade-war-scenarios-significance-israel/?offset=4&posts=1081&type=399

Hillel Frisch, “Why Russia Needs Israel,” Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, July 16, 2018. https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/russia-needs-israel/

Jessica Halfin, “Israel’s Most Underrated Food Destination,” The Forward, July 30, 2018. https://forward.com/food/406592/israels-most-underrated-food-destination/

Tamar Herman and Ephraim Ya’ar, “Will Trump’s Peace Plane Gain Traction?” Israel Democracy Institute, July 2, 2018. https://en.idi.org.il/articles/24045

Sarah Hershenson, “Yehoram Ganon and the Israeli Philharmonic – Two Classics Come Together,” Jerusalem Post, July 17, 2018. https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Culture/Yehoram-Gaon-and-the-Israeli-Philharmonic-two-classics-come-together-562714

Kevin Huggard, “An Alternative Vision for Israel [Interview with Israeli MK Yair Lapid],” Brookings Institution, July 3, 2018. https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2018/07/03/an-alternative-vision-for-israel/

Josef Jaffe, “Palestinian Sovereignty after Abbas,” Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, July 13, 2018. https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/palestinian-sovereignty-abbas/

Abigail Klein Leichman, “Israeli Chef’s Vegan Shakshuka and Shawarma Prove US Hit,” Israel21c, July 31, 2018. https://www.israel21c.org/israeli-chefs-vegan-shakshuka-shawarma-proves-us-hit/

Yaakov Lappin, “A Failure at State-Building, Hamas Sticks to Military Buildup in Gaza,” Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, July 23, 2018. https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/failure-state-building-hamas-sticks-to-military-buildup-in-gaza/

Matthew Levitt, “Hezbollah’s Corruption Crisis Runs Deep,” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, July 20, 2018. https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/hezbollahs-corruption-crisis-runs-deep

Shalom Lipner, “The summer of Israel’s contentment,” Brookings Institution, July 30, 2018. https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2018/07/30/the-summer-of-israels-contentment/

Josh Lurie, “In Valley Village, Café Florentine Is Tweaking Israeli Comfort Food,” Los Angeles Magazine, July 13, 2018. http://www.lamag.com/digestblog/cafe-florentine/

The Media Line, “Match Made in Hi-Tech Heaven: Israel and South Korea, YNet News, July 7, 2018. https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5304585,00.html

Gil Murciano, “Preventing a Spillover of the Iran Israel Conflict in Syria,” SWP Berlin, July 2018. https://www.swp-berlin.org/en/publication/preventing-a-spillover-of-the-iran-israel-conflict-in-syria/

Jeremy Repanich, “The Popularity of Israeli Food in America Began with Chef Michael Solomonov,” Robb Report, July 17, 2018. https://robbreport.com/food-drink/dining/zahav-solomonov-modern-israeli-philadelphia-eg18-2806725/

Yotam Rosner and Adi Kantor, eds. , The European Union in Turbulent Times: Challenges, Trends, and Significance for Israel, INSS, June 2018

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Max Schindler, “In Sign of Booming Economy, Almost Half of Israelis Going Abroad,” Jerusalem Post, July 2, 2018. https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/In-sign-of-booming-economy-almost-half-of-Israelis-going-abroad-561367

Amy Spiro, “Israeli Film Industry Furious Over Proposed Funding Changes,” Variety, July 16, 2018. https://variety.com/2018/film/news/israel-film-industry-furious-proposed-funding-changes-1202874074/

Amy Spiro, “Spotify Reveals that Israelis Love Israeli Music,” Jerusalem Post, April 15, 2018. https://www.jpost.com/OMG/Spotify-reveals-that-Israelis-love-Israeli-music-549883

Itay Stern and Nirit Anderman, “Two Israeli Films Nominated for the 2018 Emmy Awards,” Haaretz, July 28, 2018. https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-two-israeli-films-nominated-for-the-2018-emmy-awards-1.6317793

Avi Temkin, “Analysis: Few Arabs and Haredim in the Workforce Isn’t Israel’s Only Issue,” Jerusalem Post, July 4, 2018. https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Analysis-Few-Arabs-and-haredim-in-the-workforce-isnt-Israels-only-issue-561505

David Wainer and Selcuk Gokoluk, “Israel Risks Falling Behind on Inflation in Bid to Weaken Shekel,” Bloomberg, July 26, 2018. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-07-26/israel-risks-falling-behind-on-inflation-in-bid-to-weaken-shekel

Joby Warrick, “Papers Stolen in Daring Israeli Raid on Tehran Archive Reveal the Extent of Iran’s Past Weapons Research,” Washington Post, July 15, 2018. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/papers-stolen-in-a-daring-israeli-raid-on-tehran-archive-reveal-the-extent-of-irans-past-weapons-research/2018/07/15/0f7911c8-877c-11e8-8553-a3ce89036c78_story.html?utm_term=.a60f60f66653

Avi Weiss, “Is the Israeli-Arab and Ultra-Orthodox Population Actually Booming?” The Forward, July 5, 2018. https://forward.com/scribe/404509/is-the-israeli-arab-and-ultra-orthodox-population-actually-booming/

Karolina Zielinska and Nir Boms, “Israel and the Southern De-escalation Zone: A Closer Look at the Israeli-Syrian Border,” Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies, July 12, 2018. https://dayan.org/content/israel-and-southern-de-escalation-zone-closer-look-israeli-syrian-border

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Emory University and Center for Israel Education
kenstein@israeled.org or kstein@emory.edu 

Anna Ahronheim, “Israel and Germany Green Light Billion Dollar Killer Drone Deal,” Jerusalem Post, June 14, 2018. https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Israel-and-Germany-green-light-billion-dollar-killer-drone-deal-559938

American Jewish Committee, “Twenty-Five Essays about the Current State of Israeli-American Jewish Relations,” American Jewish Committee, June 2018. https://tinyurl.com/yafr3rzf

Shimon Arad, “The Revised Arms Export Policy of Israel and the US,” Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, June 15, 2018. https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/arms-export-policy-israel/

Yehuda Bauer and Moshe Fox, “On the Perils of “Positive” Anti-Semitism,” Israel Journal of Foreign Affairs, May 17, 2018. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23739770.2018.1473112

Soner Cagaptay, Lisel Hintz, Nick Danforth, and Col. Rich Outzen, “Turkey’s Historic Elections: What to Expect Next?” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, June 29, 2018 http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/turkeys-historic-election-what-to-expect-next

Michael Eppel, “The Kurds and the 2018 Iraqi Parliamentary Elections,” Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies, June 18, 2018. https://dayan.org/content/kurds-and-2018-iraqi-parliamentary-elections

Oded Eran, “Demonstrations in Jordan: A Bona Fide Threat to the Regime?” INSS, June 7, 2018. www.inss.org.il/publication/demonstrations-jordan-bona-fide-threat-regime/?offset=4&posts=1070&type=399

Forward Staff, “‘The Band’s Visit’ Sweeps Up Tonys,” The Forward, June 11, 2018. https://forward.com/culture/402871/the-bands-visit-sweeps-up-tonys/

Yoel Guzansky, Oded Eran, “The Red Sea: An Old-New Arena of Interest,” INSS, June 24, 2018. www.inss.org.il/publication/red-sea-old-new-arena-interest/?offset=1&posts=1070&type=399

Gershon Hacohen, “Hamas’s Kite Terrorism: A Threat that Requires a Decisive Response,” Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, June 20, 2018. https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/hamas-kite-terrorism/

Hagay Hacohen, “Marching to a Different Beat,” Jerusalem Post, June 28, 2018. https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Culture/Marching-to-a-different-beat-561128

Yagil Henkin, “A High Price for our Blood: Israel’s Security Doctrines,” The Jerusalem Institute for Strategic Studies, June 7, 2018. https://jiss.org.il/en/henkin-high-price-blood-israels-security-doctrines/

Pinhas Inbari, “Erdogan’s Turkey Intensifies Involvement in Gaza and Jerusalem,” Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, June 15, 2018. http://jcpa.org/article/erdogans-turkey-intensifies-involvement-in-gaza-and-jerusalem/

Doron Itzchakov, “Iran’s Quds Day: Ideology or Interests?” Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, June 27, 2018. https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/iran-quds-day/

Herb Keinon, “Officials: New Columbian President Will Continue Close Ties with Israel,” Jerusalem Post, June 19, 2018. https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Politics-And-Diplomacy/Officials-New-Colombian-president-will-continue-close-ties-with-Israel-560300

Aharon Klieman, “Israeli National Security: A New Strategy for an Era of Change and the Jewish Origins of Israeli Foreign Policy: A Study in Tradition and Survival,” Israel Journal of Foreign Affairs, May 17, 2018. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23739770.2018.1471644

Abigail Klein Leichman, “10 incredible Israeli techs that are transforming lives worldwide,” Israel 21c, June 5, 2018. https://www.israel21c.org/10-incredible-israeli-firms-that-are-transforming-lives-worldwide/

Jared Kushner, “Transcript: Jared Kushner’s Interview with a Palestinian Newspaper [on American-led negotiating process], New York Times, June 24, 2018. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/24/world/middleeast/jared-kushner-interview-transcript.html

Ephraim Lavie, “Integrating the Arab-Palestinian Minority in Israeli Society,” INSS, April 2018. http://www.inss.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/INSS_EphraimLavi.pdf

David Lee, “Start-Up Nation’s Underbelly: Israel’s Child Poverty Rate Tops OECD States,” Jerusalem Post, June 19, 2018. https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Start-up-Nations-underbelly-Israels-child-poverty-rate-tops-OECD-states-560331

Eran Lerman, “Netanyahu’s Visit to Amman: A Timely Reminder of Jordan’s Strategic Importance,” The Jerusalem Institute for Strategic Studies, June 22, 2018. https://jiss.org.il/en/lerman-netanyahus-visit-to-amman-a-timely-reminder-of-jordans-strategic-importance/

Maya Margit, “Chinese Master Chefs Dazzle in Tel Aviv,” Jerusalem Post, June 26, 2018. https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Chinese-master-chefs-dazzle-in-Tel-Aviv-560922

Gerri Miller, “Israel Film Festival: Celebrating a Dream, 30 Years Later,” Jewish Journal, June 6, 2018. http://jewishjournal.com/culture/arts/234879/israel-film-festival-celebrating-dream-30-years-later/

Nasser bin Nasser, “Jordan’s protests: Challenges to long-term stability,” The Middle East Institute, June 19, 2018. http://www.mei.edu/content/article/jordan-must-find-long-term-stability

Paul Rivlin, “Turkey’s pre-election economic crisis,” Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies, June 17, 2018. https://dayan.org/content/turkey’s-pre-election-economic-crisis

Noah Rothman, “The Iran Deal’s Disastrous Legacy Has Nothing to Do with Nukes,” Commentary, May 9, 2018. https://www.commentarymagazine.com/foreign-policy/middle-east/iran/iran-deal-change-the-world-nukes/

Uzi Rubin, “Israel’s Defense Industries: From Clandestine Workshops to Global Giants,” The Jerusalem Institute for Strategic Studies, June 17, 2018. https://jiss.org.il/en/rubin-israel-defense-industries-from-clandestine-workshops-to-global-giants/

Michael Segall, “Iran’s Regime Faces Widespread Economic and Political Unrest,” Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, June 27, 2018. http://jcpa.org/irans-regime-faces-widespread-economic-and-political-unrest/

Yossi Shain, “US Jewry and Israel: A growing identity crisis,” YNet News, June 23, 2018. https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5289696,00.html

Amy Spiro, “Will Next Year’s Eurovision Be Held in Jerusalem?” Jerusalem Post, June 30, 2018. https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Culture/Will-next-years-Eurovision-be-held-in-Jerusalem-561137

Rebecca Stadlen Amir, “12 Israeli songs to get you through the summer heat,” Israel 21c, June 28, 2018. https://www.israel21c.org/12-israeli-songs-to-get-you-through-the-summer-heat/

Kenneth Stein, “Reassessing Sadat, Begin and Carter,” Center for Israel Education, June 10, 2018. https://israeled.org/reassessing-sadat-begin-and-carter/

Jessica Steinberg, “Tel Aviv celebrates itself with annual all-nighter,” The Times of Israel, June 28, 2018. https://www.timesofisrael.com/tel-aviv-celebrates-itself-with-annual-all-nighter/

SWP Staff, “Actors in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Interests, Narratives and the Reciprocal Effects of the Occupation,” SWP Berlin, June 2018.  https://www.swp-berlin.org/en/publication/actors-in-the-israeli-palestinian-conflict/

TOI Staff, “Israeli tech giant boycotts El Al over ‘discrimination against women,’” Times of Israel, June 26, 2018. https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-tech-giant-boycotts-el-al-over-discrimination-against-women/

Irina Tsukerman, “What Morocco’s Break with Iran Means,” Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, June 22, 2018. https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/morocco-iran-relations/

George N. Tzogopoulos, “Cyprus, Greece and Israel Chart a Common Path,” Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, June 10, 2018. https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/cyprus-greece-israel-relations/

Michael Yaari, “Israel and Saudi Arabia: From foes to potential friends,” Ynet, June 3, 2018. https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5269451,00.html

Niri Zilber, “Numbers Versus Narratives in Israel-Palestine,” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, May 30, 2018. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/fikraforum/view/numbers-versus-narratives-in-israel-palestine

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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

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

Anna Ahronheim, “Russian Supply of S-300 Systems to Syria Major Threat to IAF,” Jerusalem Post, April 15, 2018. https://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/Russian-supply-of-S-300-systems-to-Syria-major-threat-to-IAF-549837 

Shehab al-Makahleh, “Jordan Between Regional Threats and Internal Pressures: The Economic Key,” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, April 11, 2018. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/fikraforum/view/jordan-between-regional-threats-and-internal-pressures-the-economic-key

Shimon Arad, “Israel and United States Military Assistance to Egypt,” INSS, April 29, 2018. http://www.inss.org.il/publication/israel-united-states-military-assistance-egypt/?offset=0&posts=1049&type=399

Amiram Barkat, “OECD Exposes a Bipolar Israel,” Globes, March 12, 2018. https://www.globes.co.il/en/article-oecd-exposes-a-bipolar-israel-1001227320

Mordechai Beck, “Classical music gets eastern spice: Israel is embracing sounds from the Arab world,” The Jewish Chronicle, April 17, 2018. https://www.thejc.com/lifestyle/arts/classical-music-gets-eastern-spice-1.462571

Burak Bekdil, “Erdoğan vs. the Free Press,” Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, April 27, 2018. https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/erdogan-vs-free-press/

Ron Ben-Yishai, “The lessons of the Holocaust and Syria,” YNet News, April 11, 2018. https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5227509,00.html

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/policy-analysis/view/tactical-issues-surrounding-a-u.s.-withdrawal-from-the-iran-nuclear-agreeme

Barry Davis, “Avital’s Bass Flow,” Jerusalem Post, April 25, 2018. https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Culture/Avitals-bass-flow-552693

James Dorsey, “Natural Gas: An Underrated Driver of Saudi Hostility Towards Iran and Qatar,” International Policy Digest, March 28, 2018. https://intpolicydigest.org/2018/03/28/natural-gas-an-underrated-driver-of-saudi-hostility-towards-iran-and-qatar/ 

Shmuel Even, “What Happened to Israel’s Policy of Ambiguity vis-à-vis Syria?” INSS, April 24, 2018. http://www.inss.org.il/publication/happened-israels-policy-ambiguity-vis-vis-syria/?offset=2&posts=1049&type=399

Greer Fay Cashman, “Grapevine: Moufleta Politics,” Jerusalem Post, April 10, 2018. https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Culture/Grapevine-Moufleta-politics-549419

Dror Feuer, “Israeli hospitals provide care to thousands of Syrians,” Globes, March 26, 2018. https://www.globes.co.il/en/article-israel-becomes-health-center-for-syrian-children-1001229351

Chuck Freilich and James F. Jeffrey, “Beyond ‘Mowing the Grass;’ U.S. and Israeli Strategy in the Middle East,” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, April 24, 2018. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/beyond-mowing-the-grass-us-and-israeli-strategy-in-the-middle-east

Hillel Frisch, “The Palestinian Way of War: The March of Return in Gaza,” Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, March 27, 2018. https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/gaza-march-return/

Yitzhak Gal, “Fruit of Israeli-Jordanian peace still on the tree,” YNet News, March 30, 2018. https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5209464,00.html

Linda Gradstein, “Why Food Critics Are Obsessing Over Israeli Cuisine,” The Forward, April 18, 2018. https://forward.com/food/399068/why-food-critics-are-obsessing-over-israeli-cuisine/

Michael Herzog, “Israel’s 2007 Strike on Syrian Nuclear Reactor: Lessons Learned for Iran,” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, April 25, 2018. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/israels-2007-strike-on-syrian-nuclear-reactor-lessons-learned-for-iran 

Michael Herzog, “The International De-Legitimization Campaign Against Israel: Analysis and Counter Strategy,” Jewish People Policy Institute, March 29, 2018. http://jppi.org.il/new/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/JPPI-De-legitimization_eng.pdf

House of Lords, “The Middle East: Time for New Realism,” House of Lords: Select Committee on International Relations, April 24, 2018 (conclusions, p.92). https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201617/ldselect/ldintrel/159/159.pdf

Efraim Karsh, “How Harry Truman Crossed His Own State Department to Recognize Israel in 1948,” Mosaic, April 16, 2018. https://mosaicmagazine.com/response/2018/04/how-harry-truman-crossed-his-own-state-department-to-recognize-israel-in-1948/

Can Kasapoğlu, “Control of the Syrian Airspace: Russian Geopolitical Ambitions and Air Threat Assessment,” SWP Berlin, April 2018. https://www.swp-berlin.org/fileadmin/contents/products/comments/2018C14_kpu.pdf

Martin Kramer, “The May 1948 Vote that Made the State of Israel,” Mosaic, April 2, 2018. https://mosaicmagazine.com/essay/2018/04/the-may-1948-vote-that-made-the-state-of-israel/

Lexi Leban, “10 modern Israeli films to watch on Israel’s 70^th birthday,” J. The Jewish News of Northern California, April 6, 2018. https://www.jweekly.com/2018/04/06/10-modern-israeli-films-watch-israels-70th-birthday/

Liel Leibovitz, “The Seven Quintessentially Israeli Movies,” Tablet, April 19, 2018. http://www.tabletmag.com/scroll/260207/the-seven-quintessentially-israeli-movies

Ido Levy, “These 4 Israeli Startups Are Leading Sustainability Efforts In The Food Sector,” No Camels, April 9, 2018.http://nocamels.com/2018/04/4-israeli-startups-sustainability-food/

Avigdor Liberman, “Between Syria and Gaza: Urgent Challenges for Israel’s Security A Discussion with Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman,” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, April 27, 2018. www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/between-syria-and-gaza-urgent-challenges-for-israels-security

Steve Linde, “Israeli, Polish Presidents Fail to Resolve Polish ‘Holocaust Law’ Crisis,” Jerusalem Post, April 13, 2018. https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Politics-And-Diplomacy/Israeli-Polish-presidents-fail-to-resolve-Polish-Holocaust-law-crisis-549706

Michael Margalit, “Israel’s economy strong, gaping inequality remains,” YNet News, March 11, 2018. https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5156387,00.html

Vibha Maru, “Celebrating 70 years of Israeli Independence in Delhi,” Times of India, April 23, 2018. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/events/delhi/celebrating-70-years-of-israeli-independence-in-delhi/articleshow/63868907.cms

Guy Plopsky, “Enhancing the IAF’s Qualitative Edge: The Air-Launched Cruise Missile Option,” Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, April 16, 2018. https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/enhancing-iafs-qualitative-edge/

Mauro Primavera, “Rami Makhlouf and the Syrian war economy,” Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies, April 25, 2018. https://dayan.org/content/rami-makhlouf-and-syrian-war-economy

Haim Ramon, “It’s Time to end policy of coexistence with Hamas,” YNet News, April 13, 2018. https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5225030,00.html

Paul Rivlin, “Syria: towards reconstruction or deconstruction?” Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies, March 2018. https://dayan.org/content/syria-towards-reconstruction-or-deconstruction

Margy Rochlin, “An Israeli chef rediscovers his roots, plus a recipe for shakshouka,” Los Angeles Times, April 11, 2018. http://www.latimes.com/food/dailydish/la-fo-co-alon-shaya-cookbook-20180411-htmlstory.html

Neil Rogachevsky, “Self-Portrait (Moshe Arens) of a Zionist Statesman and Thinker,” Mosaic, March 28, 2018. https://mosaicmagazine.com/observation/2018/03/self-portrait-of-a-zionist-statesman-and-thinker/

Max Schindler, “On 70^th Anniversary, Israel’s Economy Growing as Some Sectors Lag Behind,” Jerusalem Post, April 20, 2018. https://www.jpost.com/Israels-70th-anniversary/On-70th-anniversary-Israels-economy-growing-as-some-sectors-lag-behind-551303

