Contemporary Readings

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/

Dr. Shlomo Fischer, “Patterns of Jewish Collective Identity Among Israeli Jews,” The Jewish People Policy Institute, November 29, 2016. http://jppi.org.il/news/200/58/Patterns-of-Jewish-Collective-Identity-among-Israeli-Jews/

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/

Adam Garfinkle, “Revolution Convolutions”(On UNSCR 2334 and “Perils” in US-Israel Relations), Foreign Policy Research Institute, December 29, 2016. http://www.fpri.org/article/2016/12/resolution-convolutions/ 

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

Hirsch Goodman, “The Dangers of a Unilateral Israeli Withdrawal from the West Bank and East Jerusalem,” 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

Gershon Hacohen, “A Two-State Solution? Just Not According to the Clinton Parameters,” BESA Center, January 30, 2017. https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/two-state-solution-just-not-according-clinton-parameters/

Rabbi Donniel Hartman, “To Pardon the rebellious son?” Y—Net, January 11, 2017. http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4903617,00.html

Ari Heistein, “Trump, Israel, and the American Jewish Community,” INSS, January 19, 2017. http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=12836

i24News Staff, “Coldplay planning unprecedented Israeli-Palestinian ‘peace concert’ at Dead Sea,” i24News, January 10, 2017. http://www.i24news.tv/en/news/israel/society/134728-170110-coldplay-planning-unprecedented-israeli-palestinian-peace-concert-at-dead-sea

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/

Martin S. Indyk, “How a U.S. embassy in Jerusalem could actually jump-start the peace process,” Brookings Institute, January 5, 2017. https://www.brookings.edu/blog/markaz/2017/01/03/u-s-abstention-on-israeli-settlements-resolution-neither-sensible-nor-productive/

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,”

Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, January 11, 2017.  http://jcpa.org/article/iranian-saudi-tensions-played-bahrain/

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.

http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2017/01/how_obama_and_kerry_betrayed_israel_at_the_un.html

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

Jim Zanotti, “US-Israel Relations,” Congressional Research Service, January 7, 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

Elliott Abrams and Michael Singh, “The United States just Made Middle East Peace harder,” The Washington Post, December 23, 2016. http://tinyurl.com/gq7owhd 

Alan Baker, “The Dangers of UN Security Council Resolution 2334,” Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, December 26, 2016. http://jcpa.org/dangers-un-security-council-resolution-2334-2016/

Nahum Barnea, “Netanyahu has sown the wind, Israel is reaping the whirlwind,” Y-net News, December 25, 2016. http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4898086,00.html

Nahum Barnea, “Kerry’s Failure, Netanyahu’s Liberation,” Y-Net News, January 2, 2017. http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4901775,00.html

Eyal Bino, “5 Bold Predictions For Israeli Tech In 2017,” Forbes, December 29, 2016. http://www.forbes.com/sites/eyalbino/2016/12/29/5-bold-predictions-for-israeli-tech-in-2017/#994f2797304c

Nicky Blackburn, “31 reasons 2016 was actually a great year,” Israel21c,  December 28, 2016. http://www.israel21c.org/31-reasons-2016-was-actually-a-great-year/

Stephane Cohen, “Despite the challenges emerging on the horizon, Israel is well positioned to welcome 2017,” Jerusalem Post, December 26, 2016.  http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Israel-in-a-nutshell-Summarizing-2016-476604

Kate Connolly, “Daniel Barenboim opens Berlin music academy for Middle East students,” The Guardian, December, 8, 2016. https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/dec/08/daniel-barenboim-opens-berlin-music-academy-for-middle-east-students

Glenn Kenny, “Movie Review: The Team That Put Israeli Basketball ‘On the Map’”  New York Times, December 8, 2016. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/08/movies/on-the-map-review.html

Shlomi Daskal, “Nazareth Illit: From Judaization of the Galilee to a Mixed City, Vision versus Reality,” The Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies, December 26, 2016. http://dayan.org/content/nazareth-illit-judaization-galilee-mixed-city-vision-versus-reality

Barry Davis, “Music: Love, Ethiopian style,” Jerusalem Post, December 8, 2016. http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Culture/Music-Love-Ethiopian-style-474849

Meir Elran, “The Fires across Israel: Insights and Lessons for National Security,” INSS, December 12, 2016. http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=5154&page=1

Oded Eran, “Jordan-Israel Relations: Normalization in the Shadow of Political Deadlock,” INSS, December 1, 2016. http://www.inss.org.il/uploadImages/systemFiles/No.%20873%20-%20Oded%20for%20web.pdf

Yoram Ettinger, “Israel’s Economy Defies BDS,” The Jewish Press, December 12, 2016. http://www.jewishpress.com/indepth/analysis/the-ettinger-report/israels-economy-defies-bds/2016/12/12/

Shmuel Even and Eran Yashiv, “The Defense Budget for 2017-2018,” INSS, December 28, 2016. http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=12711

Caroline Glick, “Column One: Obama and Israel, strike and counter-strike,” The Jerusalem Post, December 29, 2016.  http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Column-One-Obama-and-Israel-strike-and-counter-strike-476948

Mark Goldfeder, “Kerry and Obama can change policy, not history or law,” The Hill, December 29, 2016.  http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/foreign-policy/312106-kerry-and-obama-can-change-policy-not-history-or-law

Mark Goldfeder, “Obama administration was hypocritical on UN’s Israel’s settlements vote,” CNN, December 26, 2016. http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/26/opinions/us-role-in-israel-un-vote-was-hypocritical-goldfeder/

Evelyn Gordon, “Disorder in the [Israeli Supreme] Court,” with responses, Mosaic, December 6, 2016. https://mosaicmagazine.com/essay/2016/12/disorder-in-the-court/

Eitan Haber, “Things Look Different from the White House [includes moving the US embassy to Jersualem,” Y-Net News, December 26, 2012. http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4895770,00.html

Ephraim Kam, “Iran: Naval Bases in Syria and in Yemen?” INSS, December 21, 2016. http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=12690

KKL/Jewish National Fund Staff, “Israeli Water Technology Changing the World,” Jerusalem Post, December 14, 2016. http://www.jpost.com/Green-Israel/Israeli-Water-Technology-Changing-the-World-475364

Abigail Klein Leichman, “15 ways Israel amazed and inspired the world in 2016,” Israel21c, December 19, 2016. http://www.israel21c.org/15-ways-israel-amazed-and-inspired-the-world-in-2016/

Zeev Klein, “Defeating projections, Israeli economy grows by 3.5% in 2016,” Israel Hayom, December 29, 2016. http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_article.php?id=39145

Yoni Kempinski, “F-35 boasts Israeli technology, can challenge Iranian threat,” Arutz Sheva, December 12, 2016. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/221626

Michael Kopolow, “UNSCR 2334,”in Israel and Ottomans Blogpost, December 27, 2016. https://ottomansandzionists.com/2016/12/27/unscr-2334/

Mitchel Hochberg, “Israel’s Amona Compromise May Bolster the Settler Movement,”
Washington Institute for Near East Policy, December 28, 2016. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/israels-amona-compromise-may-bolster-the-settler-movement

Eran Lerman, “UNSCR 2334: A Disservice to the Cause of Peace,” December 26, 2016, Begin Sadat Center Perspective Papers, http://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/389-lerman-unscr-2334-a-disservice-to-the-cause-of-peace/

Eran Lerman, “After Aleppo: Iran’s Ascendency and Its Implications,” Begin Sadat Center Perspective Papers, December 22, 2016. http://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/388-lerman-after-aleppoirans-ascendancy-and-its-implications/

David Makovsky, “Early Implications of the UN Settlements Resolution,” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, December 27, 2016. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/early-implications-of-the-un-settlements-resolution

David Makovsky, “Kerry’s Speech: Some Continuity, Some Disconnect,” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, December 29, 2016.

http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/kerrys-speech-some-continuity-some-disconnect

Cliff May, “Throwing Israel to the U.N. Wolves,” The Washington Times, December 27, 2016. http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/dec/27/obama-throwing-israel-to-the-uns-wolves/

Hisham Melhem, “Good riddance to a calamitous year,” al-‘Arabiya, December 24, 2016.

https://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/news/world/2016/12/24/Good-riddance-to-a-calamitous-year-.html

Galal Nassar, “The only way is up [The Middle East and Egypt hit rock bottom this past year] Al-Ahram Weekly, December 22, 2016. http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/News/19181/17/The-only-way-is-up.aspx

Becca Noy, “Musician Ahuva Ozeri passes away at 68 after long battle with cancer,” Jerusalem Online, December 13, 2016. http://www.jerusalemonline.com/culture-and-lifestyle/legendary-israeli-singer-passes-away-at-68-25313

Viva Sarah Press, “27 Israeli companies rank on Deloitte Tech Fast 500 EMEA list,” Israel21c, December 12, 2016. http://www.israel21c.org/27-israeli-companies-rank-on-deloitte-tech-fast-500-emea-list/

Uzi Rabi, “President-elect Trump and the Middle East?” The Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies, December 1, 2016. http://dayan.org/content/president-elect-trump-and-middle-east

Paul Rivlin, “The Arab Human Disaster Report: The Arab World Five Years After: Part 1, “ Iqtisadi – The Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies, December 2016. http://dayan.org/content/arab-human-disaster-report-arab-world-five-years-after-part-1

Michael Rubin, “Eight Possible Responses to the UN Israel Vote,” The Washington Examiner, December 24, 2016. http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/eight-possible-trump-responses-to-the-un-israel-vote/article/2610328

Curt Schleier, “IDF Prepares Israeli for Heat of NY Kitchens,” Forward, December 8, 2016. http://forward.com/food/356443/idf-prepares-israeli-for-heat-of-ny-kitchens/

Natan Sachs, “What’s new and what’s not in the U.N. resolution on Israeli settlements,” Brookings Institute, December 26, 2016. https://www.brookings.edu/blog/markaz/2016/12/26/whats-new-and-whats-not-in-the-u-n-resolution-on-israeli-settlements/

Pnina Sharvit Baruch, “Security Council Resolution 2334: The Legal Significance,” INSS, December 30, 2016. http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=12740

Gilead Sher, “More of the Same? Fatah’s Seventh General Congress and the Reelection of Abbas,” INSS, December 18, 2016. http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=12670

Gerald Steinberg, “Beyond anger: How to respond to the UN Security Council vote,” The Jerusalem Post,” December 27, 2016. https://t.co/mbvHUbpGF6

Inbal Tal, “Gender Aspects of the ‘Virtual Enclave’ of the Islamic Movement in Israel,” The Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies, December 26, 2016.  http://dayan.org/content/gender-aspects-virtual-enclave-islamic-movement-israel

Shibley Telhami, “American attitudes on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict,” Brookings Institute, December, 2, 2016. https://www.brookings.edu/research/american-attitudes-on-the-israeli-palestinian-conflict/

Andrew Tobin, “Why Tel Aviv is Israel’s new aliyah capital,” Times of Israel, January 1, 2016. http://www.timesofisrael.com/why-tel-aviv-is-israels-new-aliyah-capital/

Khaled Yacoub Oweis, “The Military Topography of Syria’s South,” SWP Insitute for International and Security Affairs Berlin, December 2016. https://www.swp-berlin.org/fileadmin/contents/products/comments/2016C56_ows.pdf

Amos Yadin, “Radical Moves will only deepen our [Israel’s] diplomatic isolation,” Y-Net News, December 27, 2016.  http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4899206,00.html

Michael Zeff, “Aliya from France great for economy, Bar-Ilan profs say,” Jerusalem Post, December 16, 2016. http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Aliya-from-France-great-for-economy-Bar-Ilan-profs-say-475785

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

Gwen Ackerman, “Israeli Tech Last Line of Defense for Power Plant Cyber Attacks,” Bloomberg, November 15, 2016. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-11-15/israeli-tech-last-line-of-defense-for-power-plant-cyber-attacks

Ghaith al-Omari, “Fatah’s General Conference: Clarifying Succession and Managing Dissent,” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, November 28, 2016. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/fatahs-general-conference-clarifying-succession-and-managing-dissent

Glenn C. Altschuler, “Exploring the Transformation of Israel’s Kibbutz Movement,” Jerusalem Post, October 16, 2016. http://www.jpost.com/Magazine/Exploring-the-transformation-of-Israels-kibbutz-movement-470003

