Contemporary Readings

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

Asi Aivas, “Annual Arts Fest Heats Up Jerusalem,” Israel21c, March 16, 2016. http://www.israel21c.org/annual-winter-arts-fest-heats-up-jerusalem/

Yehezkel Armon, “Israel Economy is Entering a New Stage,” Jerusalem Post, March 8, 2016. http://www.jpost.com/Blogs/View-from-Jerusalem/Israel-Economy-is-Entering-a-New-Stage-447237

Mr. Tony Badran, Dr. Daniel L. Byman, and Dr. Matthew Levitt, Subcommittee Hearing: Hezbollah’s Growing Threat Against U.S. National Security Interests in the Middle East, House of Representatives Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa, March 22, 2016. https://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearing/subcommittee-hearing-hezbollahs-growing-threat-against-us-national-security-interests-middle

Abdel Bari Atwan, “The Islamic State: Roots, Savagery, and Future,” Railyoum,com March 15, 2016. http://www.raialyoum.com/?p=406791

Amiram Barkat, “Treasury lowers Israel’s 2016 growth forecast,” Globes, March 30, 2016. http://www.globes.co.il/en/article-treasury-lowers-israels-2016-growth-forecast-1001113819

Alon Ben David, “Six Months of Terrorist Attacks by Lone Individuals: To Be Continued,” INSS, March 20, 2016. http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=11622

Ilan Berman, “Russia’s Risky Syria Strategy,” The Journal of International Security Affairs, Winter 2016. http://www.securityaffairs.org/issues/number-30/russias-risky-syria-strategy#sthash.ycmLv4GF.dpuf

Daniel L. Byman, “Shifting U.S. Interests in the Middle East,” Brookings, March 2, 2016. http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/markaz/posts/2016/03/02-shifting-us-interests-middle-east-byman

Monti Chorev, “Deterrence Campaigns: Lessons From IDF Operations in Gaza,” Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, March 20, 2016. http://besacenter.org/mideast-security-and-policy-studies/deterrence-campaigns-lessons-idf-operations-gaza/

Maia Efrem, “Israel and New Zealand Sign Film Cooperation Deal,” Forward Magazine, March 3, 2016. http://forward.com/the-assimilator/334966/israel-and-new-zealand-sign-film-cooperation-deal/

Omer Einav, “Beyond the Threats: Nasrallah’s Recent Statements,” INSS, March 28, 2016. http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=11663

Khaled Elgindy, “A View from the West Bank: Three Key Takeaways,” Brookings, March 21, 2016. http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/markaz/posts/2016/03/21-west-bank-trip-report-elgindy

Alberto M. Fernandez, “Countering the Islamic State’s Message,” The Journal of International Security Affairs, Winter 2016. http://www.securityaffairs.org/issues/number-30/countering-islamic-states-message

Hillel Frisch, “Israel’s Five Policy Options Regarding Judea and Samaria,” Besa Center, March 29, 2016. http://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/israels-five-policy-options-regarding-judea-samaria/

Ben Gladstone, “Brown University: Where Anti-Zionism and Anti-Semitism Do and Don’t Meet,” The Tower, March 25, 2016. http://www.thetower.org/3141-brown-university-where-anti-zionism-and-anti-semitism-do-and-dont-meet/

Edmund Ingham, “Israel Cyber-Tech Startup Minerva Labs Say Prevention Without Detection Is Possible,” Forbes, March 12, 2016. http://www.forbes.com/sites/edmundingham/2016/03/12/israel-cyber-tech-startup-minerva-labs-prevention-without-detection-is-possible/#634af6366774

Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs, “Innovation Program for Start-Ups in the Arab Sector,” Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs, March 7, 2016. http://mfa.gov.il/mfa/innovativeisrael/economy/pages/innovation-program-for-start-ups-in-the-arab-sector-7-mar-2016.aspx

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

Yossi Kupferwasser, “Dying for Allah,” Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, March 23, 2016. http://jcpa.org/dying-for-allah/