Penny Schwartz, “7 Treasures from the Library of Congress celebration of Leonard Bernstein,” Times of Israel, April 26, 2018. https://www.timesofisrael.com/7-treasures-from-the-library-of-congress-celebration-of-leonard-bernstein/

Avi Shilon, “Ben-Gurion’s Pragmatic Approach to Borders,” Mosaic, April 23, 2018. https://mosaicmagazine.com/response/2018/04/ben-gurions-pragmatic-approach-to-borders/

Phillip Smyth, “Lebanese Hezbollah’s Islamic Resistance in Syria,” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, April 26, 2018. www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/lebanese-hezbollahs-islamic-resistance-in-syria  

Shoshana Solomon, “From 1950s rationing to modern high-tech boom: Israel’s economic success story,” Times of Israel, April 18, 2018. https://www.timesofisrael.com/from-1950s-rationing-to-21st-century-high-tech-boom-an-economic-success-story/

Amy Spiro, “Spotify Reveals that Israelis Love Israeli Music,” Jerusalem Post, April 15, 2018. https://www.jpost.com/OMG/Spotify-reveals-that-Israelis-love-Israeli-music-549883

Rebecca Stadlen Amir, “17 Israeli songs to get your Independence Day party moving,” Israel21c, April 12, 2018. https://www.israel21c.org/17-israeli-songs-to-get-your-independence-day-party-moving/

Gil Troy, “The Continuing Promise of American Zionism,” Commentary, April 16, 2018. https://www.commentarymagazine.com/articles/continuing-promise-american-zionism/

Yohanan Tzoreff, “From the First Intifada to the ‘March of Return,’” INSS, April 11, 2018. http://www.inss.org.il/publication/first-intifada-march-return/?offset=8&posts=1049&type=399

Ehud Yaari, “Bracing for an Israel-Iran Confrontation in Syria,” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, April 30, 2018. www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/bracing-for-an-israel-iran-confrontation-in-syria 

Neri Zilber and Ghaith al-Omari, “State with no Army, Army with no State: Evolution of the Palestinian Authority Security Forces 1994-2018,” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, March 2018. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/state-with-no-army-army-with-no-state

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

Raphael Ahren, “As Israel fetes Air India flight over Saudi airspace, El Al cries foul,” Times of Israel, March 26, 2018. https://www.timesofisrael.com/as-israel-fetes-air-india-flight-over-saudi-airspace-el-al-cries-foul/

Meirav Arlossoroff, “When Ben-Gurion saved Israel’s Economy at any Price,” Haaretz, March 23, 2018. https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/MAGAZINE-when-ben-gurion-saved-israel-s-economy-at-any-price-1.5936686

Amoz Asa-El, “Yair Lapid’s Shot at Bringing the Political Center to the Forefront,” Jerusalem Post, March 24, 2018. http://www.jpost.com/Jerusalem-Report/Yair-Lapid-and-the-forbidden-journey-546689

Muhanned Al-Azawi, “Iraq’s Nexus of Sectarianism and Corruption,” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, March 7, 2018. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/fikraforum/view/iraqs-nexus-of-sectarianism-and-corruption

Burak Bekdil, “Turkey’s Syrian Battleground,” March 21, 2018. Middle East Forum, March 21, 2018. https://www.meforum.org/articles/2018/turkey’s-syrian-battleground

Ronen Bergman, “Mossad and Syrian reactor: Sometimes you just need a little luck,” YNet News, March 23, 2018.  https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5188268,00.html

Nathalie Boehler, “A collective: The triumph of Israeli independent music,” i24News, March 25, 2018. https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/culture/170725-180325-acollective-the-triumph-of-israeli-independent-music

Anna Borchchevskaya, “Moscow and the Middle East After Russia’s Election,” The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, March 12, 2018. https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5176724,00.html

Hannah Brown, “[Movie] 7 Days in Entebbe Misfires,” Jerusalem Post, March 27, 2018. www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Culture/7-Days-in-Entebbe-misfires-547261

Daniel L. Byman, “Why Israel is stuck with Hamas,” Brookings Institute, March 19, 2018. https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2018/03/19/why-israel-is-stuck-with-hamas

Dan Cattler, “A Survey of the Near East: Implications for U.S. National Security,” Washington Institute for Near East Policy March 13, 2018.  http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/a-survey-of-the-near-east-implications-for-u.s.-national-security

Patrick Clawson, “Expect Assad, Iran, and Russia to Exploit Trump’s Cabinet Changes,” The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, March 19, 2018. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/expect-assad-iran-and-russia-to-exploit-trumps-cabinet-changes

Barry Davis, “Music Back in the Day, Today,” Jerusalem Post, March 22, 2018.  www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Culture/Music-back-in-the-day-today-546849

Oded Eran, Elai Rettig, Ofir Winter, “The Gas Deal with Egypt: Israel Deepens its Anchor in the Eastern Mediterranean,” INSS, March 12, 2018. www.inss.org.il/publication/gas-deal-egypt-israel-deepens-anchor-eastern-mediterranean/?offset=4&posts=1038&type=399

Shmuel Even, “The Ministry of Defense Budget for 2019: Major Issues,” INSS, March 18, 2018. www.inss.org.il/publication/ministry-defense-budget-2019-major-issues/?offset=2&posts=1038&type=399

Ben Fishman and Ghaith al-Omari, “The Jordan Exception in U.S. Foreign Assistance,” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, March 7, 2018. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/the-jordan-exception-in-u.s.-foreign-assistance

Shai Feldman and Tamara Cofman Wittes, “Why everyone loves Israel now,” Brookings Institute, March 26, 2018. https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2018/03/26/why-everyone-loves-israel-now/

Seth Frantzman, “Pompeo’s challenge: After Tillerson, a consistent US policy in the Middle East,” Middle East Forum, March 16, 2018. https://www.meforum.org/articles/2018/pompeo-s-challenge-after-tillerson,-a-consistent

Assaf Kamar, “Turning the desert green and red,” Ynet News, March 22, 2018.  https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5187505,00.html

Abigail Klein Leichman, “Capitol Records signs $5m deal with Israeli singing duo,” Israel21c, March 26, 2018. https://www.israel21c.org/capitol-records-signs-5m-deal-with-israeli-singing-duo/

Shalom Lipner, “Israel’s broken (political) system needs to be fixed,” Brookings Institute, March 22, 2018. https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2018/03/22/israels-broken-system-needs-to-be-fixed/

Michal Margalit, “Israel’s economy strong, gaping inequality remains,” Ynet News, March 11, 2018. https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5156387,00.html

Margaux Nijkerk, “Why it is Time for a Stronger French-Israeli Connection,” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, March 15, 2018. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/fikraforum/view/why-it-is-time-for-a-stronger-french-israeli-connection

Smadar Perry, “The Americans, the Saudis and the irrelevant Palestinian leader,” YNet News, March 20, 2018. https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5176724,00.html

Daniel Pipes, “Why Palestinians Need an Israel Victory,” Middle East Forum, March 24, 2018. https://www.meforum.org/articles/2018/why-palestinians-need-an-israel-victory

Itama Radai, “Al-Madaniyyat: A New Civil Agenda for Arabs in Israel?” Bayan, The Dayan,” March 2018. https://dayan.org/content/al-madaniyyat-new-civil-agenda-arabs-israel

Jacob Rosen-Koenigsbuch, “Turkey-Iran Rivalry: The Middle East’s Great New Game,” EastWest.ngo, March 14, 2018. https://www.eastwest.ngo/idea/turkey-iran-rivalry-middle-east%E2%80%99s-new-great-game

Uzi Rubin, “The Strategic Implications of Effective Population Defense Against Ballistic Missiles,” BESA Center, March 21, 2018. https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/strategic-ballistic-missile-defense/

Bassel F. Salloukh, “The Arab Uprisings and the Geopolitics of the Middle East,” The International Spectator, June 2013. http://www.iai.it/sites/default/files/salloukh.pdf

Max Schindler, “Trump’s Tariffs Pose Destabilizing Threat to Israeli Economy,” Jerusalem Post, March 9, 2018. http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Trumps-tariffs-pose-destabilizing-threat-to-Israel-economy-544635

Ariel Shapira, “Tech Talk: South Korea Invests in Israeli Technology,” Jerusalem Post, March 20, 2018. www.jpost.com/Jpost-Tech/Tech-Talk-South-Korea-invests-in-Israeli-technology-546618

Shoshana Solomon, “Arab Israeli women make inroads in education, job market, study says,” Times of Israel, March 4, 2018. https://www.timesofisrael.com/arab-israeli-women-make-inroads-in-education-job-market-study-says/

Amy Spiro, “At 70: From Jaffa Oranges to Gourmet Shakshuka,” Jerusalem Post, March 11, 2018. www.jpost.com/Opinion/At-70-From-Jaffa-oranges-to-gourmet-shakshuka-544623

Shimon Stein, “German-Israel Relations,” INSS, March 7, 2018. http://www.inss.org.il/publication/germany-israel-relations-unique-normal/

Kenneth Stein, “Two State Solution: Why Not Now? Center for Israel Education, March 2, 2018. http://www.peaceindex.org/indexMonthEng.aspx?num=330&monthname=March

Luke Tress, “As ‘Day Zero’ looms, South Africa open to Israeli water tech, researcher says,” Times of Israel, March 8, 2018. https://www.timesofisrael.com/as-day-zero-looms-south-africa-open-to-israeli-tech-researcher-says/

Benjamin Weinthal and Asaf Romirowksy, “Iran’s Role in the Boycott Israel,” National Interest, March 15, 2018. http://nationalinterest.org/feature/irans-role-the-boycott-israel-campaign-24931?page=show

Amos Yadin, “The Begin Doctrine: The Lessons of Osirak and Deir ex-Zor,” INSS, March 21, 2018. http://www.inss.org.il/publication/the-begin-doctrine-the-lessons-of-osirak-and-deir-ez-zor/

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

Shimon Arad, “Trump’s National Security Strategy: US and Israeli Viewpoints Converge,” BESA Center, February 4, 2018. https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/trump-security-strategy-israel/

Brian Blum, “‘Netflix for virtual reality’ targets your living room,” Israel 21c, February 8, 2018. https://www.israel21c.org/netflix-for-virtual-reality-targets-your-living-room/

Hannah Brown, “Israel Film Fund Director Schory Celebrated at Berlin Film Festival,” Jerusalem Post, February 24, 2018. http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Culture/Israel-Film-Fund-director-Schory-celebrated-at-Berlin-film-festival-543513

Eric Cortellessa and TOI Staff, “US Embassy in Jerusalem to open in May – In time for Israel’s 70^th Anniversary,” Times of Israel,  February 24, 2018. https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-to-move-embassy-to-jerusalem-on-may-14-day-of-independence-declaration/

Michael Curtis, “Failing Support for Israel among U.S. Democrats,” American Thinker, February 1, 2018. http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2018/02/failing_support_for_israel_among_us_democrats.html

Udi Dekel, “Israel at 70: Strategic Advantages with Narrow Margins of Security,” INSS, February 8, 2018. http://www.inss.org.il/publication/israel-70-strategic-advantages-narrow-margins-security/?offset=11&posts=1029&type=399

Udi Dekel, “The War in Syria: Advancing Toward a New Stage?” INSS, February 21, 2018. http://www.inss.org.il/publication/the-war-in-syria-advancing-toward-a-new-stage/?offset=3&posts=1029&type=399

Jackson Doering, “Washington’s Militia Problem in Syria is an Iran Problem,” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, February 19, 2018.  http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/washingtons-militia-problem-in-syria-is-an-iran-problem

Giora Eiland, “To Prevent a war, Israel must create an Assad-Iran rift,” Y-Net, February 20, 2018.  https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5114884,00.html

Avner Golov, “Trump Administration Policy and American Public Opinion: Implications for Israel,” INSS, February 19, 2018. http://www.inss.org.il/publication/trump-administration-policy-american-public-opinion-implications-israel/?offset=5&posts=1029&type=399

Gerson Hacohen, “Mahmoud Abba’s Speech: Who was the Real Audience?” BESA Center, February 12, 2018. https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/mahmoud-abbas-speech/

Simon Henderson, “Saudi Nuclear Power Plants and the Danger of Proliferation,” The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, February 28, 2018. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/saudi-nuclear-power-plants-and-the-danger-of-proliferation

Pinhas Inbari, “Can Palestinian Ports Be Developed in Gaza to Relieve the Humanitarian Crisis,” Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, February 6, 2018. http://jcpa.org/article/can-palestinian-ports-developed-gaza-relieve-humanitarian-crisis/

Dr. Doron Itzchakov, “Iran’s New Anti-Israel ‘Resistance Axis,’” BESA Center, February 20, 2018. https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/iran-anti-israel-resistance/

Ephraim Kam, The Iranian Military Intervention in Syria: A Look to the Future,” Strategic Assessment INSS, January 2018. http://www.inss.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/adkan21-1ENG_3-21-32.pdf

Mara Karlin, “Israel’s Coming War With Hezbollah: A New Conflict May Be Inevitable,” Foreign Affairs, February 21, 2018. https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/israel/2018-02-21/israels-coming-war-hezbollah

Yocheved Laufer, “Quality Culture Comes to Eilat with the International Chamber Music Festival,” Jerusalem Post, February 5, 2018. http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Culture/Quality-culture-comes-to-Eilat-with-the-International-Chamber-Music-Festival-540768

Abigail Klein Leichman, “14 Israelis making a mark on London’s tech scene,” Israel 21c, February 21, 2018. https://www.israel21c.org/14-israelis-making-a-mark-on-londons-tech-scene/

Ido Levy, “Kibbutz Economy: How Israeli Collective Communities Near Gaza Are Becoming High-Tech Hubs,” No Camels, February 7, 2018. http://nocamels.com/2018/02/kibbutz-becoming-high-tech-hubs/

Zvi Magen, “Israel’s Engagement in Syria: Cause and Significance,” INSS, February 14, 2018. http://www.inss.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/No.-1020.pdf

David Makovsky, “The Netanyahu Probe and the Court of Public Opinion,” The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, February 15, 2018. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/the-netanyahu-probe-and-the-court-of-public-opinion

Clifford May, “Israel, the Palestinians, and the Administration’s Peace Plan,” House Foreign Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on Middle East and North Africa, Hearings, February 14, 2018. http://docs.house.gov/meetings/FA/FA13/20180214/106859/HHRG-115-FA13-Wstate-MayC-20180214.pdf

Kobi Michael and Ofir Winter, “Has the Palestinian Authority Abandoned the Principle of the Two State Solution,” Tel Aviv Notes, Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies, February 14, 2018. https://dayan.org/content/has-palestinian-authority-abandoned-principle-two-state-solution

Kobi Michael and Yoel Guzansky, “The Dangers of Failing Middle East States,” The Middle East Quarterly, Spring 2018. http://www.meforum.org/7222/failing-middle-east-states

Amir Mizroch, “What The World’s Top 10 Tech Firms Have In Common,” Forbes, February 20, 2018. https://www.forbes.com/sites/startupnationcentral/2018/02/20/what-the-worlds-top-10-tech-firms-have-in-common/#1548aba22b3a

Hassan Al-Mustafa, “Change in Saudi Arabia is a fact and not just wishes,” al-Arabiya, February 5, 2018. https://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/news/middle-east/2018/02/05/Change-in-Saudi-Arabia-is-a-fact-and-not-just-wishes.html

Ghaith al-Omari, “Abbas at the Security Council,” The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, February 20, 2018. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/abbas-at-the-security-council

Kadira Pethiyagoda, “Is it time for India to play a role in Israeli-Palestinian peace?” Brookings Institution, February 22, 2018. https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2018/02/22/is-it-time-for-india-to-play-a-role-in-israeli-palestinian-peace/

Pew Research Center, “Republicans and Democrats Grow Even Further Apart in Views of Israel, Palestinians,” January 23, 2018. http://www.people-press.org/2018/01/23/republicans-and-democrats-grow-even-further-apart-in-views-of-israel-palestinians/

Daniel Pipes, “The US-Israel Honeymoon May Not Last,” Washington Times, February 6, 2018. http://www.danielpipes.org/18202/the-us-israel-honeymoon-may-not-last?utm_source=Middle+East+Forum&utm_campaign=bf21ca4325-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_02_06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_086cfd423c-bf21ca4325-33581441

Louis Rene Beres, “Surviving Donald Trump: Israel’s Strategic Options,” BESA Center, February 2, 2018., https://besacenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/144-Monograph-Beres-Surviving-Donald-Trump-cover-and-text.pdf

Dennis Ross, “After the Weekend’s Iran-Israel Attacks, a Burden on Trump to Confront Russia and Engage Europe,” The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, February 12, 2018. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/after-the-weekends-iran-israel-attacks-a-burden-on-trump-to-confront-russia

Natan Sachs, “The two things that will determine Netanyahu’s fate,” Brookings Institution, February 15, 2018. https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2018/02/15/the-two-things-that-will-determine-netanyahus-fate/

Daniel Shapiro, Ghaith al-Omari, “Israel, the Palestinians and the Administration’s Peace Plan,” House Foreign Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on Middle East and North Africa, Hearings, February 14, 2018. http://docs.house.gov/meetings/FA/FA13/20180214/106859/HHRG-115-FA13-Wstate-al-OmariG-20180214.pdf

Amy Spiro, “Paul McCartney Among 9 Wolf Prize Recipients,” Jerusalem Post, February 12, 2018. http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Culture/Paul-McCartney-among-9-Wolf-Prize-recipients-542404

Rebecca Stadlen Amir, “Israeli star Shiri Maimon is headed for Broadway,” Israel 21c, February 4, 2018. https://www.israel21c.org/israeli-star-shiri-maimon-is-headed-for-broadway/

Nathan Stock, “The Palestinian president’s predicament,” Middle East Institute, February 14, 2018. http://www.mei.edu/content/article/palestinian-presidents-predicament

Adeena Sussman, “It’s Not Just Salad, It’s Salatim,” Taste, January 30, 2018. https://www.tastecooking.com/not-just-salad-salatim/

TOI Staff, “David Grossman, critic of Israeli policies, awarded Israel Prize for literature,” Times of Israel, February 12, 2018.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/renowned-author-david-grossman-wins-israel-prize-for-literature/

U.S Department of State, Opening of US Embassy in Jerusalem, February 23, 2018, https://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2018/02/278825.htm

Neil Zilber and Gaith Al-Omari, “The Hush-Hush Deal That Keeps the Middle East From Exploding,” Daily Beast, February 12, 2018. https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-hush-hush-deal-that-keeps-the-middle-east-from-exploding

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

Taisir Amre, “A Palestinian Offer to Share Jerusalem,” The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, January 17, 2018. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/fikraforum/view/is-dividing-jerusalem-the-key-to-peace

Shimon Arad, “Getting to the Table: Key Elements of the US Approach to Restart the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Negotiations.” INSS, January 16, 2017. http://www.inss.org.il/publication/getting-table-key-elements-us-approach-restart-israeli-palestinian-peace-negotiations/

Dany Bahar and Natan Sachs, “How much does BDS threaten Israel’s economy?” Brookings Institute, January 26, 2018. https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2018/01/26/how-much-does-bds-threaten-israels-economy/

Michael Barak, “’The New Balfour Declaration:’ Trump’‎s Speech as Reflected in Palestinian Discourse,” Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies, December 2017. https://www.wsj.com/articles/hezbollah-has-destroyed-the-lebanon-i-once-knew-1517175520

Heidi Basch-Harod, “#Ana Kaman [the effect of the #MeToo movement on the Middle East],” Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies, January 10, 2018.  https://dayan.org/content/anakaman

Brian Blum, “Israeli Auto-Tech, Robotics, Photonics Light up Las Vegas,” Jerusalem Post, January 15, 2018.  http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Israeli-auto-tech-robotics-photonics-light-up-Las-Vegas-536828

Nir Boms and Shayan Arya “The Unraveling Islamic Republic,” US News and World Report, January 18, 2018. https://www.usnews.com/opinion/world-report/articles/2018-01-18/iran-is-crumbling-from-the-inside?src=usn_fb

Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak, “The Unity of Jerusalem in the Shadow of Corruption Charges” Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies, December 2017.  https://dayan.org/content/unity-jerusalem-shadow-corruption-charges

James M. Dorsey, “Iranian Protests Reveal Leadership Fault Lines in the Muslim World,” BESA Center, January 16, 2018. https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/iranian-protests-leadership-fault-lines-muslim-world/

Michael Eisenstat, “Regional Pushback, Nuclear Rollback A Comprehensive Strategy for an Iran in Turmoil,” The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, January 2018. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/regional-pushback-nuclear-rollback-a-comprehensive-strategy-for-an-iran-in

Florence Fabricant, “Eyal Shani, an Israeli Celebrity Chef, Makes His New York Debut,” New York Times, January 8, 2018. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/08/dining/eyal-shani-miznon-restaurant-nyc.html