Yaacov Amidror, “Lessons of the UNESCO Vote,” Begin-Sadat Center, November 2, 2016. http://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/375-amidror-lessons-unesco-vote/

Arutz Sheva North America Staff, “Fitch upgrades Israel’s credit rating,” Arutz Sheva, November 11, 2016. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/220164

Yuval Azulai, “India eyes Israeli tank, APC systems,” Globes, November 30, 2016. http://www.globes.co.il/en/article-india-eyes-israeli-tank-systems-1001164173

Yossi Baidatz, “Strategy as a learning process: An Israeli case study for the new administration,” Brookings Institution, November 29, 2016. https://www.brookings.edu/blog/markaz/2016/11/29/strategy-as-a-learning-process-an-israeli-case-study-for-the-new-administration/

Yaacov Benmeleh, “Largest Wealth Fund Finds Value in Israeli Banks After Job Cuts,” Bloomberg, November 15, 2016. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-11-15/largest-wealth-fund-finds-value-in-israeli-banks-after-job-cuts

Ron Bergman, “Israel’s wealthy: 105,000 millionaires and 18 billionaires,” Ynet, November 25, 2016. http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4884381,00.html

Judy Bolton-Fasman, “Voices from the Children’s House,” Tablet, November 4, 2016. http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-life-and-religion/216532/voices-from-the-childrens-house

Breaking Israel News Staff, “Jewish-Yemeni Culture Comes Alive in the Music of Yemen Blues,” Breaking Israel News, November 13, 2016. https://www.breakingisraelnews.com/78489/jewish-yemeni-culture-comes-alive-music-yemen-blues/#PewypVghUDihMOCj.97

Tamara Cofman Wittes, “Real Security: The interdependence of governance and stability in the Arab World,” Brookings Institution, November 2016, https://www.brookings.edu/research/politics-governance-and-state-society-relations/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=fp

Phillip Connor, “Middle East Migrant Population More Than Doubles Since 2005,” Pew Research Center, October 18, 2016.  http://assets.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/10/18092506/Middle-east-migrants_FINAL_PM.pdf

Omar Einav, “From Baabda to al-Qusayr: Hezbollah’s Victory March,” INSS, November 21, 2016. http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=12572

Yair Ettinger, “The Other Western Wall,” Brookings Institution, November 7, 2016. https://www.brookings.edu/blog/markaz/2016/11/07/the-other-western-wall-conflict/

Freddy Eytan, “Europe in Shock after Donald Trump’s Victory,” Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, November 15, 2016. http://jcpa.org/europe-shock-donald-trumps-victory/

Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak, “Mobilizing SNS in Turkey to Protect Women’s Rights,” Dayan Center, October 2016. http://dayan.org/content/mobilizing-sns-turkey-protect-women%E2%80%99s-rights

Jamie Feldmar, “Inside the Boom of Israeli Cuisine in America,” Zagat, November 14, 2016. https://www.zagat.com/b/inside-the-boom-of-israeli-cuisine-in-america

Lauren Frayer, “As Israel’s Ultra-Orthodox Enter The Workforce, High-Tech Beckons,” NPR, November 12, 2016. http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2016/11/12/501620376/as-israels-ultra-orthodox-enter-the-workforce-high-tech-beckons

Hanin Ghaddar, “Iran May be Using Iraq and Syria as a Bridge to Lebanon.” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, November 23, 2016. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/iran-may-be-using-iraq-and-syria-as-a-bridge-to-lebanon

Jeffrey Goldberg, “The Lessons of Henry Kissinger,” The Atlantic, November 10, 2016. http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2016/12/the-lessons-of-henry-kissinger/505868/

Haisam Hassanein, “Egypt and Israel’s Growing Economic Cooperation,” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, November 2, 2016. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/egypt-and-israels-growing-economic-cooperation

Michal Hatuel-Radoshitzky, “The New UN Secretary General,” INSS, November 2, 2016. http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=12510

Arthur Herman, “Everyone Loves Israel” Mosaic, November 7, 2016. http://mosaicmagazine.com/essay/2016/11/everybody-loves-israel/

Jeremy Hulsh, “Tune In Tel Aviv Conference Founder Debunks 5 Myths About Israel’s Music Scene, Billboard, November 8, 2016. http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7565929/tune-in-tel-aviv-conference-myths-israel-music-scene

Efraim Inbar, “Australia and Israel: Good Guys Should Stick Together,” Begin-Sadat Center, November 22, 2016. http://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/379-inbar-australia-israel-good-guys-stick-together/

Ellen Laipson, “Taking the Long View on the Changing Status of Women in the Middle East,” World Politics Review, November 1, 2016.  http://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/articles/20329/taking-the-long-view-on-the-changing-status-of-women-in-the-middle-east

Tovah Lazaroff, “Rivlin: India and Israel can ‘make magic’ on food security,” Jerusalem Post, November 21, 2016. http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Politics-And-Diplomacy/Rivlin-India-and-Israel-can-make-magic-on-food-security-473211

Eran Lerman, “Worse than a Crime: The Folly of Seeking an Imposed Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict,” Begin-Sadat Center, November 8, 2016. http://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/376-lerman-worse-crime-folly-seeking-imposed-solution-israeli-palestinian-conflict/

David Makovsky, “Israel’s Brewing Settlements Law Could Stir Problems in Washington,” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, November 17, 2016.http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/israels-brewing-settlements-law-could-stir-problems-in-washington

Ariane Mandell, “Israel’s shifting culture of philanthropy,” Jerusalem Post, November 28, 2016. http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Israels-shifting-culture-of-philanthropy-473853

Hisham Melhem, “What does a Trump presidency mean for the Middle East,” al-Arabiya, December 2, 2016. https://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/news/middle-east/2016/11/26/What-does-a-Trump-presidency-mean-for-the-Middle-East-.html

Kobi Michael, “Donald Trump’s Election as President: Israel’s Additional Focus,” INSS, November 30, 2016. http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=12618

Aaron David Miller, “Why Carter is wrong on State of Palestine,” CNN, November 30, 2016. http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/30/opinions/carter-call-recognizing-palestinian-statehood/index.html

Beverley Milton-Edwards, “The Prince: President Abbas’ successor?” Brookings Institution, November 7, 2016. https://www.brookings.edu/opinions/the-prince-president-abbas-successor/

Mazal Mualem, “Israeli education minister declares math ‘state of emergency,’” Al-Monitor, November 30, 2016. http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2016/11/israel-education-timss-math-results-gaps-jews-arabs.html

Harry Nelson, “The road of Israeli health tech to the U.S. market,” Jewish Journal, November 18, 2016. http://www.jewishjournal.com/opinion/article/the_road_of_israeli_health_tech_to_the_u.s._market

Volker Perthes, “President Trump and International Relations,” Stiftung für Wissenschaft und Politik, November 18, 2016. http://www.swp-berlin.org/en/publications/point-of-view/president-trump-and-international-relations.html

Martin Raffel, “The Challenge of anti-Semitism and anti-Israeli sentiment on campus,” New Jersey Jewish News,” November 15, 2016. http://njjewishnews.com/article/32531/the-challenge-of-anti-semitism-and-anti-israel-sentiment-on-campus#.WECNI9UrLRZ

Paul Rivlin, “How Jordan Survives: Part 1,” Dayan Center, October 31, 2016. http://dayan.org/content/how-jordan-survives-part-1

Paul Rivlin, “How Jordan Survives: Part 2,” Dayan Center, November 30, 2016. http://dayan.org/content/how-jordan-survives-part-2

Dennis Ross, “How Trump could surprise the world on Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking,” Washington Post, November 30, 2016. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/how-trump-could-surprise-the-world-on-israeli-palestinian-peace-making/2016/11/30/6e1f9c76-b5bc-11e6-959c-172c82123976_story.html?utm_term=.dbe786866bda

Michael Rubin, “Is Donald Trump Israel’s new BFF?” American Enterprise Institute, November 15, 2016. http://www.aei.org/publication/is-donald-trump-israels-new-bff/

Neal Sandler, “Israel Launches $4B Gas Field and Pipeline Investment,” Engineering News-Record, November 29, 2016. http://www.enr.com/articles/41009-israel-launches-4b-gas-field-and-pipeline-investment

Robert Satloff, “Everyone Loves Israel – Until They Don’t,” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, November 14, 2016. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/everyone-loves-israel-until-they-dont

Malina Saval, “Sharon Stone, Natalie Portman Take Top Honors at Israel Film Festival Gala,” Variety, November 10, 2016. http://variety.com/2016/film/news/sharon-stone-natalie-portman-honored-at-israel-film-festival-gala-1201915004/

Sima Shine, Anna Catran, “The Start of the Iranian Presidential Campaign,” INSS, November 24, 2016. http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=12603

Max Singer, “Moving the US Embassy to Jerusalem: A Great Opportunity for the New President,” Begin-Sadat Center, November 21, 2016. http://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/378-singer-moving-us-embassy-jerusalem-great-opportunity-new-president/

Felicity Spector, “A cuisine without borders: the vibrant flavours of Israeli food in Britain,” The Telegraph, July 28, 2016. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/food-and-drink/features/a-cuisine-without-borders-the-vibrant-flavours-of-israeli-food-i/

Tyler Stapleton, “Congress Introduces Bill to Combat BDS Worldwide,” Foundation for Defense of Democracies, November 18, 2016. http://www.defenddemocracy.org/media-hit/tyler-stapleton-congress-introduces-bill-to-combat-bds-worldwide/

United Nations Development Programme, “Arab Human Development Report 2016,” United Nations Development Programme, December 2016. http://www.arabstates.undp.org/content/dam/rbas/report/AHDR%20Reports/AHDR%202016/AHDR%20Final%202016/AHDR2016En.pdf

Amos Yadlin, “Israel and the United States: An Opportunity to Strengthen the Special Relationship,” INSS, November 15, 2016. http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=12544

Sarah Yerkes, “With Trump coming to the White House, what’s Obama’s exit calculus on the peace process?” Brookings Institution, November 16, 2016.  https://www.brookings.edu/blog/markaz/2016/11/16/with-trump-coming-to-the-white-house-whats-obamas-exit-calculus-on-the-peace-process/

Michael Zeff, “EU-Israel trade predicted to grow despite diplomatic tension,” Jerusalem Post, November 23, 2016. http://www.jpost.com/Business-and-Innovation/Economic-panel-tackles-economic-challenges-for-Israel-473444

Raz Zimmt, “When Soccer and Music Conflict with Religion: Citizens on Social Networks against Clerics in Iran,” Dayan Center, October 2016. http://dayan.org/content/when-soccer-and-music-conflict-religion-citizens-social-networks-against-clerics-iran

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

Ghaith Al-Omari, “A Paralyzing Rivalry,” The Cipher Brief, October 27, 2016. https://www.thecipherbrief.com/article/middle-east/paralyzing-rivalry-1089

Graham Allison, “Why ISIS Fears Israel,” The National Interest, August 8, 2016. http://nationalinterest.org/feature/why-isis-fears-israel-17286

Yaakov Amidor, “Tip of the Iceberg: Russian Use of Power in Syria,” Begin-Sadat Center, October 9, 2016. http://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/371-amidror-tip-of-the-iceberg-russian/

Yoni Ben Menachem, “The Businesses of Mahmoud Abbas and His Sons,” Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, September 14, 2016, http://jcpa.org/article/the-businesses-of-mahmoud-abbas-and-his-sons/

Ariel Ben Solomon, “Israel Should Avoid Turkey, Include Cyprus in Gas Export Projects,” Begin-Sadat Center, October 7, 2016. http://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/370-ben-solomon-israel-avoid-turkey-include-cyprus-gas-export-projects/

Anthony Bergin and Efraim Inbar, “The wattle and the olive: A new chapter in Australia and Israel working together,” Begin-Sadat Center, October 2016. http://besacenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/SR95_Australia-Israel-Nov-2016.pdf

BESA Center Associates, “Israeli West Bank Policy – Whereto?” Begin-Sadat Center, October 2016. http://besacenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Israeli-West-Bank-Policy.pdf

Anna Borschevskaya and Cmdr Jeremy Vaughn, USN, “How the Russian Military Reestablished Itself in the Middle East,” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, October 17, 2016. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/how-the-russian-military-reestablished-itself-in-the-middle-east