Yakov Lappin, “Israeli, Indian defense firms sign major cooperation agreement,” Jerusalem Post, March 29, 2016. http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Israeli-Indian-defense-firms-sign-major-cooperation-agreement-449567

Abigail Klein Leichman, “Is Europe Ready to Adopt Israel’s Approach to Security?” Israel21c, March 23, 2016. http://www.israel21c.org/is-europe-ready-to-adopt-israels-approach-to-security/

Eran Lerman, “The Mediterranean as a Strategic Environment: Learning a New Geopolitical Language,” Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, March 10, 2016. http://besacenter.org/mideast-security-and-policy-studies/mediterranean-new-geopolitical-language/

Matthew Levitt, “The Islamic State’s Lone-Wolf Era Is Over, ”Foreign Policy, March 24, 2016. http://foreignpolicy.com/2016/03/24/the-islamic-states-lone-wolf-era-is-over/

Alon Levkowitz, “Implications of Greater Chinese Involvement in the Mideast,” Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, February 25, 2016. http://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/implications-of-greater-china-involvement-in-the-mideast/

Michael Lipka, “A closer look at Jewish identity in Israel and the U.S.” Pew Research Center, March 16, 2016. http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/03/16/a-closer-look-at-jewish-identity-in-israel-and-the-u-s/

Zvi Magen, Vera Michlin-Shapir, and Shlomo Brom, “A Roussian Withdrawal from Syria, or Merely a Cahnge in the Form of Involvement?” INSS, March 29, 2016. http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=11668

Sean McMeeken, “Russia Returned to a Middle East if Never Left,” Chatham House, March 2016. https://www.chathamhouse.org/publications/twt/russia-returns-middle-east-it-never-really-left

Aaron David Miller, “There is No Hollywood Ending for Syria,” The Compass–Real Clear World, March 4, 2016, http://www.realclearworld.com/blog/2016/03/there_is_no_hollywood_ending_for_syria_111742.html

Orit Perlov, “Children of Tunnels, Children of Knives,” INSS, March 9, 2016. http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=11561

Jonathan Poritsky, “From Dance to Digital, Israeli Documentaries Explore Art at SXSW,” HEEB Magazine, March 16, 2016. http://heebmagazine.com/from-dance-to-digital-israeli-documentaries-explore-art-at-sxsw/55995

John Reed and Murad Ahmed, “Can Israel go from start-up to scale-up nation?” Financial Times, March 21, 2016. http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/e4b5a70a-c903-11e5-a8ef-ea66e967dd44.html#axzz44lSM0bnk

Paul Rivlin, “The Dominoes Fall: The War in Syria, Europe and Turkey,” Iqtisadi, March 31, 2016. http://dayan.org/content/iqtisadi-dominoes-fall-war-syria-europe-and-turkey

Dennis Ross, “Why the Nuclear Deal Hasn’t Softened Iran’s Hard-Line Policies,” Politico Magazine, March 6, 2016. http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/03/nuclear-deal-hasnt-softened-irans-hard-line-policies-213702

Philip Carl Salzman, “Tribalism Drives Middle East Violence,” Middle East Forum, March 25, 2016. http://www.meforum.org/5924/tribalism-middle-east

Uri Savir, “Where are Israeli-Palestinian Security Talks Heading?” Al-Monitor, March 27, 2016. http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2016/03/security-idf-palestinian-cities-oslo-accords-area-a.html

Penny Schwartz, “These Artistic Trailblazers Aim to Express Israel’s Multiculturalism,” 90.9WBUR, March 28, 2016. http://artery.wbur.org/2016/03/28/israeli-trailblazers-boston

David Shamah, “White House Taps Israeli Tech to Help Solve California Water Problems,” Times of Israel, March 22, 2016. http://www.timesofisrael.com/white-house-taps-israeli-tech-to-help-solve-california-water-problems/

Alina D. Sharon, “How Israel Survived the Mediterranean’s Worst Draught in 900 Years,” JNS.org, March 18, 2016. http://www.jns.org/latest-articles/2016/3/18/esj0wkq167hvfe4v6g17hkqx9ympas#.VvvhEGNmlhw=