Maj. Gen. (res.) Gershon Hacohen, “Religion in the IDF: The Struggle over Israeli Public Space,” BESA Center, January 22, 2018. https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/idf-religion/

Peter Huessy, “Will the Mullahs’ Missiles Backfire?” BESA Center, January 26, 2018. https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/ballistic-missiles-iran/

i24News Staff, “Record-breaking 3.6 million tourists visited Israel in 2017,” i24News, January 2, 2018. http://www.i24news.tv/en/news/israel/164187-180102-record-breaking-3-6-million-tourists-visited-israel-in-2017

INSS Staff, “Now is Not the Time to Withdraw from the Nuclear Agreement, Rather, the Time to Demand its Full Implementation,” INSS, January 11, 2018. http://www.inss.org.il/publication/now-not-time-withdraw-nuclear-agreement-rather-time-demand-full-implementation/

Avi Issacharoff, “As [Gaza] economy crumbles and with ‘nothing to lose,’ war in Gaza grows likely,” Times of Israel, January 4, 2018. https://www.timesofisrael.com/as-economy-crumbles-and-with-nothing-to-lose-war-in-gaza-grows-likely/

Jewish News Syndicate, “Israel’s Annual Exports Expected to Pass $100 Billion for First Time,” The Algemeiner, January 4, 2018. https://www.algemeiner.com/2018/01/04/israels-annual-exports-expected-to-pass-100-billion-for-first-time/

Debra Kamin, “New generation of Arabic-singing Israelis move charts,” al-Monitor, January 2, 2018. https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2018/01/arabic-singing-israelis-move-charts.html

Efraim Karsh,  “Turks and Arabs Welcomed the Balfour Declaration “A Jewish National Home,” 100 Years On,” Middle East Quarterly, Winter 2017, http://www.meforum.org/6991/turks-arabs-welcomed-the-balfour-declaration

Abigail Klein Leichman, “7 Israeli Singer to Watch in 2018,” Jerusalem Post and Israel21c, January 10, 2018. http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Culture/7-Israeli-singers-to-watch-in-2018-533415

Abigail Klein Leichman, “Why Israel rocks at commercializing academic innovations,” Israel21c, January 18, 2018. https://www.israel21c.org/why-israel-rocks-at-commercializing-academic-innovations/

Lifeway Research, “Evangelical Attitudes Toward Israel Research Study Evangelical Attitudes Towards Israel and the Peace Process,” Lifeway Research, December 2017 (full survey). http://lifewayresearch.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Evangelical-Attitudes-Toward-Israel-Research-Study-Report.pdf

Lifeway Research, “Support of Israel Wanes Among Younger Evangelicals,” Lifeway Research December 4, 2017. http://lifewayresearch.com/2017/12/04/support-of-israel-among-younger-evangelicals/

Shalom Lipner, “Forget the ultimate deal. The Mideast needs the status quo.” Brookings Institute, January 24, 2018. https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2018/01/24/forget-the-ultimate-deal-the-mideast-needs-the-status-quo/

David Makovsky, “Abbas Still Faces Unattractive Alternatives to Peacemaking,” The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, January 16, 2018. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/abbas-still-faces-unattractive-alternatives-to-peacemaking

Grigory Melamedov, “Russia’s Entrenchment in Syria Moscow’s Middle East Resurgence,” The Middle East Quarterly, Winter 2018. http://www.meforum.org/7058/russia-entrenchment-in-syria

Mohamed Mokhtar Qandil, “How Terrorist Groups Use Jerusalem,” The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, January 25, 2018. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/fikraforum/view/how-terrorist-groups-use-jerusalem

Magnus Norell, “Is there a Coherent EU Policy Towards the Iran Crisis?” The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, January 5, 2018. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/fikraforum/view/is-there-a-coherent-eu-policy-towards-the-iranian-crisis

Lt. Col. (res.) Dr. Raphael Ofek, “Egypt’s Nuclear Deal with Russia,” BESA Center, January 8, 2018. https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/egypts-nuclear-deal-russia/

S. Samuel C. Rajiv, “India and Israel: Strategic Partners on the Move,” BESA Center, January 20, 2018. https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/india-israel-strategic-partners/

Paul Rivlin, “What Saudi Arabia, Iran and Tunisia have in common: The Economy, Stupid!” Iqtisadi, January 25 2018. https://dayan.org/content/what-saudi-arabia-iran-and-tunisia-have-common-economy-stupid

Jacob Rosen-Koenigsbuch, “The Islamic Scramble for Jerusalem,” Australian Strategic Policy Institute, January 16, 2018. https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/islamic-scramble-jerusalem/

Robert Satloff, “A Historic Holocaust Awareness Awakening in Saudi Arabia, of All Places,” The Washington Institute for Near East Policy and New York Daily News, January 26, 2018. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/a-historic-holocaust-awareness-awakening-in-saudi-arabia-of-all-places

Pnina Sharvit Baruch, “Implications of the Application of Israeli Sovereignty over Judea and Samaria,” INSS, January 8, 2018. http://www.inss.org.il/publication/implications-application-israeli-sovereignty-judea-samaria/

Mohamed Soliman, “Cairo and the Reconfiguration of the Palestinian Landscape,” The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, November 8, 2017 http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/fikraforum/view/cairo-and-the-reconfiguration-of-the-palestinian-landscape

Eli Sperling and Ken Stein, “Cooperation Continues Between Saudis, Israel,” Atlanta Jewish Times, January 9, 2018. http://atlantajewishtimes.timesofisrael.com/cooperation-continues-between-saudis-israel/

Ken Stein, “Remarks by American Officials on Zionism, Israel, and the US-Israel Relationship, 1947-2018,” January 2018. https://israeled.org/american-officials-zionism-israel-us-israeli-relationship-1947-2018/

Amy Spiro, “[Israeli Film] ‘Foxtrot’ Director: Oscar Snub was Painful,” Jerusalem Post, January 24, 2018. http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Culture/Foxtrot-director-Oscar-snub-was-painful-539697

Rebecca Stadlen Amir, “New nanomedicine could prevent progression of pancreatic cancer,”

Israel21c, January 21, 2018. https://www.israel21c.org/new-nanomedicine-could-prevent-progression-of-pancreatic-cancer/

Amarelle Wenkert, “[Israeli] Lab-Grown Meat Startup SuperMeat Raises $3 Million,” Ctech, January 3, 2018.  https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3728817,00.html

Einat Wilf, “Anti-Feminism and Anti-Zionism,” Tablet, January 9, 2017. http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-news-and-politics/252810/anti-feminism-and-anti-zionism

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

Rania Said Abdalla, “Egypt’s Unfinished Revolution: The Fight for Sexual Equality,” Washington Institute for Near East Studies, December 15, 2017. www.washingtoninstitute.org/fikraforum/view/egypts-unfinished-revolution-the-fight-for-sexual-equality

Al-Ahram Weekly Staff, “Cairo called to intervene: (editorial) Palestinian conciliation is teetering, with little progress made on lauded agreements,” Al-Ahram Weekly, November 30 – 6 December, 2017. http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/News/23122.aspx

Abdulrahman al-Rashid, “Palestinian-Israeli Conflict and Iranian Complicity,” Al-‘Arabiya, December 9, 2017, https://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/news/middle-east/2017/12/09/The-Palestinian-Israeli-conflict-.html

Noa Amouyal, “Israel’s Groundbreaking Water Technology Exported Worldwide,” Jerusalem Post, December 12, 2017. http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Israels-groundbreaking-water-technology-exported-worldwide-517848

Nastassia Arendse, “Israeli entrepreneurship, innovation and green technology (Israel and South Africa),” Moneyweb South Africa, December 6, 2017. https://www.moneyweb.co.za/moneyweb-radio/israeli-entrepreneurship-innovation-and-green-technology/

Raphael Arens, “UN defies Trump, rejects US recognition of Jerusalem as Israeli capital by 128-9,” Times of Israel, December 21, 2017. https://www.timesofisrael.com/un-nations-defy-trump-and-pass-jerusalem-resolution-with-large-majority/

Muriel Assenberg, “Syria’s Reconstruction Scramble: In a Game Fraught with Political Risk, Europe Should Aim for Long-term Stabilization,” SWP Berlin, December 2017. https://www.swp-berlin.org/en/publication/syrias-reconstruction-scramble/

Emil Avdliani, “Iran and the New Land Corridor,” BESA Center, December 19, 2017. https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/iran-land-corridor/

Rami Aziz, “Jerusalem as the Capital of Israel…Why Wonder?” Washington Institute for Near East Studies, December 21, 2017. www.washingtoninstitute.org/fikraforum/view/jerusalem-as-the-capital-of-israelwhy-wonder

Rauf Baker, “Syria’s Sunni Arabs and Israel: The War’s Silver Lining?” BESA Center, December 13, 2017. https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/sunni-syria-israel/

Avinoam Bar-Yosef, “Jerusalem and the Jewish People: Unity and Division,” The Jewish People Policy Institute, Jerusalem 2017. http://jppi.org.il/new/en/article/jerusalem/toc/english-foreword/#.WkdlAd-nGUk

Nathalie Boehler, “A walk through south Tel Aviv to discover the Afro-Israeli rhythm,” i24News, December 17, 2017. https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/israel/society/162898-171217-the-afro-israeli-rhythm-of-south-tel-aviv

Harel Chorev-Halewa, “The Wave of Lone Wolf Attacks in Israel (Oct. 2015 – Sep. 2016) and Palestinian Social Media,” Moshe Dayan Center, December 31, 2017. https://dayan.org/content/wave-lone-wolf-attacks-israel-oct-2015-–-sep-2016-and-palestinian-social-media-0

Haisam Hassanein, “Arabs Must Accept Jerusalem’s Status,” New York Daily News, December 10, 2017. Republished at http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/arabs-must-accept-jerusalems-status

James M. Dorsey, “Transition in the Middle East: Transition to What?” BESA Center, December 13, 2017. https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/transition-middle-east/

Itamar Eichner, “Despite PM’s foreign trips, Israel remains nearly isolated in UN,” Ynet News, December 27, 2017. https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5062106,00.html

Daniel K. Eisenbud, “Archeology in Israel as a Political Weapon,” Jerusalem Post, December 4, 2017. http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Archeology-in-Israel-as-a-political-weapon-515922

Oded Eran, “The Recognition of Jerusalem as the Capital of Israel,” INSS, December 13, 2017. http://www.inss.org.il/publication/recognition-jerusalem-capital-israel/?offset=6&posts=1004&type=399

Seth J. Frantzman, “Twitter War Over Israel’s Hummus ‘Cultural Genocide,’” Jerusalem Post, December 27, 2017. http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Culture/Twitter-war-over-Israels-cultural-genocide-of-hummus-520162

Brandon Friedman, “Victory in Iraq and Syria?” Moshe Dayan Center, December 13, 2017.   https://dayan.org/content/victory-iraq-and-syria

Hillel Frisch, “Assessing the Islamic World’s Ho-Hum Response to Trump’s Jerusalem Declaration,” BESA Center, December 28, 2017. https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/assessing-islamic-worlds-ho-hum-response-trumps-jerusalem-declaration/

Jennifer Greenburg, “Ethiopian-Israeli Singer Tells His Personal Story and that of a Culture,” Jerusalem Post, December 16, 2017. http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Culture/Ethiopian-Israeli-singer-tells-his-personal-story-and-that-of-a-culture-518220

Caroline Glick, “Trump’s great gifts to Israel and America,” Jerusalem Post, December 8, 2017. http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Our-World-Trumps-great-and-ingenious-gifts-517417

Maj. Gen. (res.) Gershon Hacohen, “Fatah-Hamas Reconciliation: Resistance as an Expression of Faith,” BESA Center, December 5, 2017. https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/fatah-hamas-reconciliation/

Azeem Ibrahim, “How Obama’s Iran policy strengthened Hezbollah,” Al-Arabiya, December 29, 2017. https://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/2017/12/29/How-Obama-s-Iran-policy-strengthened-Hezbollah.html

Jerusalem Post Staff, “Economic Allies: The US and Israel’s Top Partnerships,” Jerusalem Post, December 16, 2017. http://www.jpost.com/Business-and-Innovation/Jpost-Tech/Economic-allies-The-US-and-Israels-top-partnerships-517145

Debra Kamin, “Israel Government Steers Drive to Bring in Bollywood Shoots,” Variety, December 8, 2017. http://variety.com/2017/film/features/israel-india-filming-location-bollywood-west-1202633933/

Abigail Klein Leichman, “Light and water flow to rural Africa due to Israeli tech,” Israel21c, December 17, 2017. https://www.israel21c.org/light-and-water-flow-to-rural-africa-due-to-israeli-tech/

Martin Kramer, “The Fantasy of an International Jerusalem [look back 100 years ago],” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, December 28, 2017. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/the-fantasy-of-an-international-jerusalem

Yaakov Lappin, “Iron Dome Goes Naval to Defend Gas Rigs,” BESA Center, December 20, 2017. https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/naval-iron-dome/

Yaakov Lappin, “War Prevention: A Top IDF Goal,” BESA Center, December 18, 2017. https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/war-prevention-top-idf-goal/

Walter Laqueur, “The Many Lives of “The Protocols of the Elders of Zion,” Mosaic, December 2017. https://mosaicmagazine.com/essay/2017/12/the-many-lives-of-the-protocols-of-the-elders-of-zion/

Shalom Lipner, “5 reasons the Palestinian reaction to Trump’s Jerusalem announcement has been relatively quiet,” Brookings Institute, December 22, 2017. https://www.brookings.edu/blog/markaz/2017/12/22/5-reasons-the-palestinian-reaction-to-trumps-jerusalem-announcement-has-been-relatively-quiet/

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

Michal Raz-Chaimovich, “Record 3.6m tourists visit Israel in 2017,” Globes, December 27, 2017. www.globes.co.il/en/article-record-36m-tourists-visit-israel-in-2017-1001217309

Paul Rivlin, “What’s happening in the Oil Markets?” Moshe Dayan Center, December 25, 2017. https://dayan.org/content/whats-happening-oil-markets

Arik Rudnitsky and Itamar Radai, “Citizenship, Identity and Political Participation: Measuring the Attitudes of the Arab Citizens in Israel,” Moshe Dayan Center, December 27, 2017.  https://dayan.org/content/citizenship-identity-and-political-participation-measuring-attitudes-arab-citizens-israel

Gabi Sabon and Gal Perl Finkel, “Combat Military Service: The Crisis in Motivation,” INSS, December 12, 2017.  www.inss.org.il/publication/combat-military-service-crisis-motivation/?offset=7&posts=1004&type=399

Abdel-Moneim Said, “Arab Soft Power [reform in Arab world needed], Al-Ahram Weekly, November 30 – 6 December, 2017. http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/News/23177.aspx

Shalom Salomon Wald, “India’s Israel Relations, the Middle East and China,” Sino-Israel Global Network and Academic Leadership, 2017.

http://jppi.org.il/new/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Indias-Israel-relations-the-Middle-East-and-China-1.pdf

Robert Satloff, “Mohammed bin Salman Doesn’t Want to Talk About Jerusalem, Washington Institute for Near East Policy, December 14, 2017,  http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/mohammad-bin-salman-doesnt-want-to-talk-about-jerusalem

Pnina Shavit Baruch and Lior Zur, “The ICC: The Flotilla Case is Closed, Settlements and Operation Protective Edge Remain under Examination,” INSS, December 17, 2017. www.inss.org.il/publication/icc-flotilla-case-closed-settlements-operation-protective-edge-remain-examination/?offset=4&posts=1004&type=399

Shoshanna Solomon, “To stay credible as free economy, Israel must swallow Teva’s bitter pill,” Times of Israel, December 18, 2017. https://www.timesofisrael.com/to-stay-credible-as-free-economy-israel-must-swallow-tevas-bitter-pill/

Amy Spiro, “A dramatic, action packed 2018: Hollywood will be taking on at least four thrilling Mossad operations in films slated for next year,” Jerusalem Post, December 26, 2017. http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Culture/A-dramatic-action-packed-2018-520083

Kenneth W. Stein, “Trump’s Recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital has merit,” Center for Israel Education, December 13, 2017, https://israeled.org/trump-recognition-jerusalem-israels-capital/

Amos Yadlin and Avner Golov, “The Need for an Israeli-American Dialogue in Light of the “America First” Strategy,” INSS, December 22, 2017.  www.inss.org.il/publication/need-israeli-american-dialogue-light-america-first-strategy/?offset=3&posts=1004&type=399

Roie Yellnik, “Trump’s Recognition of Jerusalem: The View from Beijing,” BESA Center, December 27, 2017. https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/trumps-recognition-jerusalem-view-from-beijing/

Tamara Zieve, “Veganism set to Top Culinary Trends of 2018, with Israel at the Helm,” Jerusalem Post, December 26, 2017. http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Culture/Veganism-set-to-top-culinary-trends-of-2018-with-Israel-at-the-helm-520093

Raz Zimmt, “Shifting to the Right? President Rouhani Distances Himself from his Reformist Supporters,” INSS, December 26, 2017. www.inss.org.il/publication/shifting-right-president-rouhani-distances-reformist-supporters/?offset=2&posts=1004&type=399

 

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

Adam Abrams, “Israeli Economy Flexes its Muscle: Shekel Deemed World’s 2nd-Strongest Currency,” Algemeiner, November 15, 2017.https://www.algemeiner.com/2017/11/15/israeli-economy-flexes-its-muscle-shekel-deemed-worlds-2nd-strongest-currency/

Aymenn Jawad al-Tamimi, “The U.S. Must Rethink its Yemen Policy,” Middle East Forum, November 24, 2017.  http://www.meforum.org/7038/us-must-rethink-yemen-policy

Muriel Asseburg, “The Fatah-Hamas Reconciliation Agreement of October 2017,” Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik Berlin, November 2017. https://www.swp-berlin.org/fileadmin/contents/products/comments/2017C44_ass.pdf

Michael Barak, “The Demise of Islamism in Egypt? – The Dissolution of al-Gamaʿa al-Islamiyya’s ‘Building and Development’ Party,” Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies, November 17, 2017. http://dayan.org/content/demise-islamism-egypt-dissolution-al-gamaʿa-al-islamiyya’s-building-and-development-party  

Ron Ben Yishai, “The real Iranian threat on Israel’s northern borders,” Y-Net News, November 16, 2017. https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5043700,00.html

Howard Blum, “What Trump Really Told Kislyak After Comey was Canned [Israeli sources compromised?,]” Vanity Fair, November 22, 2017. https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/11/trump-intel-slip

Yohanan Branski, “Integrating without Changing: Military Service as a Catalyst for Haredi Integration in Israeli Society,” Jerusalem Institute for Strategic Studies, October 31, 2017. http://jiss.org.il/en/haredi-integration/

Ben Brantley, “Review: ‘The Band’s Visit’ is a Ravishing Musical that Whispers with Romance,” New York Times, November 9, 2017. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/09/theater/the-bands-visit-review-broadway-tony-shalhoub.html

Richard L. Cravatts, “Normalizing Anti-Semitism on Campus,” Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, November 12, 2017. https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/campus-antisemitism/

Udi Dekel and Zvi Magen, “Israel’s Red Lines on Iran’s Foothold in Syria,” INSS, November 22, 2017. http://www.inss.org.il/publication/israels-red-lines-irans-foothold-syria/

James M. Dorsey, “As Saudi Arabia Reels, the Middle East will Only Get Worse,” Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, November 10, 2017. https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/saudi-arabia-arrests-reform/

Meir Elran, Muhammaed Abu Nasra, Eran Yashiv, Morsi Abu Moche, “Two Years into the Five-Year Plan for Economic Development of the Arabs in Israel,” INSS, November 23, 2017. http://www.inss.org.il/publication/two-years-five-year-plan-economic-development-arabs-israel/?offset=2&posts=995

Oded Eran, “Will Changes in Riyadh lead to new era in Israel-Saudi relations,” Ynet News, November 10, 2017. https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5040673,00.html

Sarah Feuer (ed.), Beyond Islamists and Autocrats Prospects for Political Reform Post Arab Spring, a compiled series, introduction with chapters Overview, Tunisia, Morocco, Algeria, Bahrain, Lebanon, Iraq, Yemen, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Libya, Palestinians, Syria , Kuwait, and Conclusion. Washington Institute for Near East Policy, November 2017. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/beyond-islamists-and-autocrats-prospects-for-political-reform-post-arab-spr

Alex Fishman, “Why Russia must take Israel’s interests into account [in Syria],” Ynet News, November 22, 2017.  https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5046414,00.html

Yaron Friedman, “Why is Saudi Arabia so determined to destroy Hezbollah,” Ynet News, November 12, 2017. https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5041615,00.html

Yaron Friedman, “Iranian military force taking shape right under Israel’s nose,” Ynet News, November 14, 2017. https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5042133,00.html

Hanin Ghaddar, “Lebanon’s Prime Minister Resigns: What Next? Washington Institute for Near East Policy, November 6, 2017. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/lebanons-prime-minister-resigns-whats-next