Ben Caspit, “The Israeli defense minister’s surprising offer,” Al-Monitor, October 26, 2016. http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2016/10/israel-why-minister-liberman-offered-hamas-a-sea-port.html

Meir Elran, Mohammed Abo Nasra and Doron Matza, “The Decision by Arab Leaders in Israel Not to Attend the Peres Funeral: An Act of Defiance or a New Trend?” INSS, October 31, 2016. http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=12508

Oded Eran, “The American Conundrums in the Middle East, as Reflected in the Clinton-Trump Debate,” INSS, October 26,2016. http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=12472

Greer Fay Cashman, “A bridge between Austria and Israel,” Jerusalem Post, October 22, 2016. http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/A-bridge-between-Austria-and-Israel-470663

Ben Fisher, “A different angle: A group of American music insiders pay a visit to Israel to learn about the country through its musicians and music industy,” Jerusalem Post, October 20, 2016. http://www.jpost.com/Magazine/Music-camp-470488

Alex Fishman, “Israel to assist Egypt’s fragile economy,” Ynet, October 18, 2016. http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4867417,00.html

Gabe Friedman, “Israeli artist recreates Yom Kippur War through new music-listening experience,” Times of Israel, October 8, 2016. http://www.timesofisrael.com/this-album-and-listening-experience-re-creates-the-yom-kippur-war/

Daniel Glaser, “The Evolution of Terrorism Financing: Disrupting the Islamic State,” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, October 21, 2016, http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/the-evolution-of-terrorism-financing-disrupting-the-islamic-state

Daniel Gordis, “We Need to Talk About Israel,” Tablet, October 14, 2016, http://www.tabletmag.com/scroll/213000/we-need-to-talk-about-israel

Haisam Hasanein, “Egypt and Israel’s Growing Economic Cooperation, November 2, 2016, Washington Institute for Near East Policy. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/egypt-and-israels-growing-economic-cooperation

Efraim Inbar, “Jerusalem is More Important than Amona,” Begin-Sadat Center, October 27, 2016. http://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/jerusalem-important-amona/

Israel21c Staff, “Amazing archaeological find from First Temple period,” Israel21c, October 5, 2016. http://www.israel21c.org/amazing-archaeological-find-from-first-temple-period/

Israel21c Staff, “Israelis produce clean energy alternative from… spinach,” Israel21c, October 2, 2016. http://www.israel21c.org/israelis-produce-clean-energy-alternative-from-spinach/

Kenneth Jacobson, “Abstention on UNESCO Vote? Not Good Enough,” Times of Israel, October 28, 2016. http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/abstention-on-unesco-vote-not-good-enough/

Alex Joffe, “BDS, Political Religion, and the Crisis of the Global Left,” Begin-Sadat Center, October 28, 2016. http://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/374-joffe-bds-political-religion-crisis-global-left/

Jerusalem Post Editorial, “Egypt and Israel,” Jerusalem Post, October 25, 2016. http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Egypt-and-Israel-470853

Jewish News Service, “Israeli Economic Growth Exceeding Expectations,” The Algemeiner, October 15, 2016. https://www.algemeiner.com/2016/10/15/israeli-economic-growth-exceeding-expectations/

Jewish Telegraph Agency, “Israeli documentary named to shortlist for Academy Awards,” Arutz Sheva, October 28, 2016. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/219464

Efraim Karsh, “The Oslo Disaster,” Begin-Sadat Center, September 4, 2016. http://besacenter.org/mideast-security-and-policy-studies/msps123-karsh-the-oslo-disaster/

Steven R. Koltai, “Shimon Peres: Godfather of Israeli entrepreneurship,” Brookings Institution, October 14, 2016. https://www.brookings.edu/blog/techtank/2016/10/14/shimon-peres-godfather-of-israeli-entrepreneurship/

Yossi Kuperwasser, “The West Must Insist that the Palestinians Change their Narrative,” Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, September 5, 2016, http://jcpa.org/article/west-must-insist-palestinians-change-narrative/

Eran Lerman, “Abbas at Mount Herzl: A Complex Man at a Complex Moment,” Begin-Sadat Center, October 10, 2016. http://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/372-lerman-abbas-at-mount-herzl/

Peter Lintl, “The Dynamics of a Right-wing Coalition – How the Failure of the Peace Processes Encourages Domestic Populism in Israel,” German Institute for International and Security Affairs, October 2016.  https://www.swp-berlin.org/en/publications/swp-comments-en/swp-aktuelle-details/article/israel_the_dynamics_of_a_right_wing_coalition.html

Bruce Maddy-Weitzman, “A Drumbeat of Negative Commentary (Mideast Monitor),” Dayan Center, October 25, 2016. http://dayan.org/content/drumbeat-negative-commentary-mideast-monitor

Maisie McCormack and Brandon Friedman, “Beyond Fraternity: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates,” Dayan Center, October 26, 2016. http://dayan.org/content/beyond-fraternity-kingdom-saudi-arabia-and-united-arab-emirates-uae

Kobi Michael, “The Palestinian Terrorism of the Past Year: Causes and Policy Recommendations,” INSS, October 14, 2016. http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=12439

Assaf Orion, “The United States, Syria, and Chemical Weapons: An Unfinished Symphony,” INSS, October 6, 2016. http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=12404

Charles Passy, “Israeli Chefs Offer a Taste of the Holy Land in New York,” Wall Street Journal, October 4, 2016. http://www.wsj.com/articles/israeli-chefs-offer-a-taste-of-the-holy-land-in-new-york-1475621312

W. Robert Pearson, “Turkey After July 16- Dawn or Disaster,” The Middle East Institute, October 17, 2016, http://www.mei.edu/content/article/turkey-after-july-15-dawn-or-disaster

Pew Staff, “American and Israeli Jews: Twin Portraits From Pew Research Center Surveys,” Pew Research Center September 27, 2016. http://www.pewforum.org/2016/09/27/american-and-israeli-jews-twin-portraits-from-pew-research-center-surveys/

Viva Sarah Press, “Tel Aviv’s pubs are moonlighting as daytime offices,” Israel21c, October 27, 2016. http://www.israel21c.org/tel-avivs-pubs-are-moonlighting-as-daytime-offices/

Brian Reeves and Natan Sachs, “Israeli national unity government redux?” Brookings Institution, October 14, 2016. https://www.brookings.edu/blog/markaz/2016/10/14/israeli-national-unity-government-redux/

Paul Rivlin, “How Jordan Survives: Part 1,” Dayan Center, October 31, 2016. http://dayan.org/content/how-jordan-survives-part-1

Shoshana Solomon, “Israeli army may crack down on ex-soldiers profiting from tech expertise,” Times of Israel, October 4, 2016. http://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-army-may-crack-down-on-ex-soldiers-profiting-from-tech-expertise/

Jonathan Spyer, “Patterns of Subversion: Iranian Us of Proxies in the Middle East, Rubin Center, September 5, 2016. http://www.rubincenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/04_Spyer-TM-au-PDF.pdf

Washington Institute Satff, “Muslim, Jewish Religious Leaders Denounce Violence, Promote Peace in Unprecedented Israeli-Palestinian Meeting,” The Washington Institute, October 13, 2016. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/muslim-jewish-religious-leaders-denounce-violence-promote-peace-in-unpreced

Katy Watson, “Israel in food fight over kosher licensing,” BBC News, October 10, 2016. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-37443634

Wharton Staff, “Can Israel Expand Its Startup Culture To Nearby Regions?” Wharton School at UPenn, October 24, 2016. http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/can-israel-recast-startup-nation-into-startup-region/

Heiko Wimmen, “Lebanon’s State Erosion, Divisions of Conflict in Syria Sustain a Dangerous Stalemate,” German Institute for International and Security Affairs, October 2016, https://www.swp-berlin.org/fileadmin/contents/products/comments/2016C46_wmm.pdf

Ynet Staff, “The Israeli technology that’s linked to virtually every drink in the world,” Ynet, October 27, 2016. http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4870990,00.html

Danielle Ziri, “Birthright program contributed over $1 billion to Israeli economy, study shows,” Jerusalem Post, October 21, 2016. http://www.jpost.com/Diaspora/Birthright-program-contributed-over-1-billion-to-Israeli-economy-study-shows-470628

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

Special Collection: Iran—200 on-line collected articles about Iran (2010-2016)—the nuclear issue, Iranian economy, foreign policy, Russia and Turkey and Iran, Iran and Saudi Arabia, in the Syrian conflict,  and more https://israeled.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/iran-article-compilation.pdf

Renee Beyda, “Israeli Filmmaker Uninvited from Film Festival,” The Jewish Week, September 20, 2016. http://www.thejewishweek.com/news/new-york/israeli-filmmaker-uninvited-film-festival

Patrick Clawson, “Obama Team Makes Defensible Actions on Iran Looks Suspicious,” The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, September 8, 2016. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/obama-team-makes-defensible-actions-on-iran-look-suspicious

Niv Elis, “Apple Reportedly Developing iPhone 8 in Israel,” The Jerusalem Post, September 29, 2016. http://www.jpost.com/Business-and-Innovation/Tech/Apple-reportedly-developing-iPhone-8-in-Israel-468951

Shmuel Even, David Siman-Tov, and Gabi Siboni, “Structuring Israel’s Cyber Defense,” The Institute for National Security Studies, September 21, 2016. http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=12364

Udi Dekel and Ofir Winter, “Cautious Pessimism: The Ceasefire in Syria – Prospects for Success,” The Institute for National Security Studies, September 19, 2016. http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=12361

Gershon Hacohen, “Separation Is Not the Answer,” The Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, September 29, 2016. http://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/368-hacohen-separation-not-answer/

Simon Henderson, “Holy War of Words: Growing Saudi-Iranian Tensions,” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, September 7, 2016. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/holy-war-of-words-growing-saudi-iranian-tensions

Simon Henderson, “Jordan’s Strategic Decision to Buy Israeli Gas,” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, September 26, 2016. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/jordans-strategic-decision-to-buy-israeli-gas?utm_term=Read%20th

Michael Herzog, “Israel’s Core Security Requirements in Permanent-Status Negotiations,” Fathom, August 2016. http://fathomjournal.org/israels-core-security-requirements-in-permanent-status-negotiations/

Israel21c Staff, “Amazing Archaeological find from First Temple Period,” Israel21c, October 5, 2016. http://www.israel21c.org/amazing-archaeological-find-from-first-temple-period/

Jerusalem Post Staff, “Musician Brian Eno Upholds BDS, Refuses to Let Israeli Dance Company Use Music,” The Jerusalem Post, September 7, 2016. http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Culture/Musician-Brian-Eno-upholds-BDS-refuses-to-let-Israeli-dance-company-use-music-467154

Raphael Kadushin, “Tel Aviv: A Beach-to-Market Food Tour,” The Wall Street Journal, September 29, 2016. http://www.wsj.com/articles/tel-aviv-a-beach-to-market-food-tour-1475167369

Chen Kane, W. Seth Carus, and Nima Gerami, “Why the U.S-Israel Military Aid Package Matters,” The National Interest, September 25, 2016. http://nationalinterest.org/feature/why-the-us-israel-military-aid-package-matters-17818

Steven Koltai, “Shimon Peres: Godfather of Israeli Entrepreneurship,” Jewish Journal, September 30, 2016. http://www.jewishjournal.com/israel/article/shimon_peres_godfather_of_israeli_entrepreneurship

Yossi Kuperwasser, “The West Must Insist that the Palestinians Change Their Narrative,” Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, September 5, 2016. http://jcpa.org/article/west-must-insist-palestinians-change-narrative/

Tova Lazaroff and Herb Keinon, “World Leaders to Arrive in Israel for Friday Funeral of Shimon Peres,” The Jerusalem Post, September 28, 2016. http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/World-leaders-to-arrive-in-Israel-for-Friday-funeral-of-Shimon-Peres-468868

Abigail Klein Leichman, “Small Israeli Institutions Get Help Birthing Big Ideas,”Israel21c, September 4, 2016. http://www.israel21c.org/small-israeli-institutions-get-help-birthing-big-ideas/

Ori Lenkinski, “Tel Aviv Experimental Fringe Theater Company Tmuna Hosts Festival of Plays, Music,” The Jerusalem Post, September 11, 2016. http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Culture/Tel-Aviv-experimental-fringe-theater-company-Tmuna-hosts-festival-of-plays-music-467469

Eran Lerman, “Game of Camps: Ideological Fault Lines in the Wreckage of the Arab State System,” The Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies September 2016. http://besacenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/MSPS124-1.pdf

Eran Lerman, “Khamenei’s Slant on WWII: Iran Must Not Go the Way of Germany and Japan,” The Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, September 28, 2016.  http://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/367-lerman-khameneis-slant-wwii-iran-must-not-go-way-germany-japan/

Zvi Magen and Udi Dekel, “Russia’s Initiative on the Israeli-Palestinian Process: Another Move to Regain Influence in the Middle East,” The Institute for National Security Studies, September 13, 2016. http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=12339

David Makovsky, “The Money and the Message,” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, September 15, 2016. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/israels-new-mou-the-money-and-the-message

David Makovsky, “Shimon Peres was Israel’s Quintessential Zionist,” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, September 28, 2016. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/shimon-peres-was-israels-quintessential-zionist

Hour Doron Matza, Meir Elran, and Mohammed Abo Nasra, “Troubles in Paradise: The New Arab Leadership in Israel and the Challenges of the Hour,” The Institute for National Security Studies, July 2016. http://www.inss.org.il/uploadImages/systemFiles/INSS.StrAss19.2.July16942619882.pdf

Hisham Melhem, “Scorched Earth and Scorched Souls,” Al Arabiya, September 17, 2016. https://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/news/middle-east/2016/09/17/Scorched-earth-and-scorched-souls.html

Aryeh Mellman, “Clinton vs. Trump on Key Middle East Issues: Prepping for the Debate,” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, September 22, 2016. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/clinton-vs.-trump-on-key-middle-east-issues-prepping-for-the-debate

Yoni Ben Menachem, “The Business of Mahmoud Abbas and His Sons,” Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, September 14, 2016. http://jcpa.org/article/the-businesses-of-mahmoud-abbas-and-his-sons/

Kobi Michael, “The Agreement Between Israel and the Palestinian Authority on Electricity: Guiding Rationales for a Working Model,” The Institute for National Security Studies, September 22, 2016. http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=12370

Michael O’Hanlon, “Deconstructing Syria: A Confederal Approach,” Brookings, September 16, 2016. https://www.brookings.edu/research/deconstructing-syria-a-confederal-approach/

Sever Plocker, “A political realist (Shimon Peres)in an irrational world,” Ynet News, September 29, 2016. http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4860253,00.html

Gerard Pozzi, “Leket Israel: A Role Model Food Bank,” Foodtank, September 28, 2016. http://foodtank.com/news/2016/09/leket-israel-a-role-model-food-bank

Viva Sarah Press, “10 Israelis Making a Mark on New York’s Tech Scene,” Israel21c, September 19, 2016.  http://www.israel21c.org/10-israelis-making-a-mark-on-new-yorks-tech-scene/

Itamar Rabinovich, “Israeli’s Last Founding Father (Shimon Peres),” Brookings, September 28, 2016. https://www.brookings.edu/blog/markaz/2016/09/28/israels-last-founding-father/

Reuters, “Abbas’s Farewell to Shimon Peres Stirs Controversy Among Palestinians,” The Jerusalem Post, October 3, 2016. http://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/Abbass-farewell-to-Shimon-Peres-stirs-controversy-among-Palestinians-469345

Yehudit Ronen, “Post-Qaddafi Libya: A Failing State,” The Moshe Dayan Center, 2016. http://dayan.org/content/post-qaddafi-libya-failing-state

Armin Rosen, “Jewish Voters Are in Love with Hillary’s Pragmatism. What Does That Mean for Mideast Policy?” Tablet, September 7, 2016. http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-news-and-politics/212675/jewish-voters-hillarys-pragmatism

Armin Rosen, “Boundaries of Slowly Thawing Arab-Israeli Relations on Display at Iran Risk Summit in NYC,” Tablet, September 21, 2016. http://www.tabletmag.com/scroll/214072/boundaries-of-slowly-thawing-arab-israeli-relations-on-display-at-iran-risk-summit-in-nyc

Karin Rubinstein, “More Than Positioning: Israel’s Tech Challenges,” The Jerusalem Post, September 5, 2016. http://www.jpost.com/Business-and-Innovation/Tech/More-than-positioning-Israels-tech-challenges-466935

Jonathan Rynhold, “US-Israel Relations: Beyond the $38 Billion,” The Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, September 27, 2016. http://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/366-rynhold-us-israel-relations-beyond-38-billion/

David Samuels, “One Last (Shimon Peres) Interview,” Tablet, September 29, 2016. http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-news-and-politics/214621/one-last-interview

Robert Satloff, “What Trump and Clinton Said (And Didn’t Say) About the Middle East,” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, September 27, 2016. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/what-trump-and-clinton-said-and-didnt-say-about-the-middle-east?utm_term

David Schenker, “Cracks Start to Show in Jordan,” The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, September 13, 2016. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/cracks-start-to-show-in-jordan https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/agreement-on-military-aid-for-israel-expected-within-days/2016/09/13/50847ad8-79c1-11e6-bd86-b7bbd53d2b5d_story.html

Michael Schwartz, “The Development of the Sino-Iranian Limited Partnership: China’s $600-Billion Proposition,” The Moshe Dayan Center, 2016. http://dayan.org/content/development-sino-iranian-limited-partnership-china’s-600-billion-proposition

Cui Shoujun, “The Logic of China’s Israel Policy,” The Jerusalem Post, September 26, 2016. http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/The-logic-of-Chinas-Israel-policy-468486

Robin Shulman, “Shimon Peres, Israeli Statesman and Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Dies at 93,” The Washington Post, September 27, 2016. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/shimon-peres-israeli-statesman-and-nobel-peace-prize-winner-dies-at-93/2016/09/27/ef12f968-c5db-11df-94e1-c5afa35a9e59_story.html

David Siman-Tov and Gabi Siboni, “The Superpower Cyber War and the US Elections,” The Institute for National Security Studies, September 26, 2016. http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=12384

Shoshanna Solomon, “Program Seeks to Boost Bedouins in Israeli High-Tech,” The Times of Israel, October 2, 2016. http://www.timesofisrael.com/program-seeks-to-boost-bedouins-in-israeli-high-tech/

Michael Steinbach, “How Technology has Transformed the Terrorist Threat Fifteen Years after 9/11,” The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, September 21, 2016, http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/how-technology-has-transformed-the-terrorist-threat-fifteen-years-after-9-1

Ron Tira, “Israel’s Second War Doctrine,” The Institute for National Security Studies, Tel Aviv, July 2016. http://www.inss.org.il/uploadImages/systemFiles/INSS.StrAss19.2.July16942619882.pdf

Mira Tzoreff, “From Great Expectations to Bitter Disappointment: Egypt’s Youth, After Three Years of al-Sisi’s Presidency,” The Moshe Dayan Center, 2016. http://dayan.org/content/great-expectations-bitter-disappointment-egypt’s-youth-after-three-years-al-sisis-presidency

Sharon Udasin, “Global Agtech Investors Find ‘Rich Pipeline of Opportunities’ in Israel,” The Jerusalem Post, September 27, 2016. http://www.jpost.com/Business-and-Innovation/Environment/Global-agtech-investors-find-rich-pipeline-of-opportunities-in-Israel-468833

David Wainer, “Bank of Israel Holds Rate as It Raises Growth Outlook,” Bloomberg, September 26, 2016. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-09-26/bank-of-israel-holds-interest-rate-amid-economic-improvement

Benjamin Weinthal, “City of Munich Cancels BDS Event Due to Anti-Semitism,” Foundation For Defense of Democracies, September 24, 2016. http://www.defenddemocracy.org/media-hit/benjamin-weinthal-city-of-munich-cancels-bds-event-due-to-antisemitism/

Moshe Yaalon, “Why Iran is more dangerous than Islamic State,” LA Times, September, 29, 2016. http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-yaalon-iran-threat-20160929-snap-story.html

Roie Yellinek, “China’s New Position on the Middle East,” The Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, September 11, 2016. http://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/363-yellnik-chinas-new-position-middle-east/

Assembled by Ken Stein and Eli Sperling
Emory University and Center for Israel Education

kenstein@israeled.org or kstein@emory.edu

Hani Al-Masri, “Hamas faces bitter options,” Middle East Monitor, March 29, 2016. https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20160329-hamas-faces-bitter-options/

Yaakov Amidror, “Cyberspace, the Final Frontier,” Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, August 30, 2016. http://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/cyberspace-final-frontier/

Yaacok Amidror, “The Iran Deal One Year Later: The Fuse is Still Burning,” BESA Center, August 8, 2016. http://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/iran-deal-first-anniversary/

Steffen Angenendt, David Kipp, Anne Koch, “Many Refugees, Poor Data,” German Institute for International and Security Affairs, August 2016. http://www.swp-berlin.org/fileadmin/contents/products/comments/2016C37_adt_kpp_koh.pdf

Alan Baker, “Ten False Assumptions Regarding Israel,” Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, August 15, 2016. http://jcpa.org/article/ten-false-assumptions-regarding-israel/

Barak Barfi, “Assad Bombs the Kurds: Implications for U.S. Strategy in Syria,” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, August 23, 2016.  http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/assad-bombs-the-kurds-implications-for-u.s.-strategy-in-syria

Peter Beaumont, “Gaza becomes social media warzone ahead of Palestinian elections,” The Guardian, August, 24, 2016. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/aug/24/gaza-becomes-social-media-warzone-ahead-palestinian-elections

Coral Braun, “Israeli directors win MTV award for Coldplay’s ‘Up&Up’ music video,” Jerusalem Post, August 29, 2016. http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Culture/Israeli-directing-pair-wins-MTV-award-for-Coldplay-music-video-466309

Hannah Brown, “Israeli movies abound at this year’s Toronto Film Festival,” Jerusalem Post, August 21, 2016. http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Culture/Israeli-movies-abound-at-this-years-Toronto-Film-Festival-464687

Anthony H. Cordesman, “U.S. Wars in Iraq, Syria, Libya and Yemen: What Are the Endstates?” Center for Strategic and International Studies, August 15, 2016. https://www.csis.org/analysis/us-wars-iraq-syria-libya-and-yemen-what-are-endstates

Omar Einav, Orit Perlov, and Ofir Winter, “Not Just Sports: Mixed Sentiments in Egyptian Discourse about Israel,” Institute for National Security Studies, August 18, 2016. http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=12232

Shlomi Eldar, “The morning after: What happens to Gaza if Hamas is toppled?,” Al-Monitor, August 2016. http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2016/08/avigdor-liberman-plan-hamas-ngo-humanitarian-aid-gaza-strip.html

Niv Elis, “Israeli-Chinese hardware incubator launches in Tel Aviv,” Jerusalem Post, August 30, 2016. http://www.jpost.com/Business-and-Innovation/Israeli-Chinese-hardware-incubator-launches-in-Tel-Aviv-466382

Yoram Ettinger, “Israel’s Economy – an Island of Stability,” Jewish Press, August 8, 2016. http://www.jewishpress.com/indepth/analysis/the-ettinger-report/israels-economy-an-island-of-stability/2016/08/08/

Joel Fishman, “The Historical Problem of Haj Amin al-Husseini, ‘Grand Mufti’ of Jerusalem,” Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, August 22, 2016. http://jcpa.org/article/historical-problem-hajj-amin-al-husseini-grand-mufti-jerusalem/

Matti Friedman, “The Ideological Roots of Media Bias Against Israel,” Fathom, January 2015. http://fathomjournal.org/the-ideological-roots-of-media-bias-against-israel/

Shiryn Ghermezian, “Playboy Columnist Calls Israel’s ‘Burning Man’ Festival ‘Ultimate Revenge on Hitler’,” The Algemeiner, August 28, 2016. https://www.algemeiner.com/2016/08/28/playboy-columnist-calls-israels-burning-man-festival-ultimate-revenge-on-hitler/

John Hannah, “Saudi Arabia Strikes Back,” Foundation for Defense of Democracies, August 16, 2016. http://www.defenddemocracy.org/media-hit/saudi-arabia-strikes-back/