Jessica Halfin, “Jewish Israeli songster cuts first album-all in Arabic,” Israel 21C, November 23, 2017. https://www.israel21c.org/jewish-israeli-songster-cuts-first-album-all-in-arabic/

Simon Henderson, “How the War in Yemen Explains the Future of Saudi Arabia,” The Atlantic, November 8, 2017. https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2017/11/saudi-arabia-iran-yemen-houthi-salman/545336/

Tamar Herman, “IDF Report Card – The Israelis Still believe that the IDF should be the People’s Army and Want Ultra-orthodox People to Enlist,” Israel Democracy Institute, November 8, 2017. https://en.idi.org.il/articles/18949

Aymenn Jawad al-Tamimi, “Should the U.S. Military Stay in Syria after ISIS?” Middle East Quarterly, Fall 2017. www.meforum.org/7050/should-us-military-stay-in-syria-after-isis

Alex Joffe, “Palestinians and Internationalization: Means and Ends,” Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, November 26, 2017.https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/palestinians-internationalization-means-ends/

Efraim Karsh, “Arabs and Turks Welcomed the Balfour Declaration,” Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, November 8, 2017. https://besacenter.org/mideast-security-and-policy-studies/arabs-turks-balfour-declaration/

Mordechai Kedar, “The Ten Commandments for Israeli negotiations with Saudi Arabia,” Arutz Sheva, November 20, 2017. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/Articles/Article.aspx/21287

Isabel Kershner, “Sabbath Railway Work in Israel Shakes Netanyahu’s Coalition,” New York Times, November 26, 2017. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/26/world/middleeast/israel-government-benjamin-netanyahu.html?_r=0

Hilal Khashan, “For Saudi Arabia, All Politics Is Local,” Middle East Quarterly, Fall 2017. www.meforum.org/7035/for-saudi-arabia-all-politics-is-local

Rachel Khong, “Why Modern Israeli Food is America’s New Favorite Cuisine,” Thrillist, November 6, 2017. https://www.thrillist.com/eat/nation/israeli-food-americans

Martin Kramer, “Who Saved Israel in 1947? [Stalin],” Mosaic, November 2017. https://mosaicmagazine.com/essay/2017/11/who-saved-israel-in-1947/

Martin Kramer, “Why the 1947 UN Partition Resolution Must Be Celebrated,” Mosaic, November 2017. https://mosaicmagazine.com/response/2017/11/the-un-partition-vote-in-november-1947-was-important-but-not-crucial/

Yaakov Lappin, “With Iran on Its Doorstep, Israel Quietly Readies Game-Changing Air Power, Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, November 21, 2017.  https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/iran-doorstep-israel-readies-air-power/

Eran Lerman, “Israeli Sovereignty in Jerusalem as a Key to Regional Stability,” The Jerusalem Institute for Strategic Studies, October 31, 2017. http://jiss.org.il/en/lerman-israels-sovereign-status-jerusalem-key-regional-stability/

David Makovsky, “When International Guarantees Utterly Failed,” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, May 4, 2017. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/when-international-guarantees-utterly-failed

Ahmad Majidyar, “After ISIS, Fatemiyoun Vows to Fight with “Axis of Resistance” to Destroy Israel,” Middle East Institute, November 22, 2017. http://www.mei.edu/content/article/io/after-isis-fatemiyoun-vows-fight-axis-resistance-destroy-israel

David Makovsky and Dennis Ross, “Toward A New Paradigm for Addressing The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict,” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, January 2017.   http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/uploads/Documents/pubs/Transition2017-MEPP.pdf

Thomas R. McCabe, “Are Returning Jihadists a Major Threat? Jihad in the West,” Middle East Quarterly, Fall 2017. www.meforum.org/6895/are-returning-jihadists-a-major-threat

Obi Michael, Omer Dostri, “Destroying the Tunnel: Preserving Deterrence while Preventing Escalatation,” INSS, November 9, 2017. http://www.inss.org.il/publication/destroying-tunnel-preserving-deterrence-preventing-escalation/?offset=6&posts=995

Michał Prawdzik, “The Iran – Russia Nexus Development of Bilateral Relations (2012-2017),” Deutsches Orient Institut, April 2017. http://www.deutsche-orient-stiftung.de/index.php/en/publications/studien/cat_view/165-dos/166-publikationen/168-doi-kurzanalysen?orderby=dmdate_published&ascdesc=DESC&limitstart=0

Paul Rivlin, “The Saudi Sheikh Up,” Moshe Dayan Center, November 27, 2017. http://dayan.org/content/saudi-sheikh

Arik Rudnitzky, “The Palestinian Arabs in Israel: Reconceptualizing the Past,” Moshe Dayan Center, October 30, 2017. http://dayan.org/content/palestinian-arabs-israel-reconceptualizing-past-0

Arik Rudnitzky, “The National Stream and the Jewish State: A Picture of the Current Situation (with Israel’s Arab population),” Moshe Dayan Center, October 15, 2017. http://dayan.org/content/national-stream-and-jewish-state-picture-current-situation

Abdel-Moneim Said, “Realities on the Ground (two states will come),” Al-Ahram Weekly, October 26-November 1, 2017. http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/News/22804.aspx

Liza Schoenfein, “In Search of Israeli Cuisine? Now You Can Find it on Netflix,” Forward, November 1, 2017. https://forward.com/food/386695/in-search-of-israeli-cuisine-now-you-can-find-it-on-netflix/

Wolfgang G. Schwanitz, “The “Ottoman Balfour Declaration” “A Jewish National Home,” 100 Years On,” Middle East Quarterly, Fall 2017. www.meforum.org/7017/the-ottoman-balfour-declaration

Eldad Shavit and Yoel Guzansky, “The Hariri Resignation:  Lebanon in the Shadow of the Saudi-Iranian Conflict, INSS, November 6, 2017. http://www.inss.org.il/publication/hariri-resignation-lebanon-shadow-saudi-iranian-conflict/

Shoshanna Solomon, “Israel paves way to boost energy ties to Africa,” Times of Israel, November 28, 2017. https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-paves-way-to-boost-energy-ties-to-africa/

Eli Sperling, “[Israeli] Music Showcase Highlights Jewish Cultural Traditions,” Atlanta Jewish Times, November 28, 2017. http://atlantajewishtimes.timesofisrael.com/music-showcase-highlights-jewish-cultural-traditions/

Jonathan Spyer, “Tehran is Winning the War for Control of the Middle East,” Foreign Policy, November 21, 2017.  http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/11/21/tehran-is-winning-the-war-for-control-of-the-middle-east-saudi-arabia/

Sheetal Srivastava, “Israeli technology to transform Indian agriculture,” Economic Times, November 22, 2017. https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/internet/israeli-technology-to-transform-indian-agriculture/articleshow/61752914.cms

Ken Stein, “Sadat’s Leadership Included the Jerusalem Visit,” Times of Israel, November 21, 2017. http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/sadats-leadership-included-the-jerusalem-visit-2/

Timeout Staff, “Five questions with Ethiopian-Israeli musician Abae Barihun,” Timeout, November 21, 2017. https://www.timeout.com/israel/blog/five-questions-with-ethiopian-israeli-musician-abate-barihun-112117

Dr. George N. Tzogopoulos, “AFD: A New Hurdle in the German-Israeli Relationship?” Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, November 28, 2017.https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/afd-germany-israel-antisemitism/

Moshe Ya’alon, “United States Policy in the Middle East: The Need for a Grand Strategy,” INSS, November 28, 2017.  http://www.inss.org.il/publication/united-states-policy-middle-east-need-grand-strategy/?offset=0&posts=995

Amos Yadlin, Yoel Guzansky, “Saudi Arabia in an Accelerated and Risky Process of Transformation,” INSS, November 14, 2017. http://www.inss.org.il/publication/saudi-arabia-accelerated-risky-process-transformation/?offset=5&posts=995

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

Gwen Ackerman, “In Israel Ultra-Orthodox Women Emerge as Tech Entrepreneurs,” Bloomberg, October 16, 2017. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-10-17/in-israel-ultra-orthodox-women-emerge-as-tech-entrepreneurs

Raphael Ahren, “UNESCO-Affiliated Scholars Slam Agency’s Anti-Israel Bias, Plead for Rethink,” The Times of Israel, October 22, 2017. https://www.timesofisrael.com/unesco-affiliated-scholars-slam-agencys-anti-israel-bias-plead-for-rethink/

David Albright, “Confronting the Full Range of Iranian Threats,” Institute for Science and International Security testimony to House Foreign Affairs Committee, October 11, 2017. http://docs.house.gov/meetings/FA/FA00/20171011/106500/HHRG-115-FA00-Wstate-AlbrightD-20171011.pdf

Dan Arbell, “The Domestic Considerations Behind Israel’s Support of Iran Deal de-certification,” Brookings, October 13, 2017. https://www.brookings.edu/blog/markaz/2017/10/13/the-domestic-considerations-behind-israels-support-of-iran-deal-de-certification/

Ami Ayalon, Gilad Sher, Orni Petruschka, “Fatah-Hamas reconciliation: Both challenge and opportunity,” Y-Net, October 19, 2017. https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5030871,00.html

Nahum Barnea, “Trump’s Iran strategy presents new kind of challenge for Israel, Y-Net, October 15, 2017. https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5028415,00.html

Yoni Ben Menachem, “A Fatah-Hamas Reconciliation. Has Anything Changed?”

Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, October 3, 2017. http://jcpa.org/publication/jerusalem-issue-briefs/

Ron Ben-Yishai, “Intentional Syrian fire aimed at deterring Israel without waging war,” Y-Net, October 23, 2017. https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5032357,00.html

Eyal Bino, “Introducing the New Generation of Israeli VC,” Forbes, October 3, 2017. https://www.forbes.com/sites/eyalbino/2017/10/03/introducing-the-new-generation-of-isaeli-vc/#bf2085bcc0bc

Shlomo Brom, “The New Reconciliation Agreement: A Turning Point in the Palestinian Arena?,” INSS, October 17, 2017. http://www.inss.org.il/publication/new-reconciliation-agreement-turning-point-palestinian-arena/?offset=6&posts=986&type=399

Omer Carmi, “Deconstructing and Countering the Iran Threat Network,” The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, October 2017. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy analysis/view/deconstructing-and-countering-irans-threat-network

Udi Dekel and Carmit Valensi, “The Iranian Threat in Syria: As Bad as It Seems,” INSS, August 23, 2017. http://www.inss.org.il/publication/iranian-threat-syria-bad-seems/

Khaled Elgindy, “What’s different about the latest Palestinian reconciliation effort?” Brookings, October 9, 2017. https://www.brookings.edu/blog/markaz/2017/10/09/whats-different-about-the-latest-palestinian-reconciliation-effort/

Shmuel Even, “New Rewards for IDF “Spearhead Fighters” in Mandatory Military Service,” INSS, October 1, 2017. http://www.inss.org.il/publication/new-rewards-idf-spearhead-fighters-mandatory-military-service/?offset=10&posts=986&type=399

Hanin Ghaddar, “Shia Unrest in Hezbollah’s Beirut Stronghold,” Washington
Institute for Near East Policy, October 30, 2017. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/shia-unrest-in-hezbollahs-beirut-stronghold

Jennifer Greenberg, “In the Blink of an Eye,” Jerusalem Post, October 10, 2017. http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Culture/In-the-blink-of-an-eye-507152

Olli Heinonen, Mark Wallace and Philip Gordon, “The President’s Iran Decision: Next Steps,” Testimony to House Foreign Affairs Committee, Middle East Subcommittee Hearing, October 25, 2017. https://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearing/subcommittee-hearing-presidents-iran-decision-next-steps/

Israel 21c Staff, “Israeli capital-raising reaches quarterly record of $1.44b,” Israel 21c, October 25, 2017.https://www.israel21c.org/israeli-capital-raising-reaches-quarterly-record-of-1-44b/

James E. Jeffrey, “Confronting The Full Range of Iranian Threats,” Testimony to House Foreign Affairs Committee, October 11, 2017. http://docs.house.gov/meetings/FA/FA00/20171011/106500/HHRG-115-FA00-Wstate-JeffreyJ-20171011.pdf

Vinay Kaura, “The Dynamics of Saudi-Russian Relations,” BESA Center, October 22, 2017. https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/dynamics-saudi-russian-relations/

Richard Kemp, “Hezbollah’s Terror Army: How to Prevent a Third Lebanon War,” The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, October 27, 2017. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/hezbollahs-terror-army-how-to-prevent-a-third-lebanon-war

Michael Knights, “How to Contain and Roll Back Iranian-Backed Militias,” October 4, 2017, http://docs.house.gov/meetings/FA/FA18/20171004/106468/HHRG-115-FA18-Wstate-KnightsM-20171004.pdf

Shalom Lipner, “Is Trump Ruining the U.S.-Israeli Relationship?” Brookings, October 10, 2017. https://www.brookings.edu/blog/markaz/2017/10/10/is-trump-ruining-the-u-s-israeli-relationship/

Zvi Magen, “King Salman’s Visit to Moscow: Affirmation of Russian Influence in the Middle East,” INSS, October 18, 2017. http://www.inss.org.il/publication/king-salmans-visit-moscow-affirmation-russian-influence-middle-east/?offset=5&posts=986&type=399

David Makovsky, “The U.S. Role in Palestinian Reconciliation: Three Scenarios,” The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, October 20, 2017. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/the-u.s.-role-in-palestinian-reconciliation-three-scenarios

Gil Murciano, “Israel vis-à-vis Iran in Syria: The Perils of Active Containment,” SWP Comments, October 2017. https://www.swp-berlin.org/fileadmin/contents/products/comments/2017C41_mco.pdf

Laurie Mylroie, “Ankara’s Muted Response to the Kurdistan Region’s Independence Referendum and the International and Regional Context,” Dayan Center, October 23, 2017. http://dayan.org/file/20413/download?token=32BnXtfw

David Pollock, “Egyptians Surprisingly Open to Key Trump Policies, New Poll Shows,” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, October 12, 2017, http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/egyptians-surprisingly-open-to-key-trump-policies-new-poll-shows

Kenneth M. Pollack, “Facing the Iranian Challenge in the Middle East: The Role of Iranian-Backed Militias, October 4, 2017, http://docs.house.gov/meetings/FA/FA18/20171004/106468/HHRG-115-FA18-Wstate-PollackK-20171004.pdf

Cathryn Prince, “New York’s Power Plants Now Protected, Using Israel’s Iron Dome Technology,” The Times of Israel, October 29, 2017. https://www.timesofisrael.com/new-yorks-power-plants-now-protected-using-israels-iron-dome-technology/

Eitan Regev, “Get a Degree, Find a Job? Not so Fast,” The Times of Israel, October 23, 2017. http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/get-a-degree-find-a-job-not-so-fast/

Paul Rivlin, “Kurdistan’s Economic Woes,” The Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies, October 30, 2017. http://dayan.org/content/kurdistan-economic-woes

Arik Rudnitzky, “The Palestinian Arabs in Israel: Conceptualizing the Past,” The Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies, September 5, 2017. http://dayan.org/content/palestinian-arabs-israel-reconceptualizing-past-0

Abdel-Momen Said, “Realities on the Ground, (resolution to Palestinian-Israeli Conflict is all but inevitable),” Al Ahram Weekly, October  26 – 1 November 2017. http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/News/22804.aspx

Robert Satloff, “Operation Torch and the Birth of the American Middle East Policy, 75 Years On,” The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, October 9, 2017. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/operation-torch-and-the-birth-of-american-middle-east-policy-75-years-on

Jonathan Schanzer, “Ending America’s Paralyzed Iran Policy,” The Atlantic, October 11, 2017. https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2017/10/iran-nuclear-deal-trump-decertification/542520/

Max Schindler, “Israel Sets up First Hi-Tech Accelerator Program in China,” Jerusalem Post, October 2, 2017. http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Israel-sets-up-first-hi-tech-accelerator-program-in-China-506526

Yaron Schneider, “The Limits of Restraint: Hamas in Gaza and a Confrontation with Israel,” INSS, October 30, 2017. http://www.inss.org.il/publication/limits-restraint-hamas-gaza-confrontation-israel/?offset=0&posts=986&type=399

Yona Schnitzer, “Thousands Flock to Israel’s Largest Independent Music Festival,” The Jewish Voice, October 25, 2017. http://jewishvoiceny.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19416:thousands-flock-to-israel-s-largest-independent-music-festival&catid=107&Itemid=773

Eitan Shamit, “The Source of the ‘Metal Detector Crisis’ on the Temple Mount: Israeli Policy on the Mount as Shaped by Moshe Dayan in 1967,” The Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies, October 2, 2017. http://dayan.org/content/source-metal-detector-crisis-temple-mount-israeli-policy-mount-shaped-moshe-dayan-1967

Kenneth Stein, “Facts Don’t Shake Fixed Views on Israel’s Birth,” Atlanta Jewish Times, October 20, 2017. http://atlantajewishtimes.timesofisrael.com/facts-dont-shake-fixed-views-on-israels-birth/

Jake Sullivan, “Confronting the Full Range of Iranian Threats,” Carnegie Endowment, House Foreign Affairs Committee, October 11, 2017. http://docs.house.gov/meetings/FA/FA00/20171011/106500/HHRG-115-FA00-Wstate-SullivanJ-20171011.pdf

General Charles F. Wald,  “Confronting the Full Range of Iranian Threats,” The Gemunder Center Iran Task Force – The Jewish Institute for National Security of America testimony to House Foreign Affairs Committee, October 11, 2017. http://docs.house.gov/meetings/FA/FA00/20171011/106500/HHRG-115-FA00-Bio-WaldC-20171011.pdf

Bilal Wahab, “Why Israel Is Cheering On Iraqi Kurds’ Push for Independence,” The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, October 4, 2017. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/why-israel-is-cheering-on-iraqi-kurds-push-for-independence

Amos Yadlin and Avner Golov, “Preparing an Alternative Strategy before Withdrawing from the Nuclear Agreement with Iran,” INSS, October 10, 2017. http://www.inss.org.il/publication/preparing-alternative-strategy-withdrawing-nuclear-agreement-iran/

Iyad Zahalka, “A Female Qadi Appointed in the Sharia Court: Religious Law and Public Opinion,” The Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies, September 11, 2017.

http://dayan.org/content/female-qadi-appointed-sharia-court-religious-law-and-public-opinion

Neri Zilber, “Why Israel is Giving Syrians Free Spaghetti (and Health Care), Politico, October 28, 2017, https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/10/28/why-israel-is-providing-thousands-of-syrians-with-humanitarian-aid-215754

Raz Zimmt, “Soul Searching in Iranian Politics: Conservatives and Reformists after the Presidential Elections,” INSS, October 25, 2017. http://www.inss.org.il/publication/soul-searching-iranian-politics-conservatives-reformists-presidential-elections/?offset=2&posts=986&type=399

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

Raphael Ahren, “Urging end to Iran Deal, Netanyahu envisions march of the sanctions,” Times of Israel, September 20, 2017. https://www.timesofisrael.com/urging-end-to-iran-deal-netanyahu-envisions-march-of-the-sanctions/

Alan Baker, “Hijacking the Laws of Occupation,” Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, September 3, 2017. http://jcpa.org/article/hijacking-laws-occupation/

Howard Blas, “Israeli Designer Makes Splash At New York Fashion Week,” Jerusalem Post, September 26, 2017. http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Culture/Israeli-designer-makes-splash-at-New-York-Fashion-Week-506041

Brian Blum, “Valuable lessons to learn from the crash of Better Place,” Israel 21c, September 28, 2017. https://www.israel21c.org/valuable-lessons-to-learn-from-the-crash-of-better-place/

Mordechai Chaziza, “China and the Independent Kurdish State,” Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, September 18, 2017. https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/china-independent-kurdistan/

David Chinitz, “How Israel Got Universal Health Care 20 Years Ago, And Why It’s Working,” Tablet Magazine, September 27. 2017. http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-news-and-politics/245989/israel-universal-health-care

Barry Davis, “A Look Back At The Israeli Rock Group,” Jerusalem Post, September 9, 2017. http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Culture/A-look-back-at-the-Israeli-rock-group-504629

Udi Dekel, Zvi Magen and Sima Shine, “Russia in Syria: Between Iran and Israel,” INSS, September 3, 2017. http://www.inss.org.il/publication/iran-israel-russia-syria/?offset=6&posts=976&type=399

Deutsche-Orient-Stiftung Staff, “DOI-Kurzanalysen (DOI Institute’s Brief Analyses of Middle Eastern Issues),” Deutsche-Orient-Stiftung, http://www.deutsche-orient-stiftung.de/index.php/en/publications/studien/cat_view/165-dos/166-publikationen/168-doi-kurzanalysen?orderby=dmdate_published&ascdesc=DESC

Jonathan Ferziger, “Evangelical Christians Head to Jerusalem to Rally Behind Israel,” Bloomberg, September 19, 2017. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-09-19/zionist-evangelicals-trail-trump-to-holy-land-with-cash-in-hand

Alex Fishman, “Israel’s Missed Opportunity with Sunni States,” Y-Net News, September 13, 2017. https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5016070,00.html

Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib, “Pragmatic Options for Gaza,” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, September 14, 2017. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/fikraforum/view/pragmatic-options-for-gaza

Gabe Friedman, “Cello goddes Maya Beiser wants classical music to rock like Janis Joplin,” Times of Israel, September 7. 2017. https://www.timesofisrael.com/cello-goddess-maya-beiser-wants-classical-music-to-rock-like-janis-joplin/

Shona Ghosh, “‘It’s underhyped’: An investor explains his crazy promise to invest in every Israeli blockchain startup,” Business Insider, September 1, 2017. http://www.businessinsider.com/moshe-hogeg-blockchain-startup-and-ico-interview-2017-8?r=UK&IR=T

Avner Golov and Amos Yadlin, “The Trump-Netanyahu Meeting: An Opportunity for Policy Coordination on Iran in Light of the North Korean Crisis,” INSS, September 14, 2017. http://www.inss.org.il/publication/trump-netanyahu-meeting-opportunity-policy-coordination-iran-light-north-korean-crisis/?offset=5&posts=976&type=399

Jennifer Greenberg, “Infected Mushroom Returns To Israel For Boombox Festival,” Jerusalem Post, September 17. 2017. http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Culture/Get-infected-505343

Judah Ari Gross, “In first, US establishes permanent military base in Israel,” Times of Israel, September 18, 2017. https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-first-us-establishes-permanent-military-base-in-israel/

Alexandra Gutowski, “Israel Completes Largest Exercise in 20 Years Setting Sights on Hezbollah,” Foundation for Defense of Democracy, September 19, 2017. http://www.defenddemocracy.org/media-hit/israel-completes-largest-exercise-in-20-years-setting-sights-on-hezbollah/

Yoel Guzansky, “Saudi Foreign Policy: Change of Direction Required,” INSS, September 26, 2017. http://www.inss.org.il/publication/saudi-foreign-policy-change-direction-required/?offset=3&posts=976&type=399

Gershon Hacohen, “Israeli Identity: What Has Changed This Year?” Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, September 29, 2017. https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/israeli-identity/

Efraim Inbar, “Israel’s Costs vs. Its Benefits The Six-Day War,” Middle East Forum, Summer 2017. http://www.meforum.org/6727/israel-costs-vs-its-benefits

Avi Issacharoff, “Sick of running Gaza, Hamas may be aiming to switch to a Hezbollah-style role,” Times of Israel, October 1, 2017. https://www.timesofisrael.com/sick-of-running-gaza-hamas-may-be-aiming-to-switch-to-a-hezbollah-style-role/

Dorn Itzchakov, “Iran and the Kurdish Challenge,” Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, September 30, 2017. https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/iran-kurdish-challenge/

The Jewish People Policy Institute, Annual Assessment “The Situation and Dynamics of the Jewish People,” The Jewish People Policy Institute, September 2017. http://jppi.org.il/new/wp-content/uploads/2017/JPPIAA2017.pdf

Alex Joffe, “Palestinian Settler-Colonialism,” Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, September 3, 2017. https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/palestinians-settlers-colonialism/

Abigail Leichman, “Fruit fly ‘Iron Dome’ for the farmers of India,” Israel 21c, September 3, 2017. https://www.israel21c.org/fruit-fly-iron-dome-for-the-farmers-of-india/

Gilad Malach and Yohanan Plesner, “Supreme Court Strikes Down ultra-Orthodox Exemption From Military,” Israel Democracy Institute, September 13, 2017. https://en.idi.org.il/press-releases/18699

Ahmad Majidyar, “Iran Rejects Kurdish Vote, Threatens to Punish Erbil over “Israel Project,” Middle East Institute, September 27, 2017, http://www.mei.edu/content/article/io/iran-rejects-kurdish-vote-threatens-punish-erbil-over-israeli-plot

Suzanne Maloney, “The Roots and evolution of Iran’s Regional Strategy,” The Brookings Center for Middle East Policy, September 2017, http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/publications/issue-briefs/the-roots-drivers-and-evolution-of-iran-s-regional-strategy

Kobi Michael, Liran Ofek and Gilead Sher, “Hamas: Toward Palestinian Reconciliation, or Abdication of Government Responsibility?” INSS, September 24, 2017. http://www.inss.org.il/publication/hamas-toward-palestinian-reconciliation-abdication-governmental-responsibility/?offset=4&posts=976&type=399

Joan Nathan, “An Israeli Chef Looks to the Landscape,” New York Times, September 8, 2017. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/08/dining/israel-cuisine-erez-komarovsky.html

Rotem Oreg and Daniel Shapiro, “‘Unite the Right’ Divides the Jews: Charlottesville and Relations between American Jewry and Israel,” INSS, August 31, 2017. http://www.inss.org.il/publication/unite-right-divides-jews-charlottesville-relations-american-jewry-israel/

David Pollock, “Jerusalem Palestinian Poll Shows How Events Shift Attitudes Sharply Pro and Con,” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, September 5, 2017. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/fikraforum/view/jerusalem-palestinian-poll-shows-how-events-shift-attitudes-sharply-pro-and

Maxim Reider, “Made in Israel,” Jerusalem Post, September 18, 2017. http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Made-in-Israel-505405

Gideon Sa’ar and Ron Tira, “Political and Military Contours of the Next Conflict with Hezbollah,” INSS, Vol 20, No 2, July 2017. http://www.inss.org.il/publication/political-military-contours-next-conflict-hezbollah/?offset=4&posts=20&type=401

Ceng Sagnic, “Turkey-KRG Relations Revisited: Potential for Crises,” Moshe Dayan Center, Vol 1, No 11, September 2017. http://dayan.org/content/turkey-krg-relations-revisited-potential-crises

Michael Segall, “Iran and Hamas Reconnect,” Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, September 25, 2017. http://jcpa.org/article/iran-hamas-reconnect/

Shoshanna Solomon, “Windy City seeks deeper ties with Startup Nation on technology,” Times of Israel, September , 2017. https://www.timesofisrael.com/windy-city-seeks-deeper-ties-with-startup-nation-on-technology/

Amy Spiro, “Israeli Restaurant in London Ranked No. 1,” Jerusalem Post, September 10, 2017. http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Culture/Israeli-restaurant-in-London-ranked-no-1-504725

Jonathan Spyer, “Israel Prepares for War in Syria against Iran,” Middle East Forum, September 28, 2017. http://www.meforum.org/6946/israel-prepares-for-war-in-syria-against-iran

Toi Staff, “Government has no plans to close aging Dimona nuclear facility,” Times of Israel, September 19, 2017. https://www.timesofisrael.com/government-has-no-plans-to-close-aging-dimona-nuclear-facility/

Ken Stein, “Zionism and Israel Are Pro-Choice: Embrace Them Both,” Center for Israel Education, September 15, 2017. https://israeled.org/zionism-israel-pro-choice-embrace/

Alon Tal, “Racing Toward Disaster: Israel’s Unstable Population Bomb,” Jerusalem Post, September 24, 2017. http://www.jpost.com/Jerusalem-Report/Racing-toward-disaster-Israels-unsustainable-population-bomb-504249

Bhok Thompson, “IKEA catches on to insect protein for food,” Green Prophet, September 13, 2017. https://www.greenprophet.com/2017/09/ikea-catches-on-to-insect-protein-for-food/

Ronan Zeidel, “The Islamic State (Da’ esh) after the Liberation of Mosul,” Moshe Dayan Center, Vol 11, No 15, September 13, 2017. http://dayan.org/content/islamic-state-da%CA%BFesh-after-liberation-mosul

Steven Zeitchik, “‘Foxtrot’ Swept the Israeli Academy Awards. Here’s why it’s controversial,” Los Angeles Times, September 19, 2017. http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-foxtrot-israel-controversy-20170919-story.html

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

Hussein Agha and Ahmad Samih Khalidi, “The End of this Road: The Decline of the Palestinian National Movement,” The New Yorker, August 6, 2017.  http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/the-end-of-this-road-the-decline-of-the-palestinian-national-movement

Maj. Gen. (res.) Yaakov Amidror, “Beware Media Fear-Mongering,” The Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, August 27, 2017. https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/media-fear-mongering/

Inbal Arieli, “How the IDF helps Israeli teens reinvent themselves,” Israel21c, August 22, 2017. https://www.israel21c.org/how-israels-army-helps-teens-reinvent-themselves/

Fabrice Balanche, “The Race for Deir al-Zour Province,” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, August 17, 2017. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/the-race-for-deir-al-zour-province

Reuven Berko, “Exploiting Islam,” Israel HaYom, August 17, 2017. http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_opinion.php?id=19699

Brian Blum, “10 of the hottest self-driving technologies from Israel,” Israel21c, August 10, 2017. https://www.israel21c.org/10-of-the-hottest-autonomous-driving-technologies-from-israel/

Dr. Barak Bouks, “The Hezbollah-Fath al-Sham Ceasefire: A New Regional Equilibrium?” BESA Center, August 31, 2017. https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/hezbollah-syria-ceasefire/

Ben Caspit, “F-35 offers Israel ‘entire Middle East’ from the cockpit,” Al-Monitor, August 30, 2017. http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2017/08/israel-f-35-jets-security-idf-air-force-aerial-superiority.html

Udi Dekel, Gabi Siboni, and Omer Einav (editors), “The Quiet Decade: In the Aftermath of the Second Lebanon War, 2006-2016,” INSS, August 2017. http://www.inss.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/memo167_6.pdf

Ben Dror Yemini. “Turning a blind eye to extreme Right or Left anti-Semitism,” Y-Net News, August 22, 2017, http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5006503,00.html

Mark Dubowitz and Mike Gallagher, “Averting a Third Lebanon War,” Wall Street Journal, August 1, 2017. https://www.wsj.com/articles/averting-a-third-lebanon-war-1501615194

Economist Staff, “Israel has a gas conundrum,” Economist, August 17, 2017. https://www.economist.com/news/middle-east-and-africa/21726744-egypt-could-help-israel-get-rid-its-excess-gas-israel-has-gas-conundrum

Dan Feferman and Shmuel Rosner, “Putting the Kotel Decision in Context –Implications and Steps Forward,” The Jewish People Policy Institute,” August 24, 2017. http://jppi.org.il/new/en/article/english-putting-the-kotel-decision-in-context/#.WaVZZ8iGOUk

Caroline Glick, “The Strategic Case for Kurdistan,” Jerusalem Post, August 31, 2017. http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/The-strategic-case-for-Kurdistan-503922

Major Gen Gershon Hacohen, “Why National Leaders Go Against Expert Advice (Temple Mount),” The Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, August 24, 2017. https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/leadership-advice/

Haisam Hassanein, “A Beauty Queen Helps Israel’s Egyptian Community Find Its Voice,” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, August 16, 2017. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/a-beauty-queen-helps-israels-egyptian-community-find-its-voice

Michal Hatuel-Radoshitzky, “Seven Memorable “Guterres Moments” for Israel during the UN Secretary-General’s First Seven Months,” INSS, August 27, 2017. http://www.inss.org.il/publication/seven-memorable-guterres-moments-israel-un-secretary-generals-first-seven-months/?offset=1&posts=969&type=399

Efraim Inbar, “Where is the Middle East Headed,” Israel Hayom, August 24, 2017. http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_opinion.php?id=19761

Israel 21c Staff, “Israel to become major exporter of medical cannabis,” August 15, 2017. https://www.israel21c.org/israel-to-become-major-exporter-of-medical-cannabis/

Aymenn Jawad al-Tamimi, “Iran Does not Need a Land Route to the Mediterranean,” Middle East Forum, August 22, 2017. http://www.meforum.org/6887/iranian-land-route-to-the-mediterranean

Jewish Telegraph Agency, “She [Miriam Bailin]Pioneered First Aid in Israel, Now She’s Helping Houston,” Jerusalem Post, August 31, 2017. http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/She-pioneered-first-aid-in-Israel-now-shes-helping-Houston-503892

Mehdi Khalaj, “Rouhani’s Road Already Taken,” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, August 16, 2017. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/rouhanis-road-already-taken

P. R. Kumaraswamy, “India’s New Crush on Israel,” Tablet, August 14, 2017. http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-news-and-politics/243136/indias-new-crush-on-israel

Yossi Kuperwasser, “Why Israel Is Concerned About American-Russian Understandings on Syria,” August 22, 2017. http://jcpa.org/israel-concerned-american-russian-understandings-syria/

Dr. Spyridon N. Litsas, “Erdoğan’s Turkey: A Step Closer to the Orient,” BESA Center, August 20, 2017. https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/erdogans-turkey-step-closer-orient/

F.M. Loewenberg, “Is the Western Wall Judaism’s Holiest Site,” Middle East Quarterly
Fall 2017. https://tinyurl.com/ybjzsxbo

Ariane Mandell, “Regina Spektor Serenades Israel, Shuns ‘F*cking Nazis,’” Jerusalem Post, August 20, 2017. http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Culture/Regina-Spektor-serenades-Israel-shuns-fcking-nazis-502923

Ambassador Arye Mekel, “The New US “Peace Team”: A Test of Will,” BESA Center, August 21, 2017. https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/new-us-peace-team-test-will/

Marc Neugroschel, “Divorcing music from anti-Semitism, Israeli soprano takes on taboo at Wagner fest,” Times of Israel, August 2, 2017. http://www.timesofisrael.com/divorcing-music-from-anti-semitism-israeli-soprano-takes-on-taboo-at-wagner-fest/

Fiamma Nirenstein (ed.), “Lessons from Israel’s Response to Terrorism,” Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, June-July 2017. http://jcpa.org/lessons-israels-response-terrorism/

Ghaith al-Omari and Grant Rumley, “Is War in Gaza Unavoidable?” Foreign Affairs, August 22, 2017. https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/middle-east/2017-08-22/war-gaza-unavoidable

Smadar Perry, “Israel’s Closed Embassies in Cairo and Amman,” Ynet News, August 13, 2017. http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5002347,00.html

Paul R. Pillar, “Netanyahu’s Priorities and US Responses,” The National Interest, August 19,  2017. http://nationalinterest.org/blog/paul-pillar/netanyahus-priorities-us-responses-21979

Yohanan Plessner. “There is Still Hope for Knesset Reform,” Israel Democracy Institute, August 2017. https://en.idi.org.il/

Elai Rettig and Yotam Rosner, “Europe’s Challenges Open the Market for Israel’s Arms Industry,” INSS, August 21, 2017. http://www.inss.org.il/publication/europes-challenges-open-market-israels-arms-industry/?offset=5&posts=969&type=399

Dennis Ross, “President Trump’s Syria Conundrum,” Washington Institute for Near East Policy,  Reprinted from Asharq al-Awsat, August 14, 2017. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/president-trumps-syria-conundrum

Natan Sachs, “Benjamin Netanyahu and the politics of grievance,” Brookings, August 22, 2017. https://www.brookings.edu/blog/markaz/2017/08/22/benjamin-netanyahu-and-the-politics-of-grievance/

Abdel-Moneim Said, “100 Years after Balfour,” Al-Ahram Weekly, August 17-23, 2017. http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/News/22180.aspx

Uri Savir, “Will Jordan, Palestinians form confederation?” Al-Monitor, August 27, 2017. http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2017/08/israel-palestinians-jordan-confederation-king-abdullah-abbas.html

Abdullah Sawalha, “Why Israel Should Listen to Jordan on the Temple Mount,” Fikra Forum, Washington Institute for Near East Policy, August 11, 2017. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/fikraforum/view/why-israel-should-listen-to-jordan-on-the-temple-mount1

David Schenker, “Killings Fray Jordan-Israel Ties,” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, August 23, 2017. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/killings-fray-jordan-israel-ties

Assaf Shapira, “The Yisrael Beiteinu-Likud Split: Background and Consequences,” Israel Democracy Institute, July 13, 2017.  https://en.idi.org.il/articles/6298

Jonathan Spyer, “And the Winner in Syria is Iran…” The Jersusalem Post, August 26, 2017. http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/And-the-winner-in-Syria-is-Iran-503358

Tazpit News Agency, “Birthright Program Matches Israeli, Foreign 20-Somethings for Business Fellowship,” Jewish Press, August 10, 2017. http://www.jewishpress.com/news/us-news/birthright-program-matches-israeli-foreign-20-somethings-for-business-fellowship/2017/08/10/

Joshua Teitelbaum, “Israel as the Nation-State of the Jewish People: From the San Remo Conference (1920) to the Netanyahu – Abbas Talks,” Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, September-October 2010. http://jcpa.org/article/israel-as-the-nation-state-of-the-jewish-people-from-the-san-remo-conference-1920-to-the-netanyahu-abbas-talks/

Neville Teller, “China looks toward the Middle East,” Jerusalem Post, August 4, 2017. http://www.jpost.com/Blogs/A-Mid-East-Journal/China-looks-toward-the-Middle-East-501605

TheTower.org Staff, “Israel Announces Airlift of Six Tons of Food for Drought-Stricken South Sudan,” Tower, August 28, 2017. http://www.thetower.org/5376oc-israel-announces-airlift-of-six-tons-of-food-for-drought-stricken-south-sudan/

Ofir Winter and Meirav Malter, “Egypt’s Challenging Shift from Counterterrorism to Counterinsurgency in the Sinai,” INSS, August 24, 2017. http://www.inss.org.il/publication/egypts-challenging-shift-counterterrorism-counterinsurgency-sinai/?offset=4&posts=969&type=399

Amos Yadlin and Gilead Sher, “The Disengagement, Twelve Years On: Implications, Lessons, and an Eye toward the Future,” INSS, August 6, 2017. http://www.inss.org.il/publication/disengagement-twelve-years-implications-lessons-eye-toward-future/?offset=9&posts=969&type=399

Roie Yellinek, “Is China Intervening in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict?” BESA Center, August 13, 2017. https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/china-israel-palestinians/

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

Gwen Ackerman, “Israel’s Ultra-Orthodox Are Getting Their First Startup Fund,” Bloomberg, July 25, 2017. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-07-25/israel-s-ultra-orthodox-are-getting-their-first-startup-fund

Yaakov Amidror, “Perfect Storm: The Implications of Middle East Chaos,” BESA Center, July 5, 2017. https://besacenter.org/policy-memorandum/perfect-storm-the-long-term-implications-of-middle-east-chaos/ and https://besacenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/BM8Eng-web.pdf

Dan Arbell, “Tensions over Jerusalem expose vulnerability of Turkey-Israel relations, one year after normalizing ties,” Brookings Institute, July 31, 2017.  https://www.brookings.edu/blog/markaz/2017/07/31/tensions-over-jerusalem-expose-vulnerability-of-turkey-israel-relations-one-year-after-normalizing-ties/

Inbal Arieli, “In Israel, individualism and collectivism happily coexist,” Israel21c, July 24, 2017. https://www.israel21c.org/in-israel-individualism-and-collectivism-happily-coexist/

Brigadier-General (Res.) Amir Avivi, “Temple Mount crisis proves violence pays,” Ynet News, July 28, 2017. www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4995536,00.html

Alan Baker, “The Jews: One of the World’s Oldest Indigenous Peoples,” Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, July 30, 2017. http://jcpa.org/article/jews-one-worlds-oldest-indigenous-peoples/

Ferry Biedermann, “China is increasingly becoming key for Israel’s high-tech industry,” CNBC, July 18, 2017. https://www.cnbc.com/2017/07/18/china-is-increasingly-becoming-key-for-israels-high-tech-industry.html

Hannah Brown, “Exporting Israel to the World Through Television,” Jerusalem Post, July 30, 2017. www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Culture/Exporting-Israel-to-the-world-through-television-501182

Anthony Cordesman, “Saudi Arabia, the UAR, Qatar, and the New “Game of Thrones,” Center for Strategic and International Studies, July 13, 2017.  https://www.csis.org/analysis/saudi-arabia-uae-qatar-and-new-game-thrones

Bernard Dichek, “Israeli Documentary Cinema Aims to go Global,” Jerusalem Post, July 15, 2017. www.jpost.com/Jerusalem-Report/Pitching-ideas-for-documentaries-498365

Oded Eran “India and Israel: A Strategic Alliance?” INSS, July 6, 2017.  www.inss.org.il/publication/india-israel-strategic-alliance/?offset=8&posts=959&type=399

Seth Frantzman, “Five Post-Abbas Possibilities,” Jerusalem Post, July 30, 2017. www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/Five-post-Abbas-possibilities-501168

Brandon Friedman, “Haram al-Sharif: Israel’s Alignment with the Sunni Arab States in Practice,” Dayan Center, July 27, 2017. http://dayan.org/content/haram-al-sharif-israel’s-alignment-sunni-arab-states-practice

Daniel Gordis, “Israelis don’t care that you’re insulted: An open letter to American Jews,” Times of Israel, July 3, 2017. http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/israelis-dont-care-that-youre-insulted-an-open-letter-to-american-jews/