Pinhas Inbari, “The Fraying Palestinian Political Entity in the West Bank,” Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, August 3, 2016. http://jcpa.org/the-fraying-palestinian-political-entity-in-the-west-bank/

Ephraim Kam, Zvi Magen, “Russia Stations Fighter Jets in Iran for Use in Syria,” Institute for National Security Studies, August 21, 2016. http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=12235

Ziv Klein, “Moody’s affirms Israel’s A1 credit rating, says economy stable,” Israel Hayom, August 14, 2016. http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_article.php?id=35663

Abigail Klein Leichman, “Israeli lab proves Stephen Hawking’s theory,” Israel21c, August 18, 2016. http://www.israel21c.org/israeli-lab-proves-stephen-hawkings-theory/

Tal Kra-Oz, “Shai Tsbari Storms the Heavens, from Bat Yam to New York,” Tablet, August 22, 2016. http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-arts-and-culture/music/211136/shai-tsabari-storms-the-heavens

Norman Lebrecht, “Breaking: Rotterdam Phil Appoints Israeli Music Director, 27,” Slipped Disc, August 23, 2016. http://slippedisc.com/2016/08/breaking-rotterdam-phil-appoint-israeli-music-director-27-years-old/

Eran Lerman, “Regional Implications of the Failed Coup d’État and Purges in Turkey,” Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, August 1, 2016. http://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/regional-implications-failed-coup-detat-purges-turkey-initial-indicators/

David Makovsky, “Israel Defense Minister surprises by announcing West Bank Projects in Key Areas,” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, August 19, 2016. https://outlook.office.com/owa/projection.aspx

C. Meital, “Three Years Into Al-Sisi’s Rule: Difficult Challenges At Home And Abroad,” Middle East Media Research Institute, August 14, 2016. http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/9395.htm

Arye Mekel, “Turkey, the Refugee Crisis and Brexit: Concerns and Opportunities for Greece,” Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, August 12, 2016. http://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/turkey-the-refugee-crisis-and-brexit-concerns-and-opportunities-for-greece/

Hisham Melhem, “Rage, rage. Unadulterated rage against the dying of hope [in Syria],” al-Arabiya, August 20, 2016.  https://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/2016/08/20/Rage-rage-unadulterated-rage-against-the-dying-of-hope-in-Syria.html

Kobi Michael, Udi Dekel, “The Defense Minister’s Plan: One Hand Gives, the Other Topples,” Institute for National Security Studies, August 25, 2016. http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=12256

Mazal Mualem, “Why the Sabbath crisis didn’t topple Netanyahu’s government” Al-Monitor, August 2016. http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2016/08/israel-third-sabbath-coalition-crisis-netanyahu-katz.html

Mohammed Abu Nasra, Meir Elran, Eran Yashiv, “The Five-Year Economic Plan for Israel’s Arab Sector: A Progress Report,” Institute for National Security Studies, August 9, 2016. http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=12208

Gaith Omari, “Palestinian Local Elections: An Opportunity for Political Revival or a Gam of Chicken,” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, August 5, 2016. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/palestinian-local-elections-an-opportunity-for-political-revival-or-a-game

David Pollack, “The New Normal: Today’s Arab Debate Over Ties with Israel,” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, August 25, 2016. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/the-new-normal-todays-arab-debate-over-ties-with-israel

Nadav Pollak, “Transformation of Hezbollah by its Involvement in Syria,” The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, August, 2016. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/uploads/Documents/pubs/ResearchNote35-Pollak-2.pdf

Adam Rasgon, “A guide to the upcoming PA municipal elections,” Jerusalem Post, August 8, 2016. http://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/A-guide-to-the-upcoming-PA-municipal-elections-463510

Abdulrahman al-Rashed, “The Shock of a Russian base in Iran,” al-Arabiya, August 18, 2016. https://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/news/middle-east/2016/08/18/The-shock-of-a-Russian-base-in-Iran.html

Asaf Romirowsky and Alexander H. Joffe, “The anti-Israel movement’s ‘anti-normalization’ campaign,” National Post, August 3, 2016, http://www.romirowsky.com/19081/israel-anti-normalization

Peter Rudolf, “Liberal Hegemony and US Foreign Policy under Barack Obama,” German Institute for International and Security Affairs, August 2016. http://www.swp-berlin.org/fileadmin/contents/products/comments/2016C40_rdf.pdf

Zaki Shalom, “The Obama Administration: Toward a Security Council Resolution on an Israeli-Palestinian Agreement?,” Institute for National Security Studies, August 23, 2016. http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=12244

Max Singer, “The New Threat of Very Accurate Missiles,” Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, August 9, 2016. http://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/new-threat-accurate-missiles/

Joseph S. Spoerl, “Whitewashing Palestine to Eliminate Israel: The Case of the One-State Advocates,” Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, April 12, 2016. http://jcpa.org/article/whitewashing-palestine-eliminate-israel-case-one-state-advocates/

Jonathan Spyer, “Where is Syria going? A Round Table with Jonathan Spyer,” Fathom, Spring 2016. http://fathomjournal.org/where-is-syria-going-a-round-table-with-jonathan-spyer/

Khaled Abu Toameh, “Hamas, Palestinian Authority Target Journalists Ahead of Election,” Gatestone Institute, August 23, 2016. https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/8738/hamas-palestinian-journalists

Gönül Tol, Matt Mainzer and Zeynep Ekmekci, “Unpacking Turkey’s Failed Coup: Causes and Consequences,” Middle East Institute, August 17, 2016. http://www.mei.edu/content/article/unpacking-turkey-s-failed-coup-causes-and-consequences

Benjamin Weinthal, “In Germany, Israelis help to launch anti-BDS group,” Foundation for Defense of Democracies, August 27, 2016. http://www.defenddemocracy.org/media-hit/benjamin-weinthal-in-germany-israelis-help-to-launch-anti-bds-group/

Ofir Winter, Gallia Lindenstrauss, “Egypt and Turkey following the Failed Coup: The Interrupted Thaw,” Institute for National Security Studies, August 2, 2016. http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=12184

Michael Yudkin, “Lies, Damned Lies and the Academic Boycott of Israel,” Fathom, Spring 2016. http://fathomjournal.org/lies-damned-lies-and-the-academic-boycott-of-israel/

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

AFP, “Israeli Ultra-Orthodox Women Go Hi-Tech,” Daily Mail, July 11, 2016. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/afp/article-3684058/Israel-ultra-Orthodox-women-hi-tech.html

Yaacov Amidror, “Erdogan’s Turkey Takes a Fork in the Road,” BESA-SADAT Center, July 29, 2016. http://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/erdogans-turkey-takes-fork-road/

Nabil Araby, “A Call for Arab Diplomacy,” The Cairo Review of Global Affairs, Spring 2016. http://www.thecairoreview.com/essays/a-call-for-arab-diplomacy/

Abdel Bari Atwan, “Egypt Caught Napping as Netanyahu Visits Nile Countries,” Raialyoum, July 13, 2016. http://www.raialyoum.com/?p=475635

Tony Badran, “Why Bibi’s Visits to Moscow Mean Bad News For Israel,” Tablet Mag, July 5, 2016. http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-news-and-politics/206472/bibi-in-moscow-bad-news-for-israel

Tony Badran, Jonathan Schanzer, and David Daoud, “The Third Lebanon War,” Foundation for Defense of Democracies, July 18, 2016. http://www.defenddemocracy.org/media-hit/badran-tony-the-third-lebanon-war/

Pnina Baruch, Oded Eran, and Michal Hatuel-Radoshitzky, “The Quartet Report: An International Attempt to Keep the Two-State Solution Alive,” Institute for National Security Studies, July 28, 2016. http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=12158

David Brinn, Katherine Keenen, “Santana and BDS,” The Jerusalem Post, July 16, 2016. http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Santana-and-BDS-460584

Patrick Clauson, “Iran’s Modest Economic Changes Since JCPOA Implementation,” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, July 6, 2016. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/irans-modest-economic-changes-since-jcpoa-implementation

Moreno Duwe, “How Art, Music, and Midburn Reshaped My Perception of Israel,” The Huffington Post, July 28, 2016. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/morena-duwe/how-art-music-and-midburn_b_11235126.html

 

Ahmed Eleiba, “Israel’s Regional Tactics,” al-Ahram Weekly, July 14, 2016. http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/News/16844/17/Israel%E2%80%99s-regional-tactics.aspx

Oded Eran, Michael Oren, and Merav Michaeli,” Israeli Perspectives on International Peace Initiatives, Washington Institute for Near East Policy, July 12, 2016. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/israeli-perspectives-on-international-peace-initiatives

Eran Etzion, “Israel on the Outer in Syria’s Civil War,” Middle East Institute, July 19, 2016. http://www.mei.edu/content/article/israel-outer-syria-s-civil-war

Freddy Eytan, “The Post-Brexit Future of European-Israeli Relations,” Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, July 3, 2016. http://jcpa.org/article/post-brexit-future-european-israeli-relations/

Alex Fishman, “Egypt’s Diplomatic Games,” Y-Net News, July 13, 2016. http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4827812,00.html

Yaron Friedman, “How Erdogan Survived the Coup and Why We Needed Him To,” Y-Net News, July 18, 2016. http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4829891,00.html

Gregory Gause, “The Future of US-Saudi Relations,” Foreign Affairs, July/August 2016.

https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/united-states/2016-06-13/future-us-saudi-relations

Richard Gehr, “A-Wa: The Israeli Trio Turning Yemenite Tradition Into a Global Groove,” Rolling Stone, July 7, 2016. http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/a-wa-the-israeli-trio-turning-yemenite-tradition-into-a-global-groove-20160707

Dr. Manfred Gerstenfeld, “Jewish Identities in Postmodern Societies,” Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, July 11, 2016. http://jcpa.org/article/jewish-identities-postmodern-societies/

Larry Hanauer, “Israel’s Interests and Options in Syria,” The Rand Corporation, 2016. http://www.rand.org/pubs/perspectives/PE185.html

Michal Hatuel-Radoshitzky, “Israel and the UN Security Council Elections,” Institute for National Security Studies, July 4, 2016. http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=12012

Efraim Inbar, “Implications of US Disengagement from the Middle East,” BESA-Sadat Center, July 26, 2016. http://besacenter.org/mideast-security-and-policy-studies/implications-us-disengagement-middle-east/

Israel21c Staff, “The Architecture of Palestine during the British Mandate,” Israel21c, July 21, 2016. http://www.israel21c.org/the-architecture-of-palestine-during-the-british-mandate/

JTA, “Israel Food Startup Aims to Make Meat- Minus the Animal,” Forward, July 12, 2016. http://forward.com/news/breaking-news/344900/israeli-food-startup-aims-to-make-meat-minus-the-animal/

Abigail Klein Leichman, “Intel, Global Banks are Banking on Israeli Fintech Ideas,” Israel21c, July 29, 2016. http://www.israel21c.org/intel-global-banks-are-banking-on-israeli-fintech-ideas/

Shalle’ McDonald, “Amid Warming Arab-Israeli Relations, Egyptians Push for Open Outlook on Education,” Algemeiner, July 8, 2016. http://www.algemeiner.com/2016/07/08/amid-warming-arab-israeli-relations-egyptians-push-for-open-outlook-on-education/

Gabriel Mitchell, “Israel-Turkey: Where to from Now?,” Middle East Institute, July 11, 2016. http://www.mei.edu/content/article/israel-turkey-where-now

Hassan Mneimneh, Daniel Serwer, Paul Scham, and Alex Vatanka, “Weekly Briefing: Baghdad Bombing, NATO Summit, Israel’s Africa Outreach, and Saudi Embassy Trial in Iran,” Middle East Institute, July 5, 2016. http://www.mei.edu/content/article/weekly-briefing-baghdad-bombing-nato-summit-israel-s-africa-outreach-and-saudi-embassy-trial-iran

Marissa Newman, “Cabinet Okays 2-Year Budget, Drawing Opposition Critcism,” The Times of Israel, July 17, 2016. http://www.timesofisrael.com/cabinet-okays-2-year-budget-drawing-opposition-criticism/

Marina Ottaway, “The New Normal in the Middle East,” The Wilson Center, July 21, 2016. https://www.wilsoncenter.org/article/the-new-normal-the-middle-east

Khaled Yacoub Oweis, “Local Dynamics in the Syrian Conflict,” German Institute for International and Security Affairs, July 2016. http://www.swp-berlin.org/fileadmin/contents/products/comments/2016C34_ows.pdf