Yoel Guzansky and Gallia Lindenstrauss, “Foreign Policy Think Tanks and Decision Making Processes,” INSS, July 2017. www.inss.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/adkan20-2ENG_4-127-137.pdf

Rafik Halabi, “It is time to save our state [from intolerance and fanaticism],” Ynet News, July 16, 2017.  https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4989825,00.html

Susan Hattis Rolef, “Think About It: Religious indoctrination in [Israel’s]secular education – most secular children in Israel grow up knowing very little about Jewish religion,” Jerusalem Post, July 9, 2017. http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Think-About-It-Religious-indoctrination-in-secular-education-499220

Efraim Inbar, “Indian Prime Minister Makes Historic Visit to Jerusalem, Skips Ramallah,” BESA Center, July 1, 2017. http://www.meforum.org/6801/modi-in-israel

Israel21c Staff, “Israel’s Eco Wave Power building 4.1MW project in Mexico,” Israel21c, July 24, 2017. https://www.israel21c.org/israels-eco-wave-power-building-4-1mw-project-in-mexico/

Leela Jacinto, “Turkeys Post-Coup Purge and Erdogan’s Private Army, Foreign Policy, July 13, 2017. http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/07/13/turkeys-post-coup-purge-and-erdogans-private-army-sadat-perincek-gulen/amp/

Abigail Klein Lichtman, “What Israel – and you – can do about food security,” Israel21c, July 16, 2017. https://www.israel21c.org/what-israel-and-you-can-do-about-food-security/

Dhruva Jaishankar and Shruti Godbole, “Even as India attempts to ‘Act East’, it is ‘Thinking West,’” Brookings Institute, July 6, 2017. https://www.brookings.edu/opinions/even-as-india-attempts-to-act-east-it-is-thinking-west/

Tzvi Kahm, “The Ideological Battleground of Iran’s Internet,” Foundation for Defense of Democracies, July 11, 2017. http://www.defenddemocracy.org/media-hit/tzvi-kahn-the-ideological-battleground-of-irans-internet/

Vinay Kaura, “Indo-Israeli Security Cooperation: Onward and Upward,” BESA Center, July 8, 2017. https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/india-israel-security-cooperation/

David Makovsky, “Israel and Jordan Act to Ease Jerusalem Crisis,” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, July 24, 2017.  http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/israel-and-jordan-act-to-ease-jerusalem-crisis

Kobi Michael, “The Gaza Strip: An Opportunity for Change?” INSS, July 6, 2017.   www.inss.org.il/publication/gaza-strip-opportunity-change/?offset=9&posts=959&type=399

Beverley Milton-Edwards, “Gaza end game?” Brookings Institute, July 7, 2017. https://www.brookings.edu/blog/markaz/2017/07/07/gaza-end-game/

Jacques Neriah, “Is the Tunisian “Arab Spring” About to Repeat in Morocco,” Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, June 19,2017. http://jcpa.org/article/tunisian-arab-spring-repeat-morocco/

Aylin Oney Tan, “Israeli, Turkish chefs hope food can bridge divide,”Al-Monitor, July 27, 2017.  www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2017/07/israeli-turkish-chefs-cook-together.html   

Viva Sarah Press, “Israel records 1.74 million tourist entries in H1/2017,” Israel21c, July 13, 2017. https://www.israel21c.org/israel-records-1-74-million-tourist-entries-in-h12017/

Paul Rivlin, “Demographics between the Mediterranean and the River Jordan,” Dayan Center, July 23, 2017. http://dayan.org/content/demographics-between-mediterranean-and-river-jordan

Dr. John Ruskay and Shmuel Rosner, “What JPPI’s Global Jewish Dialogue on Jerusalem Teaches Us about the Kotel Crisis (and Conversion Bill), Jewish People’s Policy Institute, July 2, 2017. http://jppi.org.il/new/en/article/english-what-jppis-2017-global-jewish-dialogue-on-jerusalem-teaches-us-about-the-kotel-crisis/#.WWyMLYTyvcs

Gideon Sa’ar and Ron Tira, “Political and Military Contours of theNext Conflict with Hezbollah,” INSS, July 2017. www.inss.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/adkan20-2ENG_4-59-73.pdf

Matthias Sailer, Stephen Roll, “Three Scenarios for the Qatar Crisis Regime Change, Resolution or Cold War in the Gulf, “Stiftung fur Wissenschaft und Politik, July 2017.  https://www.swp-berlin.org/en/publication/the-qatar-crisis-three-scenarios/

Shoshanna Solomon, “Israel tech firms raise $1.26 billion in 2Q 2017,” Times of Israel, July 19, 2017. www.timesofisrael.com/israel-tech-firms-raise-1-26-billion-in-2q-2017/

Daniel Shapiro,”Israel and American Jewry: Stepping Back from the Brink,” INSS, July 31, 2017. www.inss.org.il/publication/israel-american-jewry-stepping-back-brink/

Anav Silverman, “A small Israeli guitar factory is making big noises abroad,” Israel21c, July 24, 2017. https://www.israel21c.org/a-small-israeli-guitar-factory-is-making-big-noises-abroad/

Vanessa Tomassini, “My conversation with the expert Edward Luttwak about Iran and Israel,” Jerusalem Post, July 31, 2017. www.jpost.com/Blogs/Vanessas-Blog/My-conversation-with-the-expert-Edward-Luttwak-about-Iran-and-Israel-501192

Mira Tzoreff, “Remembering the June 1967 War after Fifty Years: The Egyptian Version,” Dayan Center, July 13, 2017. http://dayan.org/content/remembering-june-1967-war-after-fifty-years-egyptian-version

Khaled Yacoub Oweis, “Syria’s Society Upended, Societal Rifts Pose a Massive Challenge to Pursuit of a Political Solution,” Stiftung fur Wissenschaft und Politik, July 27, 2017. https://www.swp-berlin.org/en/publication/syrias-society-upended/

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

Yaacov Amidror, “The Qatar Crisis: Signs of Weakness,” The BESA-Center, June 14, 2017. https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/qatar-crisis-weakness/

Anna Ahronheim and Seth J Frantzman, The Next War Will be bloody: A Trip Along Israel’s Tense Northern Border,” Jerusalem Post, June 28, 2017. www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/The-next-war-will-be-bloody-A-trip-along-Israels-tense-northern-border-498169

Sarosh Bana, “Shalom, Modi [Indian PM]!” BESA Center, June 30, 2017. https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/narendra-modi-israel-visit/

Michael Barak, “The Pizza Crisis: The Viral Palestinian Prisoners Campaigns,” Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies – Beehive Middle East Social Media, June 7, 2017. http://dayan.org/content/pizza-crisis-viral-palestinian-prisoners-campaigns

Katherine Bauer and Gaith al-Omari, “Defusing the Electricity Crisis in Gaza — For Now,” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, June 22, 2017. www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/defusing-the-electricity-crisis-in-gaza-for-now

Yoni Ben Menachmen, Whatever Happened to the Term “Palestinian State?” Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, June 28, 2017. http://jcpa.org/whatever-happened-term-palestinian-state/

Brookings Institute Conference Proceedings, “Indian Prime Minister Modi visits the U.S. and Israel,” Brookings Institute, June 22, 2017.  https://www.brookings.edu/events/indian-prime-minister-modi-visits-the-u-s-and-israel/ 

Nicky Blackburn, “Michael Solomonov cooks up a storm in the Jerusalem Hills,” Israel21c, June 04, 2017. https://www.israel21c.org/michael-solomonov-cooks-up-a-storm-in-the-jerusalem-hills/

Hannah Brown, “Golden Age for Israeli Cinema,” Jerusalem Post, June 10, 2017. www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Culture/Golden-age-for-Israeli-cinema-496451 

Barry David, “The Masters of Mosaic Music,” Jerusalem Post, June 21, 2017. http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Culture/The-masters-of-mosaic-music-497539

Ofra Bengio, “Jerusalem of the Kurds: Kirkuk and the Kurdish Strategy for Independence, June 29, 2017, The Dayan Center, http://dayan.org/content/jerusalem-kurds-kirkuk-and-kurdish-strategy-independence

Udi Dekel, “East-West-North-South: The Race for Syria after the Islamic State,” INSS, June 25, 2017. www.inss.org.il/publication/east-west-north-south-race-syria-islamic-state/?offset=3&posts=946&type=399

Brandon Friedman, “From Baghdad to Riyadh: A New Regional Security Pact?” Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies, June 1, 2017. http://dayan.org/content/baghdad-riyadh-new-regional-security-pact

Gideon Gera, “Algeria – The Parliamentary Elections and their Implications,” Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies, June 12, 2017. http://dayan.org/journal/tel-aviv-notes-contemporary-middle-east-analysis

Ilan Goldberg and Tamara Cofman Wittes, “How Trump’s black and white world view met reality in the Middle East,” Brookings Institute, June 15, 2017.  https://www.brookings.edu/blog/markaz/2017/06/15/how-trumps-black-and-white-world-view-met-reality-in-the-middle-east/

JJ Goldberg, “To Fight The Kotel Decision, U.S. Jews Have To Understand Israeli Politics,”  Forward Magazine, June 27, 2017.  http://forward.com/opinion/israel/375724/to-fight-the-kotel-decision-us-jews-have-to-understand-israeli-politics/

Globes Staff, ” Smoking cost Israeli economy NIS 13b in 2016,” Globes, June 1, 2017. www.globes.co.il/en/article-smoking-cost-israeli-economy-nis-13b-in-2016-1001190870

Yoel Guzansky, “Mohammed bin Salman as Crown Prince: Ramifications for Riyadh and Beyond,” INSS, June 29, 2017.  www.inss.org.il/publication/mohammed-bin-salman-crown-prince-ramifications-riyadh-beyond/?offset=1&posts=946&type=399

Hussein Haridy, “Minus Qatar- Doha continues to hedge and meddle beyond its stature in Middle East strategic relations,” Al-Ahram Weekly, June 8-14, 2017. http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/News/20638.aspx

Donniel Hartman, “Suspending the Kotel Agreement: An affront to Zionism,” Times of Israel, June 26, 2017.  http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/an-affront-to-zionism/

Haisam Hassaneim, “Why Regional Dynamics Open the Door for the Jordan-Israel Cooperation,” The Cipher Brief, June 13, 2017. https://www.thecipherbrief.com/article/exclusive/middle-east/why-regional-dynamics-open-door-jordan-israel-cooperation-1091

Ariel Dominique Handelman, “ Israeli-Ethiopian Grounded Groove,” Jerusalem Post, June 27, 2017. http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Culture/Israeli-Ethiopian-grounded-groove-498091

Simon Henderson, “Saudi Royal Rivalries Test U.S. Relations,” The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, June 29, 2017. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/saudi-royal-rivalries-test-u.s.-relations

Bruce Hoffman and Zacharay Laub,” Why Did the Islamic State Target Tehran?” Council on Foreign Relations, June 8, 2017. https://www.cfr.org/interview/why-did-islamic-state-target-tehran

David Horovitz, “Sharansky: We may solve Western Wall and conversion crises. I’m not sure we can rebuild trust,” Times of Israel, June 28, 2017. www.timesofisrael.com/sharansky-we-may-solve-western-wall-and-conversion-crises-im-not-sure-we-can-rebuild-trust/

Alexey Khlebnikov, “What Does Trump’s Visit to Saudi Arabia Mean for Russia?” Middle East Institute, May 31, 2017. Middle East Institute http://www.mei.edu/content/article/what-does-trump-s-visit-saudi-arabia-mean-russia   

Rami G. Khouri, “Is this the start of the final battle for the Arab region?” Agence Global, June 14, 2017.  http://agenceglobal.com/author/rami-g-khouri/

Yossi Klein Halevi, “The tragedy of the Wall,” Times of Israel, June 22, 2017.  http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/the-tragedy-of-the-western-wall/

Michael Koplow, “The Six Day War Was a Step Backward for Zionism,” The Atlantic, June 6, 2017, https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2017/06/six-day-war-pragmatic-zionism/529242/

Martin Kramer and others, “The Balfour Declaration Was More than the Promise of One Nation,” June 2017,  https://mosaicmagazine.com/response/2017/06/the-balfour-declaration-was-more-than-the-promise-of-one-nation/

Dan Kurtzer, “Transformational Leadership and the Prospects for Peace,” Palestine-Israeli Journal, June 3, 2017. http://www.pij.org/details.php?id=1771

Eran Lehrman, “The “Game of Camps” Revisited: Why Qatar? Why Now?” BESA Center, June 12, 2017. https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/game-camps-revisited-qatar-now/

Abigail Klein Leichman, “Award-winning Israeli film is bound for Broadway,” Israel21c, June 20, 2017. https://www.israel21c.org/award-winning-israeli-film-is-bound-for-broadway/

Matthew Levitt, “Attacking Hezbollah’s Financial Network: Policy Options,” The Washington Institute for Near East Policy Testimony submitted to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, U.S. House of Representatives, June 8, 2017. http://docs.house.gov/meetings/FA/FA00/20170608/106094/HHRG-115-FA00-Wstate-LevittM-20170608.pdf

Jacob Magid, “NFL Hall of Famers laud Israelis’ sense of family, love for their country,” Times of Israel, June 19, 2017. www.timesofisrael.com/nfl-hall-of-famers-laud-israelis-sense-of-family-love-for-their-country/   

Doron Matza and Meir Elran, “Jewish-Arab Relations following the Kafr Qassem Incident: The Danger of the Slippery Slope,” INSS, June 18, 2017. www.inss.org.il/publication/jewish-arab-relations-following-kafr-qassem-incident-danger-slippery-slope/?offset=8&posts=946&type=399

Jazz Monroe and Noah Yoo, “Thom Yorke Blasts “Offensive” Radiohead Israel Controversy,” Pitchfork, June 2, 2017. http://pitchfork.com/news/73084-thom-yorke-blasts-offensive-radiohead-israel-controversy/ 

Abdou Mubasher, “The Road to Naksa,” (the silence that engulfed the mistakes that led to the 1967 war, now spoken,” al-Ahram Weekly, 1-7June 2017, http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/News/20630.aspx

Galal Nassar, “The Six Day War,” al-Ahram Weekly, 1-7June 2017, http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/Files/31/SPECIAL-FILES/0.aspx

Galal Nassar, “The Three-Year War,” (memoir by General Mohamed Fawzi, then Minister of Defense), al-Ahram Weekly, 1-7June 2017, http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/News/20627.aspx

Galal Nassar, “Picking Up the Pieces (memoir on Amin Howeidi),” al-Ahram Weekly, 1-7 June 2017,

http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/News/20625.aspx

Galal Nasser, “Israeli Strategy in Sinai after 1967,” al-Ahram Weekly, 1-7June 2017, http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/News/20631.aspx

Galal Nasser, “The US, Nasser and 1967,” al-Ahram Weekly, 1-7June 2017, http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/News/20629.aspx

David Pollock, “The Palestinian Public’s Tough Choices: On Violence, Instability, Hamas, “Jewish State,” The Washington Institute for Near East Studies, June 2017. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/fikraforum/view/the-palestinian-publics-tough-choices-on-violence-instability-hamas-jewish

David Pollock, “What Gazans Really Want: Hard Data About A Hard Problem,” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, June 20, 2017.  www.washingtoninstitute.org/fikraforum/view/what-gazans-really-want-hard-data-about-a-hard-problem

Paul Rivlin, “The Qatar Crisis,” Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies, June 22, 2017. http://dayan.org/content/qatar-crisis

George Robinson, “The Best Jewish, Israeli Films Of 2017 So Far,” New York Jewish Week, June 13, 2017. http://jewishweek.timesofisrael.com/the-cinema-of-schisms/

Dennis Ross, Nicholas Rostow, and Michael Mandelbaum, “LBJ and the June 1967 War: Lessons from the American Role,” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, June 9, 2017. www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/lbj-and-the-june-1967-war-lessons-from-the-american-role

Abdel-Moneim Said, “The limits of Power Qatar overstepped its status and now faces the consequences, Al-Ahram Weekly, June 8-14 , 2017. http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/News/20749.aspx

Shoshanna Solomon, “Intel Seeks Israeli Tech to Foil Hackers with Deceptive Chips,” Times of Israel, June 21, 2017.www.timesofisrael.com/intel-seeks-israeli-tech-to-foil-hackers-with-deceptive-chips/

Zaki Shalom and Kobi Michael, “From Obama to Trump: Continuity versus Change in Middle East Policy,” INSS, June 15, 2017.  www.inss.org.il/publication/obama-trump-continuity-versus-change-middle-east-policy/?offset=9&posts=946&type=399

Eldad Shavit and Yoel Guzansky, “President Trump in Riyadh: A New Start for US-Saudi Relations?” INSS, June 15, 2017.   www.inss.org.il/publication/president-trump-riyadh-new-start-us-saudi-relations/?offset=14&posts=946&type=399

Jonathan Spyer, “Lines in the Sand: Qatar’s Increasing Isolation in the Arab World–A Pro- American Arab Alliance that Fights,” The Jerusalem Post, June 9, 2017. http://www.jpost.com/International/Lines-in-the-Sand-496326

Ken Stein “50 Voices 50 Years (since the June 1967 war),” Bicom-Fathom Journal, June 2017, https://www.50voices50years.com/ken-stein

The Tower Staff, “Israel and Jordan Intensify Cooperation as Iran Tightens Grip on Southern Syria,” The Tower, June 21, 2017. www.thetower.org/5116-israel-and-jordan-intensify-cooperation-as-iran-tightens-grip-on-southern-syria/

George N. Tzogopoulos, “The EastMed Pipeline Could Be a Giant Step Towards Enhancing Regional Security,” BESA Center, June 22, 2017. https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/eastmed-pipeline-security/ 

Sharon Udasin, “OCED Projects Continued Growth for Israel in 2017-18,” Jerusalem Post, June 08, 2017. www.jpost.com/Business-and-Innovation/OECD-projects-continued-growth-for-Israel-in-2017-18-496197

Hala Youssef, “Halting (Egypt’s) Population Growth,” Al-Ahram Weekly, June 4-14, 1967. http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/News/20678.aspx

Raz Zimmer, “No More Palestinian than the Palestinians: Iranians React to the Hamas Revised Charter,” Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies – Beehive Middle East Social Media, June 7, 2017. http://dayan.org/content/no-more-palestinian-palestinians-iranians-react-hamas-revised-charter

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

Rasha Abou Jalal, “What’s behind Abbas’ recent threats to Hamas? Al-Monitor, May 15, 2017. ” www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2017/05/palestine-abbas-threats-hamas-gaza-trump-visit.html

Amnon Abramovich, “Almost 40 Years of Likud Rule: What else has to happen, Y-Net News,” May 15, 2017. http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4962260,00.html

Inbal Ariel, “Israeli teens are in ‘the stupid age’,” Israel21c, May 15, 2017. https://www.israel21c.org/israeli-teens-are-in-the-stupid-age/

Orit Arfa, “Berlin Becomes a Musical Playground for Israeli Artists,” Jerusalem Post, May 16, 2017. www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Culture/Berlin-becomes-a-musical-playground-for-Israeli-artists-490938

Shlomo Brom and Udi Dekel, “The Trump Administration: Forming a Policy on Settlements,” INSS, April 20, 2017. http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=13296

Udi Dekel, “Hamas’s New Statement of Principles: A Political Opportunity for Israel?,” INSS, May 14, 2017. www.inss.org.il/publication/hamass-new-statement-principles-political-opportunity-israel/?offset=6&posts=932&type=399

Dr. Edy Cohen, “Assad’s Survival Is in Israel’s Best Interest.” BESA Center. May 25, 2017.  https://besacenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/476-Assads-Survival-Is-in-Israels-Best-Interest-Cohen-English-final.pdf

Anwar Eskt, “Trump will Find an Arab Nation Rising to Confront Iran,” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, May 22, 2017. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/fikraforum/view/trump-will-find-an-arab-nation-rising-to-confront-iran

Dina Ezzat, “The Ultimate (Trump-Saudi)Deal,” Al-Ahram Weekly, 25-31 May 2017, http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/News/20571.aspx

Brandon Friedman, “Trump’s First 100 Days and Syria,” The Moshe Dayan Center, May 10, 2017. http://dayan.org/content/trumps-first-100-days-and-syria

Gabriel Glickman, “How Nasser’s Vendetta against American led to the Six Day War,” Fathom, Spring 2017. http://fathomjournal.org/1967-how-nassers-vendetta-against-america-led-to-the-six-day-war/

Gabriel Glickman, “This Time the Loser Writes History,” Middle East Quarterly, Summer 2017. http://www.meforum.org/meq/pdfs/6710.pdf

Globes Staff, “Smoking cost Israeli economy NIS 13b in 2016,” Globes, June 1, 2017. http://www.globes.co.il/en/article-smoking-cost-israeli-economy-nis-13b-in-2016-1001190870

Liam Hoare, “1967 Nathan Alterman or Amos Oz: The Six Day war and Israeli Literature,” Fathom, Spring 2017. http://fathomjournal.org/1967-natan-alterman-or-amos-oz-the-six-day-war-and-israeli-literature/

Hussein Ibish, “Trump’s Plan for Middle East Peace Could Actually Work,” Foreign Policy, May 25, 2017.  http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/05/25/trumps-plan-for-middle-east-peace-could-actually-work/

Hussein Ibish, “We Can’t Predict whether Trump Will Succeed in the Middle East,” The Atlantic, May 25, 2017. https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2017/05/trump-israeli-palestinian-peace/528030/

Martin Indyk, Ken Stein, and Shibli Telhami, “US Policy in the Middle East: Fifty Years after the Six Day War, May 30, 2017.  https://www.cfr.org/event/us-policy-middle-east-fifty-years-after-six-day-war

Efraim Inbar, “Israel is Still at War,” BESA Center, May 4, 2017. https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/israel-still-war

Ofek Ish Maas, Carmit Valensi, “The Agreement on De-escalation Zones in Syria: Risks to Israel, with Opportunities for Influence,” INSS, May 15, 2017. www.inss.org.il/publication/agreement-de-escalation-zones-syria-risks-israel-opportunities-influence/?offset=5&posts=932&type=399

Ron Kampeas, “The Death of The TV Channel That Once Unified,” Forward, May 11, 2017. http://forward.com/news/breaking-news/371680/death-of-channel-1-closed-tv-network-that-once-unified-israel/

Efraim Karsh, “The Six Day War: An Inevitable Conflict,” BESA Center, May 19, 2017. https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/six-day-war-inevitable-conflict/

Emily Landau, “Obama’s Legacy, a Nuclear Iran,” Middle East Quarterly, Spring 2017, http://www.meforum.org/6561/obama-legacy-a-nuclear-iran

Abigail Klein Leichman, “Michael Solomonov wins James Beard Outstanding Chef award,” Israel21c, May 4, 2017. https://www.israel21c.org/michael-solomonov-wins-james-beard-outstanding-chef-award/

Yaacov Lozowich, “Breaking News: The Secret Transcripts of the Six-Day War, Part I,” Tablet, May 17, 2017. http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-news-and-politics/234352/secret-transcripts-six-day-war-1

David Makovsky, “When International Guarantees Utterly Failed,” Jerusalem Post, May 4, 2017.

http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/when-international-guarantees-utterly-failed

Dimitar Mihaylov, “Why the Arab Spring Turned into Arab Winter: Understanding the Middle East Crisis through Culture, Religion, and Literature,” Israeli Journal of Foreign Affairs, April 2017. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23739770.2017.1313544

Hassan Mniemneh, “Can Diversity in the Middle East Be Rescued” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, May 5, 2017.

http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/fikraforum/view/can-diversity-in-the-middle-east-be-rescued

Ghaith al-Omari, “The Abbas-Trump Agenda: Urging Modest Steps Toward Peace,” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, April 26, 2017. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/the-abbas-trump-agenda-urging-modest-steps-toward-peace

Viva Sarah Press, “Western Galilee is one giant festival in the month of May,” Israel21c, May11, 2017. https://www.israel21c.org/western-galilee-is-one-giant-festival-in-the-month-of-may/

Paul Rivlin, “The Crisis in Gaza,” The Moshe Dayan Center, May 28, 2017. http://dayan.org/content/crisis-gaza

Reuters and Israel Hayom Staff, “Chinese investment in Israeli tech hits record $16.5 billion in 2016,” Israel Hayom, May 11, 2017. www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_article.php?id=42333

Asaf Romirovsky, “Nakba: The Source of Arab-Israeli Conflict,” Middle East Forum, Y-Net News, Spring 2017, http://www.meforum.org/6737/nakba-the-source-of-arab-israeli-conflict

Natan Sachs, “50 years: Legacies of the 1967 War,” Brookings Institute, May 31, 2017. https://www.brookings.edu/blog/markaz/2017/05/31/50-years-legacies-of-the-1967-war/

Shoshanna Solomon, “Intel to pay taxes from Mobileye deal in US dollars: move is to prevent ‘over-appreciation’ of the shekel, Bank of Israel says,” Times of Israel, May 16, 2017. www.timesofisrael.com/intel-to-pay-taxes-from-mobileye-deal-in-us-dollars/

Daniel Shapiro and Rotem Oreg, “Trump’s “Square One” on the Twisted Road to an Israeli-Palestinian Solution,” INSS, May 21, 2017. http://www.inss.org.il/publication/trumps-square-one-twisted-road-israeli-palestinian-solution/

Micahael Sharnoff,” Nasser’s Legacy on the 50^th Anniversary of the 1967 War,” BESA Center. May 21, 2017. https://besacenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/472-Nassers-Legacy-50-Years-After-1967-War-Sharnoff-final.pdf

Eyal Sher, “Israel Festival Brings People Together, Creatively,” The New York Jewish Week, May 25, 2017. http://jewishweek.timesofisrael.com/israel-festival-brings-people-together-creatively/

Sima Shine, Raz Zimmt and Anna Catran, “The Election of Rouhani as President: A Message to the Supreme Leader,” INSS, May 29, 2017. www.inss.org.il/publication/election-rouhani-president-message-supreme-leader/?offset=1&posts=932&type=399   

Amy Spiro, “Musical Adapted from Israeli Film to Hit Broadway,” Jerusalem Post, May 25, 2017. www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Culture/Musical-adapted-from-Israeli-film-to-hit-Broadway-493938

Kirk Silsbee, “Israeli clarinetist Anat Cohen brings Jewish style to Brazilian music” Jewish Journal, May 3, 2017. http://jewishjournal.com/culture/218589/israeli-clarinetist-brings-jewish-style-brazilian-music/

Michael Singh, “Syria After the Missile Strikes: Policy Options,” Testimony submitted to the House Foreign Affairs Committee, April 27, 2017. https://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearing/hearing-syria-missile-strikes-policy-options/

Jonathan Spyer, “Assad’s Hollow Crown,” MERIA Journal, Winter 2016.

http://www.rubincenter.org/2017/05/assads-hollow-crown/

Jessica Steinberg, “Israel’s filmmakers are country’s ambassadors, says film school pioneer,” Times of Israel, May 8, 2017. www.timesofisrael.com/israels-filmmakers-are-countrys-ambassadors/

Sharon Udasin, “Israel, Japan Sign Economic Cyber Cooperation Agreement,” Jerusalem Post, May 3, 2017. www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Israel-Japan-sign-economic-cyber-cooperation-agreements-489647

Sharon Usadin, “Israeli tech company behind Iron Dome system to help sync New Zealand electricity grid,” Times of Israel, May 7, 2017. www.jpost.com/Business-and-Innovation/Tech/Israeli-start-up-behind-Iron-Dome-system-to-help-sync-New-Zealand-electricity-grid-489985

Isabelle Werenfels and Ilya Saliba, “No Rivals to the King-The Limits to Political Reform in Morocco’s “Enlightened Authoritarianism, May 17, 2017.  https://www.swp-berlin.org/en/publication/morocco-no-rivals-to-the-king/

Amos Yadlin and Eldad Shavit, “President Trump’s Visit to the Middle East,” INSS, May 22, 2017.  http://www.inss.org.il/publication/president-trumps-visit-middle-east/?offset=0&posts=930&type=399

Issac Zabloki, “It’s Not All Politics In Israeli Films,” Forward, May 8, 2017. http://forward.com/scribe/371313/its-not-all-politics-in-israeli-films/

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

Khaled Abu Toameh, “Palestinians’s Real Enemies: Arabs,” Gatestone Institute, April 17, 2017. https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/10210/palestinians-enemies

Yaakov Amidror, “Israel’s Inelegant Options in Judea and Samaria: Withdrawal, Annexation, and Conflict Management,” BESA Center, April 23, 2017. https://besacenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/MSPS129_EN.pdf

Inbal Arieli, “In Israeli culture, failure is an option,” Israel21c, April 13, 2017. https://www.israel21c.org/in-israeli-culture-failure-is-an-option/

Lidia Averbukh, “Israel on the Road to the Orient?The Cultural and Political Rise of the Mizrahim,” SWP Berlin, April 2017. https://www.swp-berlin.org/fileadmin/contents/products/comments/2017C09_avk.pdf

Ramzy Baroud, “How Israel Understands the Arab Peace Initiative,” Al-Ahram Weekly, April 6-12, 2017. http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/News/20122.aspx

Burak Bekdil. “Turks Vote to Give Away Their Democracy,” The Gatestone Institute, April 18, 2017. http://www.meforum.org/6654/turks-vote-to-give-away-their-democracy

Seth Borenstein, “Scientists leave labs, take to streets to defend research,” Times of Israel, April 22, 2017. http://www.timesofisrael.com/scientists-leave-labs-take-to-streets-to-defend-research/

Soner Cagaptay, “Turkey in Crisis,” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, April 18, 2017. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/turkey-in-crisis

Zach Cutler, “5 Lessons Entrepreneurs Worldwide Can Learn From Israeli Culture,” Economic Times, April 6, 017. https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/286573

Oded Eran and Yotam Rosner, “The United States Attack in Syria: A Change in Europe-Trump Relations?” INSS, April 27, 2016. http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=13328

Dina Ezzat “A Political Honeymoon (Cairo and Washington-relationship review), Al-Ahram Weekly, April 6-12, April 2017.  http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/News/20135.aspx

Tim Ferhnholtz, “The Israeli finalist in Google’s $20 million race to the moon won’t make it to the starting line,” Yahoo Finace News, April 21, 2017. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/israeli-finalist-google-20-million-122525024.html

Andrew Friedman/TPS, Itamar Eichner, “Cyber Authority thwarts massive attack on Israel,” Ynet News, April 26, 2017. www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4954171,00.html

Shiryn Ghermezian, “Israel’s Female Soldiers: A Difficult Balance of Equality and Military Reality,” Algemeiner, April14, 2017. https://www.algemeiner.com/2017/04/14/israels-female-soldiers-a-difficult-balance-of-equality-and-military-reality/

Israel21c Staff, “ISRAEL21c goes Hollywood with new ’21see’ film series,” Israel21c, May 4, 2017. https://www.israel21c.org/israel21c-goes-hollywood-with-new-21see-film-series/

Zipi Israeli, “The National Security Index, Public Support for an Arrangement Based on the Two-State Solution, INSS, April 6, 2017.  http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=13261

Annie Karni, “Trump’s surprisingly conventional Israel policy,” Politico, April 5, 2017.  www.politico.com/story/2017/04/donald-trump-israel-middle-east-236878 

Abigail Klein Lichtman, “Glowing bacteria detect buried landmines,” Israel21c, April 18, 2017. https://www.israel21c.org/glowing-bacteria-detect-buried-landmines/

Mona Koehler-Schindler, Manuel Schubert, and Imke Haase, “Jordan’s cabinet re-(re) shuffled A window of Opportunity in Jordan?” Konrad Adenauer Foundation, February 2017.  http://www.kas.de/wf/doc/kas_47939-544-2-30.pdf?170220134609

Nur Köprülü, “Is Jordan’s Muslim Brotherhood Still the Loyal Opposition?” Middle East Quarterly. Spring 2017. http://www.meforum.org/6560/is-jordan-muslim-brotherhood-still-the-loyal

Michael K. Lavers, “New group defends integrated Israel military,” Washington Blade, April 20, 2017. www.washingtonblade.com/2017/04/20/new-group-defends-integrated-israel-military/

Eran Lerman, “Mahmoud Abbas Goes to Washington: What is at Stake?” BESA Center, April 27, 2017. https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/mahmoud-abbas-goes-washington-stake/

Elior Levy, “Barghouti receives a cold shoulder from Palestinian leadership,” Ynet News, April 18, 2017. www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4950514,00.html

Yves Mamou, “France’s War to Delegitimize Israel,” Gatestone Institute, April 12, 2017. https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/10082/france-israel-delegitimization

Hisham Melhem, “Reflections on a revolution (Syria) betrayed,” al-Arabiyah, March 18, 2017. https://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/news/middle-east/2017/03/18/Reflections-on-a-revolution-betrayed.html

Otmar Oehring, “Christians in Syria: Current Situation and Future Outlook,” Konrad Adenauer Foundation, February 2017.   http://www.kas.de/wf/doc/kas_47863-544-2-30.pdf?170308105716

Viva Sarah Press, “Israeli high-school students launch nano-satellite into space,” Israel21c, Aprill 23, 2017. https://www.israel21c.org/israeli-high-school-students-launch-nano-satellite-into-space/

Hassan al-Qishwi, “Syrian (refugee) Question in Lebanon, Al-Ahram Weekly, April 6-12, 2017. http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/News/20136.aspx

Liza Schoenfein, “Israel top Chef Brings Haute Middle Eastern to Manhattan,” Forward, April 28, 2017. http://forward.com/food/370397/israels-top-chef-brings-haute-middle-eastern-to-manhattan/

Ronni Shaked and Itamar Radai, “Arab Idol”: A Palestinian Victory, At Last,” Dayan Center, April 30, 2017. http://dayan.org/content/arab-idol-palestinian-victory-last

Daniel Shapiro, Mattis’ Mideast trip holds promise, reality check for Israel,” Al-Monitor, April 20, 2017.  www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2017/04/mattis-mideast-trip-israel.html

Shoshanna Solomon, “Investment in Israeli tech firms slides 8% in 1Q, report says,” Times of Israel, April 26, 2017. www.timesofisrael.com/investment-in-israeli-tech-firms-slides-8-in-1q-report-says/

Yedida Stern, “Israel at 69 — Not What You Think,” Israel Democracy Institute, April 27, 2017. https://en.idi.org.il/articles/14429

Times of Israel Staff, “Roger Waters says Radiohead determined to play Tel Aviv,” Times of Israel, April 20, 2017. www.timesofisrael.com/roger-waters-says-radiohead-determined-to-play-tel-aviv/

Yaroslav Trofimov, “Trump’s Push for Mideast Deal Perplexes Israeli Right,” The Wall Street Journal, April 6, 2017. https://www.wsj.com/articles/trumps-push-for-mideast-deal-perplexes-israeli-right-1491471002 

David Wainer, “Israel Asks Itself How Long It Can Sit on the Shekel,” Bloomberg, April 18, 2017. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-04-18/israel-asks-itself-how-long-it-can-sit-on-the-shekel

Raoul Wootliff, “Israeli minister slams ‘outrageous’ White House Holocaust statements,” Times of Israel, April 12, 2017.  www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-minister-slams-outrageous-white-house-holocaust-statements/

Naomi Zeveloff, “Under 50’s Think West Bank Is Part Of Israel,” Forward, April 27, 2017. http://forward.com/fast-forward/370221/under-50s-think-west-bank-is-part-of-israel/

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

Raphael Ahren, Israel aims to become world’s 15th largest economy by 2025 — minister,” Times of Israel, March 19, 2017. http://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-aims-to-become-worlds-15th-largest-economy-by-2025-minister/

Inbal Arieli, “How Israeli culture promotes creativity and independence,” Israel 21c, March 28, 2017. https://www.israel21c.org/how-israeli-culture-promotes-creativity-and-independence/

Abdel Bari Atwan, “Time for a Change in Fatah (highly critical of the PA),” Rialalyoum, March 2, 2017. http://www.raialyoum.com/?p=631474

Burak Bekdil, “Turkey: A Sunni Iran in the Making?” The BESA Center, March 22, 2017. https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/turkey-sunni-iran-making/

Seth J Frantzman, “Terra Incognita: European and Israeli Politics are converging,” Jerusalem Post, March 19, 2017. http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Terra-Incognita-European-and-Israeli-politics-are-converging-484616

Evyatar Friesel, “The Inverted Ideological Pyramids of Anti-Zionist Jews: The Case of Moshe Zuckermann,” BESA Center, March 30, 2017. https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/inverted-ideological-pyramids-anti-zionist-jews-case-moshe-zuckermann/ 

Hillel Frisch, “Becoming Part of Jordan and Egypt: A Palestinian Economic Imperative,” BESA Center, March 15, 2017. https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/becoming-part-jordan-egypt-palestinian-economic-imperative/

Susan B Glasser, “Yair Lapid: The Full Transcript,” Politico, March 24, 2017. http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/03/susan-glasser-yair-lapid-transcript-214909

Paul Goldman, “Iran’s Shahin Najafi and Israel’s Aviv Geffen Come Together in Song,” NBC, March 3, 2017. http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/iran-s-shahin-najafi-israel-s-aviv-geffen-come-together-n728136

Judah Ari Gross, “Ya’alon lays out Mideast vision, which resembles Netanyahu’s,” Times of Israel, March 15, 2017. http://www.timesofisrael.com/yaalon-lays-out-mideast-vision-which-resembles-netanyahus/

Gershon Hacohen, “War: The School of Life (Operation Protective Edge, 2014-2015),” BESA Center, March 7, 2017. https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/war-school-life/

Dana Hadra, “On the life and legacy of Yitzhak Rabin,” Brookings, March 14, 2017. https://www.brookings.edu/blog/markaz/2017/03/14/on-the-life-and-legacy-of-yitzhak-rabin/

Simon Henderson and David Schenker, “The Quiet Advance of Eastern Mediterranean Gas,” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, March 8, 2017. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/the-quiet-advance-of-eastern-mediterranean-gas

Liam Hoare, “1967 Nathan Alterman or Amos Oz” The Six Day war and Israeli Literature,” Fathom, Spring 2017. http://fathomjournal.org/1967-natan-alterman-or-amos-oz-the-six-day-war-and-israeli-literature/

Jessica Holzer, “Israeli Travel Ban Draws Fire,” Foreign Policy, March 7, 2017. http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/03/07/israeli-travel-ban-draws-fire/

Efraim Inbar, “President Trump Wants a Peace Process Too,” The BESA Center, March 21, 2017.  https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/president-trump-wants-peace-process/

Alex Joffe, “Palestinians and the Balfour Declaration at 100: Resisting the Past,” BESA Center, March 26, 2017. https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/palestinians-balfour-declaration-100-resisting-past/

Joyce van de Bildt – de Jong, “Nostalgia for the Monarchy in Egypt,” Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies Tel Aviv University, March 30, 2017. http://dayan.org/content/nostalgia-monarchy-egypt-english

Ron Kampeas, “Searching For Common Ground Amid Divisions At AIPAC,” Forward, March 28, 2017. http://forward.com/news/israel/367406/searching-for-common-ground-amid-divisions-at-aipac/

Herb Keinon, “Netanyahu Wants Foreign Ministry to Hightlighting China and India,” Jerusalem Post, March 6, 2017. http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Politics-And-Diplomacy/Netanyahu-wants-Foreign-Ministry-to-highlight-China-and-India-483397

Ofer Kenig, “Status of Women in Israeli Politics: The Good, the Bad and The Road to Full Equality,” Jerusalem Post, March 8, 2017. http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Status-of-women-in-Israeli-politics-The-good-the-bad-and-the-road-to-full-equality-483566

Alexey Khlebnikov, “Changing Dynamics in the Syrian Crisis,” Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies, Marc 30, 2017. http://dayan.org/content/changing-dynamics-syrian-crisis

Matthais Kuntzel, “Nasser’s Antisemitic War Against Israel,” Fathom, Spring 2017. http://fathomjournal.org/1967-nassers-antisemitic-war-against-israel/#_edn53

Maayan Lubell and Lianne Back, “Israel looks to leverage tech in $50 billion medical marijuana market,” Reuters, March 23, 2017. http://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-cannabis-idUSKBN16U1PZ

Ingrid Lunden, “Intel buys Mobileye in $15.3B deal, moves its automotive unit to Israel,” TechCrunch, March 13, 2017. https://techcrunch.com/2017/03/13/reports-intel-buying-mobileye-for-up-to-16b-to-expand-in-self-driving-tech/

Zvi Magen and Udi Dekel, “Remaking Syria: A Military Update, the Diplomatic Situation, and the Israeli Angle,” INSS, March 27, 2017. http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=13176

Abdel- Moneim Said, “Disecting the Regional Order- The Arab order remains in Peril,” Al-Ahram Weekly, February 9-15, 2017. http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/News/19583.aspx

Ibrahim Nawar, “Hammering out a New Middle East,” Al-Ahram Weekly, March 2-8, 2017. http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/News/19803.aspx

Assaf Orion, “From the State Comptroller’s Report on Operation Protective Edge to the Next Campaign,” INSS, March 28, 2017. http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=13196

Viva Sarah Press, “12 of the hippest emerging Israeli bands,” Israel 21c, March 26, 2017. https://www.israel21c.org/12-of-the-hippest-emerging-israeli-bands/

Paul Rivlin, “Turkey’s Economy is Paying the Price,” Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies Tel Aviv University, March 30, 2017. http://dayan.org/content/turkeys-economy-paying-price