David Pollock, “Financially Rewarding Terrorism in the West Bank,” Testimony before House Foreign Affairs Committee, July 6, 2016. http://docs.house.gov/meetings/FA/FA00/20160706/105161/HHRG-114-FA00-TTF-PollockD-20160706.pdf

Viva Sarah Press, “$2.8 billion Invested in Israel in First Half of 2016,” Israel21c, July 14, 2016. http://www.israel21c.org/2-8-billion-invested-in-israel-in-first-half-of-2016/

Paul Rivlin, “Egypt: the Agony Continues,” The Dayan Center for Middle Eastern Studies, July 2016. http://dayan.org/content/egypts-economy-agony-continues

Grant Rumley, “Hamas Vows to Join Municipal Elections, but Obstacles Remain,” Foundation for Defense of Democracies, July 19, 2016. http://www.defenddemocracy.org/media-hit/grant-rumley-hamas-vows-to-join-municipal-elections-but-obstacles-remain/

Ahmed Al-Sayed, “Israel and the UN Sixth Committee,” Al-Ahram Weekly, June 23, 2016. http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/News/16708/19/Israel-and-the-UN-Sixth-Committee.aspx

Steven Scheer, “Israel Financial System Stable but Exposed to Housing Price Declines,” Reuters, July 27, 2016. http://www.reuters.com/article/israel-cenbank-banks-idUSL9N13C00C

Sima Shine and Galia Lindenstrauss, “The Failed Coup Attempt in Turkey: A Boost for Iran-Turkey Relations,” Institute for National Security Studies, July 31, 2016. http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=12141

Felicity Spector, “A Cuisine Without Borders: The Vibrant Flavours of Israeli Food in Britain,” The Telegraph, July 28, 2016. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/food-and-drink/features/a-cuisine-without-borders-the-vibrant-flavours-of-israeli-food-i/

Jonathan Spyer, “Reflections on the Second Lebanon War, 10 Years On,” The Jerusalem Post, July 12, 2016. http://www.meforum.org/6087/reflections-on-second-lebanon-war

Jessica Steinberg, “A Hora Away from Professional, Misgav’s Troupes Showcase Israeli Dance,” The Times of Israel, July 17, 2016. http://www.timesofisrael.com/a-hora-away-from-professional-misgavs-troupes-showcase-israeli-dance/

Asher Susser, “Sykes-Picot ignored the sectarianism of the Middle East and we are still paying the price,” Fathom, Summer 2016. http://fathomjournal.org/sykes-and-picot-ignored-the-sectarianism-of-the-middle-east-and-we-are-still-paying-the-price/

Times of Israel Staff, “More Mizrahim in Israeli Education, Committee Advises,” Times of Israel, July 7, 2016. http://www.timesofisrael.com/more-mizrahim-in-israeli-education-committee-advises/

TheTower.org Staff, “Report: Next War with Hezbollah Could Cause “Thousands of Civilian Deaths” in Israel,” The Tower, July 25, 2016. http://www.thetower.org/3678-report-next-war-with-hezbollah-could-cause-thousands-of-civilian-deaths-in-israel/

David Wainer, “Israel at a Crossroads as Economy Shifts Away from Manufacturing,” Bloomberg, July 12, 2016. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-07-12/israel-at-a-crossroads-as-economy-shifts-away-from-manufacturing

Benjamin Weinthal, “Analysis: Is the BDS Movement Facing Economic Warfare?” Jerusalem Post, July 22, 2016. http://www.jpost.com/International/Diplomacy-BDS-on-the-back-foot-462075

Dan Williams, “The EU Wants to Use Israeli-Developed Technology to Spot ‘Lone Wolf’ Terrorists,” Reuters, July 19, 2016. http://www.businessinsider.com/r-eu-eyes-israeli-technologies-for-spotting-militants-online-2016-7

Amos Yadlin and Avner Golov, “The Nuclear Agreement with Iran, One Year On: An Assessment and a Strategy for the Future,” Institute for National Security Studies, July 17, 2016. http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=12058

Amos Yadlin, “Has a New Golden Age of Sunni Cooperation Dawned;” Ofir Haivey, “The Great Arab Implosion and its Consequences;” David Pryce-Jones, “Is A Century Arab Sunni Dominance Truly Finished;” Martin Kramer, “Revenge of the Sunnis,” Mosaic, July 2016. http://mosaicmagazine.com/response/2016/07/the-era-of-sunni-dominance-ended-a-long-time-ago/

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

Maj. Gen. (res.) Yaakov Amidror, “Why Israel Should Not Adopt Unilateral Initiatives,” BESA, June 1, 2016. http://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/israel-not-adopt-unilateral-initiatives/

Geoffrey Aronson, “Israel Doubles Down on Settlement Policy,” Middle East Institute, June 21, 2016. http://www.mei.edu/content/article/israels-president-doubles-down-settlement-policy

Yuval Avivi, “Can the Chinese Save Israel’s Tourism Industry?” Al-Monitor, June 13, 2016. http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2016/06/china-israel-tourism-direct-flights-visa-guides.html

Ron Ben-Yishai, “A terror attack next door to the IDF headquarters,” Y-Net News, June 9, 2016. http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4814157,00.html

Ronen Bergman, and Lior Ben-Ami, “40 Years Since Operation Entebbe,” Y-Net News, (A five part series), July1, 2016. http://www.ynetnews.com/home/0,7340,L-12984,00.html

Roee Bergman, “Israeli Economy Experiences Significant Slowdown in 2015,” Y-Net News, June 25, 2016. http://www.Ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4820141,00.html

Nicky Blackburn, “Israel Wins Top Prizes at the Asia Smartphone Apps Contest,” Israel21c, June 19, 2016. http://www.israel21c.org/israel-wins-top-prizes-at-the-asia-smartphone-apps-contest/

Sever Blocker, “Is Anybody Home (an economic crisis in Israel)?,” Y-Net News, June 4, 2016. http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4811684,00.html

Hannah Brown, “Israeli Movies at Jerusalem Film Festival Announced,” The Jerusalem Post, June 8, 2016. http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Culture/Israeli-movies-at-Jerusalem-Film-Festival-announced-456277

Ben Caspit, “The Education of Israel’s New Defense Minister,” Al-Monitor, June 9, 2016. http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2016/06/israel-attack-tel-aviv-defense-minister-liberman-first-test.html

Shlomi Eldar, “The War Over Fatah Leadership Has Begun,” Al-Monitor, June 27, 2016. http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2016/06/khaled-meshaal-mohammed-dahlan-hamas-fatah-mahmoud-abbas.html

Meir Elran, Yonatan Shaham, and Alex Altshuler, “An Expanded Comprehensive Threat Scenario for the Home Front in Israel,” INSS, June 15, 2016. http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=11914

Camelia Entekhabifard, “Iranian funding for Hizbullah,” Al-Ahram Weekly, June 30, 2016. http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/News/16757/19/Iranian-funding-for-Hizbullah.aspx

Eran Etzion, “Netanyahu’s Risky Politics and the French Initiative,” Middle East Institute, June 6, 2016. http://www.mei.edu/content/article/netanyahu-s-risky-politics-and-french-initiative

Robert Ford, “US Diplomats are Right on Syria Obama has lost his path in Syria,” Daily Beast, June 20, 2016. http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/06/20/u-s-diplomats-are-right-on-syria.html

Danielle Crittenden Frum, “Meet the Israeli Chefs Who Are Inventing the New Global Cuisine,” The Tower, June 30, 2016. http://www.thetower.org/3584-meet-the-israeli-chefs-who-are-inventing-the-new-global-cuisine/

Peter Hadekel, “Jazz Fest: Israel’s Turbulence Breeds Creativity, Avishai Cohen says,” Montreal Gazette, June 29, 2016. http://montrealgazette.com/entertainment/music/jazz-fest-israels-turbulence-breeds-creativity-avishai-cohen-says

Simon Henderson, “Israel’s Leviathan Gas Field: Politics and Reality,” The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, June 23, 2016. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/israels-leviathan-gas-field-politics-and-reality

Michael Herzog, “Activism in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Clouds and Wind, but No Rain?,” The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, June 21, 2016. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/activism-in-the-israeli-palestinian-conflict-clouds-and-wind-but-no-rain

Efraim Inbar, “No One-Shot Solution to the Hamas Challenge,” BESA, June 30, 2016. http://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/no-one-shot-solution-hamas-challenge/

Efraim Inbar, “US Mideast Retreat a Boon to Moscow and Tehran,” The Middle East Quarterly, Volume 23 No. 3, Summer 2016. http://www.meforum.org/6042/us-mideast-retreat

Rory Jones, “Oud Is New for Israeli Musicians,” Wall Street Journal, June 8, 2016. http://www.wsj.com/articles/oud-is-new-for-israeli-musicians-1465403697

Michael Kaminer, “Japan’s Israeli Food Wave – And More Need-to-Know Food News,” Forward, June 8, 2016. http://forward.com/food/342064/japans-israeli-food-wave-and-more-need-to-know-food-news/

Martin Kramer, “Israel and the Post Middle East: Is the Status Quo Sustainable,” Foreign Policy, July/August 2016. https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/united-states/2016-06-08/israel-and-post-american-middle-east

Martin Kramer, “The Return of Bernard Lewis,” Mosaic, (with comments by Robert Irwin and Itamar Rabinovich), June 1, 2016. http://mosaicmagazine.com/essay/2016/06/the-return-of-bernard-lewis/

Abigail Klein Leichman, “Israel’s Universities Go Global,” Israel21c, June 5, 2016. http://www.israel21c.org/israels-universities-go-global/

Gallia Lindenstrauss, “Israel-Turkey Normalization: Can Relations Turn Over a New Leaf?,” INSS, June 29, 2016. http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=11974

Amany Maged, “The Anniversary of revolution, (Morsi tossed from office),” Al Ahram Weekly, June 30, 2016.  http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/News/16763/17/The-anniversary-of-revolution.aspx

Brett H. McGurk, “Global Efforts to Defeat ISIS,” Senate Foreign Relations Committee, June 28, 2016.  http://www.foreign.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/062816_McGurk_Testimony.pdf

Clifford D. May, “Terrorism and Economic Warfare,” Foundation for Defense of Democracies, June 15, 2016. http://www.defenddemocracy.org/media-hit/may-clifford-d-terrorism-and-economic-warfare/

Hisham Melhem, “Syria is Obama’s Shame,” al-Arabiya, June 19, 2016. https://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/2016/06/19/Syria-is-Obama-s-shame-.html

Yousef Munayyer, “Saudi-Israel: Mistaken Hopes for an Alliance,” Middle East Institute, June 13, 2016. http://www.mei.edu/content/article/saudi-israel-mistaken-hopes-alliance

Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research Staff, “Palestinian Public Opinion Poll No (60),” Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research, June 7, 2016. http://www.pcpsr.org/en/node/656

Smadar Perry, “Strangling Nasrallah,” Y-Net News, June 12, 2016. http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4814752,00.html

Steven Plaut, “Israel’s Socialist Dreams vs. Capitalist Realities,” Middle East Forum, June 2016. http://www.meforum.org/6046/israel-socialist-dreams-capitalist-realities

Daniel Polisar, “Palestinian Public Opinion is Behind Tel Aviv Terror Attack,” Times of Israel, June 10, 2016. http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/palestinian-public-opinion-is-behind-tel-aviv-terror-attack/

Stephan Roll and Lars Brozus, “The Long Arm of the Dictator,” Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, June 2, 2016. http://www.swp-berlin.org/en/publications/point-of-view/the-long-arm-of-the-dictator.html

Michael Z. Rosenhaft, “Remembering Elie Wiesel: Tribute From a Friend and Disciple,” Tablet, July 2, 2016. http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-news-and-politics/206702/remembering-elie-wiesel-a-tribute-from-a-friend-and-disciple

Arik Rudnitzky, ““Trust and Reform” Party: New Arab Politics in Israel?,” The Moshe Dayan Center, June 16, 2016. http://dayan.org/content/“trust-and-reform”-party-new-arab-politics-israel

Grant Rumley and Adam Rasgon, “Assessing the Palestinian Authority’s Foreign Policy,” Fathom, June 28, 2016. http://fathomjournal.org/assessing-the-palestinian-authoritys-foreign-policy/