Robert Satloff, “Burning Questions for Trump on the Middle East: We Still Don’t Know Where His Gut Instincts Are,” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, March 7, 2017. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/burning-questions-for-trump-on-the-middle-east-we-still-dont-know-where-his

David Schenker, “How the United States Should Help Protect Jordan from the Chaos Next Door,” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, February 22, 2017. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/how-the-united-states-should-help-protect-jordan-from-the-chaos-next-door

David Schenker, “President Trump Talks Terror with Egypt’s Sisi,” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, March 30, 2017. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/president-trump-talks-terror-with-egypts-sisi

Curt Schleier, “Delicious Doc Puts Israeli Food Center Stage,” Forward, March 22, 2017. http://forward.com/food/366766/delicious-doc-puts-israeli-food-center-stage/

Amnon Shashua, “Israel’s hands-off tech entrepreneur,” Financial Times, March 17, 2017. https://www.ft.com/content/3d091920-0970-11e7-ac5a-903b21361b43

Eldad Shavit, Sima Shine, and Anna Catran, “Iran and the United States under the Trump Administration,” INSS, March 6, 2017. http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=13108

Shoshanna Solomon, “Bank of Israel’s Flug says Israel must spend more on infrastructure, education,” Times of Israel, March 29, 2017. http://www.timesofisrael.com/bank-of-israels-flug-says-israel-must-spend-more-on-infrastructure-education/

Shoshanna Solomon, “With Israeli tech, self-driving cars are becoming a reality,” Times of Israel, March 13, 2017. http://www.timesofisrael.com/with-israeli-tech-self-driving-cars-are-becoming-a-reality/

Kenneth W. Stein, “The June 1967 War: How it changed Jewish, Israeli, and Middle Eastern History,” Center for Israel Education, March 2017, https://israeled.org/product/june1967/

Jessica Steinberg, “Belgian-Israeli singer Hagar Levy finds her voice, and audience,” Times of Israel, March 20, 2017. http://www.timesofisrael.com/belgian-israeli-singer-hagar-levy-finds-her-voice-and-audience/

Hannah Stuart, “Islamist Terrorism Analysis of Offences and Attacks in the UK (1998-2015),” Henry Jackson Society, March 5, 2017. http://henryjacksonsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Islamist-Terrorism-preview-1.pdf

Asher Susser, “1967 The Six Day War was a watershed in Middle Eastern History,” Fathom, Spring 2017. http://fathomjournal.org/the-six-day-war-was-a-watershed-in-middle-eastern-history/

Amir Taheri, “Iran and Turkey: Two-Bit Players in a Deadly Game,” Asharq al-Awsat, March 31, 2017. http://english.aawsat.com/amir-taheri/opinion/iran-turkey-two-bit-players-deadly-game

Cmdr. Jeremy Vaughan, USN and Simon Henderson, “Bab al-Mandab Shipping Chokepoint Under Threat. Washington Institute for Near East Policy, March 1, 2017. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/bab-al-mandab-shipping-chokepoint-under-threat

Matan Vinai, Assaf Orion, and Galia Levi, “Israel and China: Toward a Comprehensive Innovative Partnership,” INSS, March 19, 2017. http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=13158

Michael Walzer, “1967 Remembering the Six-Day War,” Fathom, Spring 2017. http://fathomjournal.org/1967-remembering-the-six-day-war/

Deborah Weinswig, “Retail Tech Innovation Is Booming In Israel,” Forbes, March 10, 2017. https://www.forbes.com/sites/deborahweinswig/2017/03/10/retail-tech-innovation-is-booming-in-israel-top-three-insights-from-our-innovation-technology-tour/#28cbce812078

Enat Wilf, “As long as the Arab world views Israel as a temporary aberration to be conquered, Israel will stand fast,” Fathom, Spring 2017. http://fathomjournal.org/1967-as-long-as-the-arab-world-views-israel-as-a-temporary-aberration-to-be-conquered-israel-will-stand-fast/

Amos Yadlin and Kobi Michael, “The Palestinian ‘Internationalization Strategy:’ End of the Road?” INSS, March 21, 2017. http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=13168

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

Yaacov Amidror, “Tread Carefully with the New US Administration,” BESA Center, February 16, 2017. https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/tread-carefully-new-us-administration/

Hady Amr, “How Palestinian schools can take Israel and the region closer to peace,” Brookings Institute, February 23, 2017. https://www.brookings.edu/blog/markaz/2017/02/23/how-palestinian-schools-can-take-israel-and-the-region-closer-to-peace/

Alan Baker, “Two State Solution, What Does it Actually mean,” Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, February 2017. http://jcpa.org/pdf/Jerusalem_Viewpoints_no609_feb2017.pdf

Yoni Ben-Menachem, “The Palestinian Authority’s Succession Struggle Continues,” Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, February 23, 2017.  http://jcpa.org/palestinian-authoritys-succession-struggle-continues/

Ilan Ben-Tzion, “How One Jerusalem Joint Is Dealing with Israel’s Terrible Restaurant Wages,” Munchies Blog – Vice News, February 15, 2017. https://munchies.vice.com/en_us/article/how-one-jerusalem-joint-is-dealing-with-israels-terrible-restaurant-wages

Shlomo Brom and Ofir Winter, “Israel and the New Leaf in Egypt-Hamas Relations,” INSS, February 16, 2017. http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=13052

Itamar Eichner, “Tel Aviv high school joins Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution,” Ynet News, February 26, 2017. www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4927777,00.html

Meir Elran, Eran Yashiv, Muhammed Abu Nasra, and Alon Rieger, “Report on the Five-Year Economic Development Plan for Minority Groups,” INSS, February 21, 2017. http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=13061

Andrew Friedman, “Rivlin, Deri inaugurate Haredi business hub in Jerusalem,” Ynet News, February 25, 2017. www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4927300,00.html

Malini Goyal, “Israel, a startup oasis in the middle of a war zone,” The Economic Times, February 19, 2017. http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/small-biz/startups/israel-a-startup-oasis-in-the-middle-of-a-war-zone/articleshow/57225306.cms

Yoel Guzansky and Kobi Michael, “The Trump Presidency and the Pragmatic Sunni Regimes,” INSS, February 22, 2017. http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=13062

Jehuda Hadad, “The Solution to Israel’s Shortage of Hi-Tech Workers Lies in the Periphery,” Jerusalem Post, February 20, 2017. www.jpost.com/Opinion/The-solution-to-Israels-shortage-of-hi-tech-workers-lies-in-the-periphery-482117

Tzachi Hanegbi and Itamar Rabinovich, “President Trump and the Middle East: Views from Israel,” The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, February 2, 2017. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/president-trump-and-the-middle-east-views-from-israel

Hillel Frisch and Yitzhak Sokoloff, “Trump, the Mideast Conflict, and the Jordanian Option,” BESA Center, February 6, 2017. https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/trump-mideast-conflict-jordanian-option/

Amira Howeidy, “Departing from the Two-state solution [Palestinians are clear why they want one-state, no Israel],” Al-Ahram Weekly, February 28, 2017. http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/News/19743.aspx

Israel21c Staff, “Archaeologists find 12th Dead Sea Scrolls cave, but no scrolls,” Israel21c, February 9, 2017. https://www.israel21c.org/archaeologists-find-12th-dead-sea-scrolls-cave-but-no-scrolls/

Jewish People Policy Institute Staff, “Shifting Trends in the West and their Impact on Israel and the Jewish People,” Jewish People Policy Institute, February 23, 2017.  http://jppi.org.il/new/en/article/english-shifting-trends-in-the-west-and-their-impact-on-israel-and-the-jewish-people/#.WLTf41UrLcs

Bruce Jones, “A call for continuity from America’s Middle East allies,” Brookings Institute, February 20, 2017. https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2017/02/20/a-call-for-continuity-from-americas-middle-east-allies/

Adi Kantor and Oded Eran, “2017 – A Year of Difficult Tests for Europe,” INSS, February 7, 2017. http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=12976 

Herb Keinon, “Israel is Clearly Pivoting to Asia, Netanyahu Announces in Singapore,” Jerusalem Post, February 21, 2017. www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Politics-And-Diplomacy/Israel-is-clearly-pivoting-to-Asia-Netanyahu-announces-in-Singapore-482131

Rami G. Khouri, “Why our behavior matters, and most Arab states may not,” Agence Global, February 7, 2017. http://agenceglobal.com/2017/02/07/why-our-behavior-matters-and-most-arab-states-may-not/

Abigail Klein Leichman, “Why US corporate giants like Intel need fresh Israeli tech,” Israel21c, February 20, 2017.  https://www.israel21c.org/why-us-corporate-giants-like-intel-need-fresh-israeli-tech/

Tamar Kogman, “BDS: The European-Funded ‘Grassroots’ Campaigns,” Jerusalem Post, February 5, 2017. www.jpost.com/Opinion/BDS-The-European-funded-grassroots-campaigns-480566

Hillel Koren, “Bank of Israel keeps March rate unchanged,” Globes, February 27, 2017. www.globes.co.il/en/article-bank-of-israel-keeps-march-rate-unchanged-1001178779

David Makovsky, “Beyond One State: Preliminary Conclusions from the Netanyahu Meeting,” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, February 17, 2017. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/beyond-one-state-preliminary-conclusions-from-the-netanyahu-meeting

Jonathan Mayo, “Cementing Israel’s Ties to America’s Pastime [Baseball],” The Jewish Chronical,  February 9, 2017. http://thejewishchronicle.net/view/full_story/27357115/article-Cementing-Israel-s-ties-to-America-s-pastime?instance=secondary_stories_right_column

Aaron David Miller, “Why Trump’s Love Affair with Netanyahu Won’t Last,” The Wilson Center, February 13, 2017. https://www.wilsoncenter.org/article/why-trumps-love-affair-netanyahu-wont-last 

Jessica Noll, “Egypt’s Armed Forces Cement Economic Power,” SWP Berlin, February 2017. https://www.swp-berlin.org/en/publication/egypts-armed-forces-cement-economic-power/

Einat Paz-Frankel, “Tel Aviv University in Top Ten List for Most Billion-Dollar Startup Founders,” No Camels, February 7, 2017. http://nocamels.com/2017/02/tel-aviv-university-unicorn-founders/ 

Reuters, “Investors Bet on Israeli Tech Stock Windfall Under Trump,” Fortune, February 21, 2017. http://fortune.com/2017/02/21/investors-israel-tech-stock-windfall-trump/

Paul Rivlin, “The Egyptian Economy: The Plot Thickens,” Iqtisadi, The Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Easter Studies, February 23, 2017. http://dayan.org/content/egyptian-economy-plot-thickens

Gabriel Sanders, “Star Chef Offers Israeli-Hungarian Fusion in New York,” Tablet, February17, 2017. www.tabletmag.com/scroll/225343/star-chef-offers-israeli-hungarian-fusion-in-new-york

Robert Satloff, David Makovsky, and Yoaz Hendel, “Trump-Netanyahu Meeting: A Reset for U.S.-Israel Relations (audio presentation),” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, February 7, 2017. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/trump-netanyahu-meeting-a-rest-for-u.s.-israel-relations

Uri Savir, “What a Palestine-Jordan confederation might look like,” Al-Monitor, February 26, 2017. www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2017/02/israel-palestinians-jordan-egypt-two-state-confederation.html

Eli Sperling, “MLK’s Support for Israel Clear in Letters,” Atlanta Jewish Times, February 19, 2017. http://atlantajewishtimes.timesofisrael.com/mlks-support-for-israel-clear-in-letters/ 

Ken Stein, “The June 1967 War: Actions with Unfinished Consequences,” Center for Israel Education, February 13, 2017. https://israeled.org/june-1967-war-actions-unfinished-consequences/ 

Itay Stern, “Performers are flooding Israel: A sign of the cultural boycott’s failure?” Haaretz, February 19, 2017. www.haaretz.com/israel-news/culture/.premium-1.772686

Tova Tzimuki, “The New Supreme Court: More conservative, more right-wing,” Ynet News, February 23, 2017. http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4926529,00.html

Times of Israel Staff, “In clip, Natalie Portman teaches Hebrew slang,” Times of Israel, February 7, 2017. www.timesofisrael.com/in-clip-natalie-portman-teaches-hebrew-slang/

Sharon Udasin, “Flug Israeli economy is strong but must become more inclusive,” Jerusalem Post, February 6, 2017. www.jpost.com/Business-and-Innovation/Flug-Israeli-economy-is-strong-but-must-become-more-inclusive-480674

Raoul Wootliff, “[Israeli] Politicians gird for battle ahead of contentious 2014 Gaza War report,” Times of Israel, February 27, 2016. www.timesofisrael.com/politicians-gird-for-battle-ahead-of-contentious-2014-gaza-war-report/

Sarah Yerkes, “Why Netanyahu’s supporters should not celebrate his meeting with Trump,” Brookings Institute, February 12, 2017. https://www.brookings.edu/blog/markaz/2017/02/21/why-netanyahus-supporters-should-not-celebrate-his-meeting-with-trump/

Jim Zanotti, “Background and US Relations in Brief,” Congressional Research Service, February 9, 2017. https://fas.org/sgp/crs/mideast/R44245.pdf 

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

Muhammad Aal Al-Sheikh (Saudi Journalist), “The Palestinians’ Reliance on Armed Resistance is Political Suicide: The Palestinian Cause is no Longer the Arabs’ Primary Concern,” MEMRI, January 26, 2017.  https://www.memri.org/reports/saudi-journalist-palestinians-reliance-armed-resistance-political-suicide-palestinian-cause

Gwen Ackerman, “Israeli Cybersecurity Industry Grows as Global Threats Multiply,” Bloomberg News, January 26, 2017.  https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-01-26/israeli-cybersecurity-industry-grows-as-global-threats-multiply

AFP, “Israel raises height of barrier on Egypt border,” AFP, January 17, 2017.  http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/256290/Egypt/Politics-/Israel-raises-height-of-barrier-on-Egypt-border.aspx

Raphael Ahren, “Top Netanyahu aide: World won’t boycott our high-tech for Palestinians,” Times of Israel, January 12, 2017. http://www.timesofisrael.com/top-netanyahu-aide-world-wont-boycott-our-high-tech-for-palestinians/

Alan Baker, “Ten False Assumptions Regarding Israel,” Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, August 15, 2016. http://jcpa.org/article/ten-false-assumptions-regarding-israel/

Alan Baker, “Debunking 11 More False Assumptions Regarding Israel,” Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, January 10, 2017, http://jcpa.org/article/debunking-more-false-assumptions-regarding-israel/

Alan Baker and Hirsh Goodman, “Unilateral Withdrawal from the West Bank and East Jerusalem – Legal Observations,” Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, January 2017. http://jcpa.org/the-dangers-of-a-unilateral-israeli-withdrawal-from-the-west-bank-and-east-jerusalem/#_chpt10

Yonah Jeremy Bob, “Ex CIA Chief Rejects Report Israel Was Warned of Sharing Intel with Trump,” Jerusalem Post, January 16, 2017. http://www.jpost.com/American-Politics/Ex-CIA-chief-rejects-report-Israel-was-warned-of-sharing-intel-with-Trump-478657

Amichai Cohen, “Could the Settlement Regulation Bill Lead to an international legal battle for Israel,” Israel Democracy Institute, January 13, 2017. https://en.idi.org.il/articles/12315

Barry Davis, “Music: Andalusian for All,” Jerusalem Post, January 12, 2017.  http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Culture/Music-Andalusian-for-all-478272

Oded Eran and Udi Dekel “Secretary of State Kerry’s Speech on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict,” NSS Insight No. 885, January 2, 2017. http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=12750

Dr. Shlomo Fischer, “Religious Zionism in Israel Today: Towards the Center,” The Jewish People Policy Institute, November 29, 2016. http://jppi.org.il/news/199/58/Religious-Zionism-in-Israel-Today-Towards-the-Center/

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Hillel Frisch, “Kerry’s Attack on Israel: A Failed Attempt to Divert Attention from Obama’s Disastrous Foreign Policy,” BESA Center, January 2, 2017.  https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/390-frisch-kerrys-attack-on-israel-a-failed-attempt-to-divert-attention-from-obamas-disastrous-foreign-policy/

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Mordechai Goldman, “The secret nightlife of Jerusalem’s old market,” al-Monitor, January 27, 2017. http://al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2017/01/israel-jerusalem-market-ultra-orthodox-nightlife-terror.html

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Rabbi Donniel Hartman, “To Pardon the rebellious son?” Y—Net, January 11, 2017. http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4903617,00.html

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Efraim Inbar, “Jerusalem is the Center of Gravity,” BESA Center, January 19, 2017. https://livestream.com/washinstitute/events/6923832

Pinhas Inbari, “Can the Palestinians Mobilize the Arab World on the U.S. Embassy Issue?” Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, January 31, 2017. http://jcpa.org/article/palestinian-reactions-u-s-embassy-move-jerusalem/

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Abigail Klein Leichman, “Biggest investor event in Israel to showcase startup magic,” Israel21c, January 25, 2017. http://www.israel21c.org/biggest-investor-event-in-israel-to-showcase-startup-magic/

Yossi Kuperwasser, “Trump’s Big Decision on Iran,” Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, December 7, 2016. http://jcpa.org/trumps-big-decision-iran/

Zvi Magen, “Russia-United States Relations under the Trump Administration: Implications for the Middle East,” INSS, January 4, 2016. http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=12768

David Makovsky and Dennis Ross, “Toward a New Paradigm for Addressing the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict,” Washington Institute for Near East Peace, January 2017. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/toward-a-new-paradigm-for-addressing-the-israeli-palestinian-conflict

Col. (ret.) Dr. Jacques Neriah, “Iranian-Saudi Tensions Are Played Out in Bahrain,”

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Arad Nir, “Current Israel-Turkey relations as expressed by the media,” The Moshe Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies, Tel Aviv University, January, 2017. http://dayan.org/content/current-israel-turkey-relations-expressed-media

Viva Sarah Press, “15 Israelis making a mark on Silicon Valley’s tech scene,” Israel21c, January 12, 2017. http://www.israel21c.org/15-israelis-making-a-mark-on-silicon-valleys-tech-scene/

Paul Rivlin, “The Arab Human Disaster Report, The Arab World Five Years After: Part 2,” The Moshe Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies, Tel Aviv University, January 2017. http://dayan.org/content/arab-human-disaster-report-arab-world-five-years-after-part-2

Grant Rumley, “Abbas on the Ropes: How the Next US Administration Could Add to his Problems,” Foundation for Defense of Democracies, January 21, 2017.  http://www.defenddemocracy.org/media-hit/grant-rumley-abbas-on-the-ropes/

Robert Satloff, “The New Administration Must Restore Intimacy and Common Purpose to the Bilateral Partnership,” National Interest, January 3, 2017. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/can-trump-overcome-obamas-israel-failure

Robert Satloff, “Moving the US Embassy to Jerusalem: From Campaign Promise to Policy Challenge,” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, January, 2017. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/uploads/Documents/pubs/Transition2017-Embassy-FINAL.pdf

Uri Savir, “After Paris — a Moscow conference on Mideast peace?” al-Monitor, January 22, 2017. http://al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2017/01/israel-palestine-paris-ii-conference-moscow-putin-trump.html

Shoshana Solomon, “Israel Innovation Authority calls for more tech labs,” Times of Israel, January 17, 2017. http://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-innovation-authority-calls-for-more-tech-labs/

Eli Sperling, “The Phenomenon of Elite Israeli Jazz,” Atlanta Jewish Times, January 11, 2017.  http://atlantajewishtimes.com/2017/01/phenomenon-elite-israeli-jazz/

Joseph Spoerl, “How Obama and Kerry Betrayed Israel at the UN,” American Thinker, January 29, 2017.

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Jessica Steinberg, “Meir Banai, 55, led Israeli music into a more soulful space,” Times of Israel, January 13, 2017.http://www.timesofisrael.com/meir-banai-55-led-israeli-music-into-a-more-soulful-space/

Luke Tress, “Blues musicians look to strike a chord in Tel Aviv festival,” Times of Israel, January 12, 2017. http://www.timesofisrael.com/blues-musicians-look-to-strike-a-chord-in-tel-aviv-festival/

Sharon Udasin, “Israeli Japanese partnerships on business tech blossoming,” Jerusalem Post, January 24, 2017. http://www.jpost.com/Business-and-Innovation/Israeli-Japanese-partnerships-on-business-tech-blossoming-479463

Benjamin Weinthal, “Germany’s Split Personality: Courts Favor Antisemites, BDS Takes Hits,” Foundation for Defense of Democracies, January 21, 2017. http://www.defenddemocracy.org/media-hit/benjamin-weinthal-germanys-split-personality-courts-favor-antisemites-bds-takes-hits/

Michael Wilner, “Prime Minister May Aligns the UK with GOP on Israel and Iran,” ,” Jerusalem Post, January 27, 2017. http://www.jpost.com/American-Politics/Prime-Minister-May-aligns-the-UK-with-GOP-on-Israel-and-Iran-479745

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