Jonathan Schanzer, “Putting Hezbollah ‘Out of Business’,” Washington Times, June 1, 2016. http://schanzer.pundicity.com/18884/putting-hezbollah-out-of-business

David Schenker, “Terrorist Spillover in Jordan,” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, June 23, 2016. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/terrorist-spillover-in-jordan

Yoram Schweitzer, “The Islamic State, Two Years On: Is it Indeed on the Verge of Collapse?” INSS, June 30, 2016. http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=11979

David Shamah, “Car Tech Fast Lane? Why Automobile Makers are Rushing to Israel,” ZDNet, June 6, 2016. http://www.zdnet.com/article/israel-emerging-as-a-car-tech-capital/

Alina Dain Sharon and Sean Savage, “As Turkey-Israel Deal Moves From Speculation to Reality, What Does it Mean?,” JNS.org, June 28, 2016. http://www.jns.org/latest-articles/2016/6/28/as-turkey-israel-deal-moves-from-speculation-to-reality-what-does-it-mean#.V3wIw1qq78F=

Allon Sinai, “Israeli Soccer Star Eran Zahavi Completes Record Transfer to Chinese Club,” The Jerusalem Post, June 29, 2016. http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Sports/Israeli-soccer-star-Eran-Zahavi-completes-record-transfer-to-Chinese-club-459060

Lea Speyer, “Study: Israeli Innovation Proving to Be Major Driving Force Behind Massachusetts Economy,” The Algemeiner, June 23, 2016. http://www.algemeiner.com/2016/06/23/study-israeli-innovation-proving-to-be-major-driving-force-behind-massachusetts-economy/

Shimon Stein and Shlomo Brom, “The Meeting of the Foreign Ministers in Paris: What Next?,” INSS, June 16, 2016. http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=11930

TheTower.org Staff, “Israel Delivers Drip Irrigation Systems to Help Relieve Drought in Paraguay,” The Tower, June 29, 2016. http://www.thetower.org/3577-israeli-delivers-drip-irrigation-systems-to-help-relieve-drought-in-paraguay/

US Department of State Staff, “Report of the Middle East Quartet,” US Department of State, July 1, 2016. http://www.state.gov/p/nea/rls/rpt/259262.htm

Benjamin Weinthal, “Exclusive: Second Largest German Bank Shuts Anti-Israel BDS Account,” The Jerusalem Post, June 14, 2016. http://www.jpost.com/Diaspora/Exclusive-Second-largest-German-bank-shuts-anti-Israel-BDS-account-456721

Ofir Winter, “An Egyptian Take on the ‘New Middle East,’” INSS, June 7, 2016. http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=11897

Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak, “Turkish – Israeli Reconciliation: The End of “Precious Loneliness”?,” The Moshe Dayan Center, June 26, 2016. http://dayan.org/content/turkish-–-israeli-reconciliation-end-“precious-loneliness”

Steven Zeitchik, “In Israel a New Film Consciousness Emerges, Uneasily,” Los Angeles Times, June 10, 2016. http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-ca-mn-israeli-cinema-20160601-snap-story.html

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/

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

Adil Astil, “International Peace Conference: Winners and Losers,” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, May 12, 2016. http://fikraforum.org/?p=9338

Dany Bahar, “Delivering on Economic Prosperity in Israel: How monopolies are hampering the ‘start-up nation’” Brookings Institute, May 4, 2016. http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/markaz/posts/2016/05/04-israel-monopolies-competition-bahar

Edwin Black, “Painful Lessons from the 75th Anniversary of the Farhud,” The Tower, May 31, 2016. www.thetower.org/3438-painful-lessons-from-the-75th-anniversary-of-the-farhud/

Coral Braun, “A Directorial Triumph: Coldplay gets Israeli direction in new music video,” Jerusalem Post, May 17, 2016. www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Culture/A-Directorial-Triumph-Coldplay-gets-Israeli-direction-in-new-music-video-454186

Shlomo Brom, and Anat Kurz, “An Opportunity to Revive the Political Process, or an Illusion?” INSS, May 29, 2016. http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=11846

Tamara Cofman-Wittes, “Security Challenges,” Statement before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Joint Hearing on “Israel Imperiled: Threats to the Jewish State,” House Foreign Affairs Committee, April 19, 2016. http://docs.house.gov/meetings/FA/FA18/20160419/104817/HHRG-114-FA18-Wstate-WittesT-20160419.pdf

Steven A. Cook and Amr T. Lehta, “Don’t Blame Sykes-Picot for the Middle East’s Mess,” Foreign Policy, May 13, 2016. http://foreignpolicy.com/2016/05/13/sykes-picot-isnt-whats-wrong-with-the-modern-middle-east-100-years/

Niv Ellis, “Mayo Clinic launches initiative to invest in Israeli medical tech,” Jerusalem Post, May 19, 2016.
www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Mayo-Clinic-launches-initiative-to-invest-in-Israeli-medical-tech-454370

Tom Donilon, “Examining America’s Role in the World,” Testimony Senate Foreign Relations Committee,” May 12, 2016, http://www.foreign.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/051216_Donilon_Testimony.pdf

Renee Ghertz-Zand, “Israel’s first Jordanian PhD wants to bring peace through water,” Times of Israel, May 25, 2016. www.timesofisrael.com/israels-first-jordanian-phd-wants-to-bring-peace-through-water/

Brianna Gurciullo, “Bill Clinton: ‘I killed myself to give the Palestinians a state,'” Politico, May 13, 2016. http://www.politico.com/story/2016/05/bill-clinton-palestinians-israel-223176#ixzz4AVoAeXE7

Robert S. Ford, “The Next President’s Big Iraq Problem,” The Middle East Institute, May 12, 2016, http://www.mei.edu/content/at/next-presidents-big-iraq-problem

Amb Freddy-Eytan, “The Failures of the International Community in the Middle East since Sykes-Picot Agreement, 1916-2016,” Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, May 2016. http://jcpa.org/the-failures-in-the-middle-east-since-the-sykes-picot-agreement/#_ch2

Nadav Greenberg, “Walk the line: The United States between Israel and the Palestinians,” Brookings Institute, May 26, 2016. www.brookings.edu/blogs/markaz/posts/2016/05/26-martin-indyk-israel-palestinians-greenberg

Jeffrey Herf, “Hitler and the Nazis’ Anti-Zionism,” Fathom, spring 2016. http://fathomjournal.org/hitler-and-the-nazis-anti-zionism-2/

i24 News Staff, “Israeli envoy leads historic anti-BDS summit at UN headquarters,” i24News, May 31, 2016. www.i24news.tv/en/news/israel/115195-160531-israeli-envoy-leads-historic-anti-bds-summit-at-un-headquarters

Prof. Efraim Inbar, “Israel’s Palestinian Dilemmas,” BESA Center, May 3, 2016. http://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/israels-palestinian-dilemmas/

Zubair Iqbal, “Iran’s Post-Sanctions Economic Options,” Middle East Institute, May 11, 2016. http://www.mei.edu/content/irans-post-sanctions-economic-options

James F. Jeffrey and Michael Eisenstadt, “U.S. Military Engagement in the Broader Middle East,” The Washington Institute, Spring 2016. www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/u.s.-military-engagement-in-the-broader-middle-east

Jerusalem Post Staff, “Israeli selection for Eurovision contest in Sweden advances to finals,” Jerusalem Post, May 13, 2016. www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Culture/Israeli-selection-for-Eurovision-contest-in-Sweden-advances-to-finals-453901

Emmanuel Karagiannis, “Shifting Eastern Mediterranean Alliances,” Middle East Quarterly, Spring 2016. http://www.meforum.org/5877/shifting-eastern-mediterranean-alliances

Efraim Karsh, “Obama’s Middle East Delusions,” Middle East Quarterly, Winter 2016. http://www.meforum.org/5685/obama-middle-east-delusions

Efraim Karsh, “Israel’s Palestinian Dilemmas,” Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, May 3, 2016.  http://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/israels-palestinian-dilemmas/

Abigail Kelin leichman, “Computers, not camels, at Israel’s first Bedouin high-tech firm” Israel21c, ay 25, 2016. www.israel21c.org/computers-not-camels-at-israels-first-bedouin-high-tech-firm/

Fanuel Lakew, “Ethiopia: Israel Provides Food Assistance to Drought Victims,” The Ethiopia Herald, May 13, 2016. http://allafrica.com/stories/201605161091.html

Eran Lerman, “Between Paris and Cairo: Balancing Security and Diplomacy,” BESA Center, May 31, 2016. http://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/342-between-paris-and-cairo/

David Makovsky, “Security Challenges,” Statement before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Joint Hearing on “Israel Imperiled: Threats to the Jewish State,” House Foreign Affairs Committee, April 19, 2016.http://docs.house.gov/meetings/FA/FA18/20160419/104817/HHRG-114-FA18-Wstate-MakovskyD-20160419.pdf

David Makovsky and Dennis Ross, “Losing by Winning: The Rupture of the Israeli Center,” The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, May 31, 2016. www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/losing-by-winning-the-rupture-of-the-israeli-center

Michelle Malka-Grossman, “Israeli economy standing strong as it develops energy sector,” Jerusalem Post, May 23, 2016. www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Israeli-economy-standing-strong-as-it-develops-energy-sector-454808

Hisham Melhem, “Sykes-Picot – The centennial of an imperial curse,” al-Arabiyah, May 21, 2016. https://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/news/middle-east/2016/05/21/Sykes-Picot-The-centennial-of-an-imperial-curse-.html

Harinder Mishra, “India organizes Indian culinary week in Israel,” India Today, May 18, 2016. http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/india-organises-indian-culinary-week-in-israel/1/671018.html

Sami Moubayed, “A century after Sykes-Picot, its Sykes-Picot: the Arab Version–it is true that even if Arab masses had wanted to prevent ills of Sykes-Picot, they were too weak to do so,” The Arab Weekly, May 15, 2016. http://www.thearabweekly.com/?id=5078

Steven Plaut, “Israel’s Socialist Dreams vs. Capitalist Realities, Middle East Quarterly, Summer 2016. http://www.meforum.org/6046/israel-socialist-dreams-capitalist-realities

Nadav Pollak and Matthew Levitt, “Hezbollah’s Biggest Loss to Date in Syria,” The Washington Institute, May 13, 2016. www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/hezbollahs-biggest-loss-to-date-in-syria

Samuel C. Rajiv, “Indian Responses to Israel’s Gaza Operations,” BESA Center, May 25, 2016. http://besacenter.org/mideast-security-and-policy-studies/indian-responses-israels-gaza-operations/

Brian Reeves, “The shifting nature of threats to Israel in its neighborhood,” Brookings Institute, May 2, 2016. http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/markaz/posts/2016/05/02-threats-to-israel-security-reeves

Dennis Ross, “Why Middle Eastern Leaders Are Talking to Putin, Not Obama,” Politico Magazine, May 8, 2016, http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/05/putin-obama-middle-east-leaders-213867

Michael Rubin, “New Directions in the Iranian and Hezbollah Threat Against Israel,” Statement before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Joint Hearing on “Israel Imperiled: Threats to the Jewish State,” House Foreign Affairs Committee, April 19, 2016. http://docs.house.gov/meetings/FA/FA18/20160419/104817/HHRG-114-FA18-Wstate-RubinM-20160419.pdf

Oren Sabah, “The Fall of Israeli Agriculture,” Y-Net News, May 12, 2016.http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4800307,00.html

Jonathan Schanzer, “The Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) campaign,” Statement before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Joint Hearing on “Israel Imperiled: Threats to the Jewish State,” House Foreign Affairs Committee, April 19, 2016. http://docs.house.gov/meetings/FA/FA18/20160419/104817/HHRG-114-FA18-Wstate-SchanzerJ-20160419.pdf

Jonathan Schanzer, “Gaza rebuilding falls by the wayside as Arab states leave Palestinians hanging,” Foundation for Defense of Democracies, May 20th, 2016. www.defenddemocracy.org/media-hit/schanzer-jonathan-gaza-rebuilding-falls-by-the-wayside-as-arab-states-leave-palestinians-hang/

Yair Seroussi, “Israel’s achievements, on its 68th birthday,” Jerusalem Post, May 10, 2016. www.jpost.com/Opinion/Israels-achievements-on-its-68th-birthday-453656

Daniel Serwer, “’Recalculating U.S. Policy in the Middle East’ Less Military, More Civilian,” Middle East Institute, April 11, 2016. http://www.mei.edu/content/recalculating-us-policy-middle-east-less-military-more-civilian

Osama al-Sharif, “Why confederation with Palestine is suddenly a hot issue in Amman,” al-Monitor, May 31, 2016, http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2016/05/palestine-jordan-confederation-abbas-dahlan-israel.html#ixzz4ALGFkCbk

Sima Shine, “The Conflict with the United States on Sanctions and the Internal Political Tension in Iran,” INSS, May 4, 2016. http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=11778

The Tower Staff, “Airport Executives from 40 Countries to Visit Israel for Security Lessons,” The Tower, May 31, 2016. www.thetower.org/cnn-representatives-of-40-countries-coming-to-learn-airport-security-from-israel/

HRH Prince Turki al-Faisal, Saudi Arabia and Maj. Gen. (ret.) Yaakov Amidror, “A Conversation on Security and Peace in the Middle East,” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, May 5, 2016.http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/a-conversation-on-security-and-peace-in-the-middle-east

Ashlee Vance, “How the Constant Threat of War Shaped Israel’s Tech Industry,” Bloomberg, May 25, 2016. www.bloomberg.com/features/2016-hello-world-israel/

Vietnam Net Staff, “Israeli cuisine showcased in Hanoi,” Vietnam Net, May 11, 2016. http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/art-entertainment/156287/israeli-cuisine-showcased-in-hanoi.html

Alix Wall, “Photographer Sinks His Teeth Into Israeli Food Scene,” The Forward, May 23, 2016. http://forward.com/food/340932/photographer-sinks-his-teeth-into-israeli-food-scene/

“War in Syria: Next Steps to Mitigate the Crisis,” Senate Foreign Relations Committee – Testimonies by Robert Ford, Nancy Lindborg, and Tamar Wittes,  May 17, 2016, http://www.foreign.senate.gov/hearings/war-in-syria-next-steps-to-mitigate-the-crisis-051716

Simona Weinglass, “In Kafr Kassem, tech school gives Israeli Arabs start-up ‘chutzpah’,” Times of Israel, May 29, 2016. www.timesofisrael.com/in-kafr-kassem-tech-school-gives-israeli-arabs-start-up-chutzpah/

Robin Wright, “How the Curse of Sykes-Picot Still Haunts the Middle East,” The New Yorker, April 30, 2016. http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/how-the-curse-of-sykes-picot-still-haunts-the-middle-east

Amos Yadlin, “Israel’s Need to Take a Stand against the Assad Regime: A Moral Imperative and Strategic Necessity,” INSS, May 22, 2016. www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=11829

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

Mohamed Abdelazziz, “Teaching Arabic in Israeli Schools-Between Security Preoccupations and the Cultural Dimension,” Fikra Forum, April 8, 2016. http://fikraforum.org/?p=9075#.VwtqCPkrJpg

Elliot Abrams, “If American Jews and Israel are Drifting Apart, What’s the Reason? The conventional wisdom says the problem is Israel. Its wrong,” Mosaic, April 4, 2016. http://mosaicmagazine.com/essay/2016/04/if-american-jews-and-israel-are-drifting-apart-whats-the-reason/

Amiram Barkat, “OECD sees Israeli economy slowing,” Globes, April 12, 2016. http://www.globes.co.il/en/article-oecd-sees-israeli-economy-slowing-1001116688

Nahum Barnea, “Through the looking glass: An Israeli perspective on American politics,” Brookings Institute, April 19, 2016. http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/markaz/posts/2016/04/19-israeli-perspective-us-election-barnea

Katherine Bauer, “Potential U.S. Clarification of Financial Sanctions Regulations[on Iran],” The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, April 5, 2016. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/potential-u.s.-clarification-of-financial-sanctions-regulations

Ofra Bengio, “Turkey’s Imbroglios,” Dayan Center, April 11, 2016. http://dayan.org/content/tel-aviv-notes-turkey’s-imbroglios

Anna Borshchevskaya, “The Maturing of Israeli-Russian Relations,” inFocus Quarterly, Spring 2016. http://www.jewishpolicycenter.org/5775/israel-russia-relations

Tamara Cofman,Wittes, “Israel imperiled: Threats to the Jewish state,” Brookings, April 19, 2016. http://www.brookings.edu/research/testimony/2016/04/19-israel-imperiled-wittes

Derek Chollet, Ellen Laipson, Michael Doran, and Michael Mandelbaum, “Does the Middle East Still Matter? The Obama Doctrine and U.S. Policy,” The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, April 14, 2016. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/does-the-middle-east-still-matter-the-obama-doctrine-and-u.s.-policy

Anthony H. Cordesman. “The Comparative Metrics of ISIS and “’Failed State Wars,’ in Syria and Iraq,” Center for Strategic and International Affairs, March 23, 2016. http://csis.org/files/publication/160302_Syria_Iraq_ISIS_Failed_state_Wars.pdf

Barry Davis, “Music maestro Zubin Mehta remains young at heart,” Jerusalem Post, April 26, 2016. http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Culture/Music-maestro-Zubin-Mehta-remains-young-at-heart-452413

Dan Diker, “BDS:Who Bears the Burden, Israelis or Palestinians,” inFocus, Spring 2016, Volume X, Number 2. http://www.jewishpolicycenter.org/5773/bds-israel-palestinians

Daniel Douek, “Soda, sweets and schnitzel nixed from school menus,” Times of Israel, April 5, 2016. http://www.timesofisrael.com/soda-sweets-and-schnitzel-nixed-from-school-menus/

Doron Ella and Oded Eran, “China’s Deputy Prime Minister Visits Egypt, Israel, and the Palestinian Authority,” INSS, April 21,2016. http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=11759

Ilan Evyatar, “Israel’s economy: Reasons to be cheerful – and some for concern,” Jerusalem Post, April 27, 2016. http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Israels-economy-Reasons-to-be-cheerful-and-some-for-concern-452550

Hillel Frisch “The ABCs of Judea and Samaria: Towards Breakdown?” BESA Center, April 8, 2016. http://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/abcs-judea-samaria-towards-breakdown/

Daniel Gordis, Repsonse to Elliott Abrams, “How American Jews have detached themselves from Jewish Memory,” Mosaic, April 11, 2016. http://mosaicmagazine.com/response/2016/04/how-american-jews-have-detached-themselves-from-jewish-memory/

Yoel Guzansky and Shlomo Brom, “King Salman’s Visit to Cairo, and the Transfer of Tiran and Sanafir to Saudi Arabia,” INSS, April 19, 2016. http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=11748

Ariel Dominique Hendelman, “Music from the motherland,” Jerusalem Post, April 20, 2016. http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Culture/Music-from-the-motherland-451869

Amira Howeidy, “Tiran-Sanafir: Redrawing maps and regional roles,” Al-Ahram Weekly,” April 14, 2016. http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/News/16085/17/Tiran-Sanafir–Redrawing-maps-and-regional-roles.aspx

Efraim Inbar, “The Syrian Civil War: An Interim Balance Sheet,” BESA Center, April 6, 2016. http://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/syrian-civil-war-interim-balance-sheet/

Pinhas Inbari, “The Internal Palestinian Fight for Jerusalem,” Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, April 14, 2016. http://jcpa.org/article/internal-palestinian-fight-jerusalem/

Avi Issacharoff, “Meet the next Palestinian president,” Times of Israel, April 15, 2016. http://www.timesofisrael.com/meet-the-next-palestinian-president/

Abigail Klein Leichman, “Meet the Leonardo da Vincis of tomorrow,” Israel21c, April 5, 2016. http://www.israel21c.org/meet-the-leonardo-da-vincis-of-tomorrow/

Emily B. Landau and Shimon Stein, “On the Brink of Nuclear Terror? A Threat and Response Balance Sheet,” INSS, April 13, 2016. http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=11737

Leil Leibovitz, “Anti-Zionism is Anti-Semitism,” Tablet, April 13, 2016. http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-life-and-religion/199847/anti-zionism-is-anti-semitism

Col. (res.) Dr. Eran Lerman and Prof. Joshua Teitelbaum “Sailing through the Straits: The Meaning for Israel of Restored Saudi Sovereignty over Tiran and Sanafir Islands,” BESA Center, April 17, 2016. http://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/meaning-israel-restored-saudi-sovereignty-tiran-sanafir-islands/

David Makovsky and Gaith al-Omari, “Want to Keep Students from Turning to BDS? Try Mock Peace Negotiations with a Twist,” Forward, April 25, 2016. http://forward.com/opinion/338678/want-to-keep-students-from-turning-to-bds-try-mock-peace-negotiations-with/

Suzanne Maloney, “Past is prologue? Saudi Arabia’s clumsy oil diplomacy,” Brookings Institute, April 21, 2016. http://tinyurl.com/gpqfhga

JNS Staff, “Israel to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to meet U.N. climate change goals,”Jewish News Service, April 11, 2016. http://www.jns.org/news-briefs/2016/4/11/israel-to-reduce-greenhouse-emissions-to-meet-un-climate-change-goals#.VwvMXfkrKUk

Jonah Mandel, “As talent returns home, Israeli jazz finds its groove,” Times of Israel, April 26, 2016. http://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-jazz-finding-its-groove-as-talent-returns-home/

Nadav Pollak, “Hamas Is Testing Israel Once Again,” The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, April 22, 2016. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/hamas-is-testing-israel-once-again

Viva Sarah Press, “Stopping diabetes before it starts,” Israel21c, April 14, 2016. http://www.israel21c.org/stopping-diabetes-before-it-even-starts/

Andrew Pulver, “Israeli actor and director Ronit Elkabetz dies aged 51,” The Guardian, April 19, 2016. http://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/apr/19/israeli-actor-director-ronit-elkabetz-dies-aged-51

Grant Rumley and Jonathan Schanzer, “After Abbas, Le Deluge in the Palestinian Authority,” inFocus Quarterly, Spring 2016. http://www.jewishpolicycenter.org/5779/after-abbas

Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, “Anti-Zionism is the new Anti-Semitism,” Newsweek, April 3, 2016. http://www.newsweek.com/jonathan-sacks-anti-semitism-anti-zionism-bds-israel-labour-442978

Ben Sales, “Israeli audiences warm to home-grown horror movies,” Times of Israel, April 29, 2016. http://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-audiences-warm-to-home-grown-horror-movies/

Brenda Shaffer, “Fighting in the Caucasus: Implications for the Wider Region,” The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, April 7, 2016. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/fighting-in-the-caucasus-implications-for-the-wider-region

Ben Sollenberger, “The Economic Dimension of Peace in Turkey,” March 31, 2016, Fikra Forum, Fikra Forum, March 31, 2016. http://fikraforum.org/?p=8990#.Vwtq5PkrJpg

Micahel Steinhart, “Make Jewish Education Relevant,” Tablet, April 13, 2016. http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-life-and-religion/199840/make-jewish-education-relevant

Amir Taheri, “Iran: Why has the Obama Gamble Failed?” Asharq Al- Awsat, April 15, 2016. http://english.aawsat.com/2016/04/article55349651/opinion-iran-obama-gamble-failed

Col. (ret.) Dr. Jacques Neriah, “Has Egyptian President Abd el Fattah el Sisi Lost his Charm?” Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, April 21, 2016. http://jcpa.org/article/egyptian-president-abd-el-fattah-el-sisi-lost-charm/#sthash.pZU8gx34.dpuf

Times of Israel Staff, “Israeli-directed film about Arab rapper wins big at Tribeca,” Times of Israel, April 22. http://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-directed-film-about-arab-rapper-wins-big-at-tribeca/

The Tower Staff, “Netanyahu, Putin Have “Very Successful” Military Coordination Meeting in Moscow,” The Tower, April 21, 2016. http://www.thetower.org/3273-netanyahu-putin-have-very-successful-military-coordination-meeting-in-moscow/

The Tower Staff, “Arab States Failed to Send Billions in Pledged Donations for Gaza Reconstruction,” The Tower, April 19, 2016. http://www.thetower.org/3256-arab-states-failed-to-send-billions-in-pledged-donations-for-gaza-reconstruction/