Jonathan Spyer, “War and Madness,” Middle East Forum,” March 28, 2016. http://www.meforum.org/5929/war-madness

Neil Swidey, “Where Did ISIS Come From? The Story Starts Here (Bremer in Iraq),” The Boston Globe, March 10, 2016. http://www.bostonglobe.com/magazine/2016/03/10/where-did-isis-come-from-the-story-starts-here/eOHwJQgnZPNj8SE91Vw5hK/story.html?event=event25

Jonathan S. Tobin, “Was Meir Dagan Right About Iran?” Commentary Magazine, March 2016.https://www.commentarymagazine.com/foreign-policy/middle-east/israel/meir-dagan-right-iran/

The Tower.org Staff, “Israel, South Africa to Strengthen Ties in Agriculture, Science and Technology,” March 18, 2016. http://www.thetower.org/3111-israel-south-africa-to-strengthen-ties-in-agriculture-science-and-technology/

Khaled Yacoub Oweis, “Syria after the Russian Intervention,” Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, March 2016. http://www.swp-berlin.org/fileadmin/contents/products/comments/2016C16_oweis.pdf

Jim Zanotti, “US Assistance to the Palestinians,” Congressional Research Service, March 18, 2016. http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/mideast/RS22967.pdf

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

Hussein Abdulhussein, “Five Lessons from Syria,” Now, February 2, 2016. https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/commentaryanalysis/566585-five-lessons-from-syria

Abdelmahdi Alsoudi, “The Impact of the Arab Spring on the Political Future of the Muslim Brotherhood in the Middle East: Jordan as a Case Study,” Rubin Center, February 23, 2016. http://www.rubincenter.org/2016/02/the-impact-of-the-arab-spring-on-the-political-future-of-the-muslim-brotherhood-in-the-middle-east-jordan-as-a-case-study/

Yuval Avivi, “Why Some Israeli High Schools Stopped Trips to Poland,” Al-Monitor, February 26, 2016. http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2016/02/poland-high-school-holocaust-survivors-israel-flag.html

Nahum Barnea, “Israel to transfer NIS 500 million in withheld taxes to Palestinians,” Y-Net News, February 26, 2016. http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4771224,00.html

Burak Bekdil, “Russia’s Trap: Luring Sunnis into War,” Gatestone institute, February 16, 2016. http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/7441/russia-syria-sunni-war

Natalie Vainer Benaiah, “Who’s Afraid of ISIS?” Ynet News.com, February 17, 2016.http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4767576,00.html

Hannah Brown, “Migrants, Women and Israel Win Big at Berlinale,” Jerusalem Post,” February 21, 2016. http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Culture/Migrants-women-and-Israel-win-big-at-Berlinale-445652

A.J. Caschetta, “Syracuse U. Professor Exposes the Anti-Semitic Foundations of BDS,” American Thinker, February 25, 2016. http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2016/02/fighting_the_bds_movement.html

James R. Clapper, Worldwide Threat Assessment of the US Intelligence Community, Director of National Intelligence, February 9, 2016, http://www.armed-services.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Clapper_02-09-16.pdf

Steven A. Cook, “Who Exactly Are ‘the Kurds’? The Atlantic, February 25, 2016, http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2016/02/kurds-turkey-pkk-ypg/470991/

Meir Elran, Eran Yasiv, Mohammad Abo Nasra,” The Five-Year Plan to Integrate the Arab Population in Israel: A Quantum Leap Forward?” INSS Insight, February 2, 2016. http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=11389

Oded Eran and Owen Alterman, “The Road to the White House: The Establishment, the Populists, and What They Mean for Israel,” INSS Insight, February 4, 2016. http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=11413

Alberto M. Fernandez, “Countering the Islamic State’s Message,” The Journal of International Security Affairs, 30 (Winter 2016). http://www.securityaffairs.org/issues/number-30/countering-islamic-states-message

Brandon Friedman, “Tel Aviv Notes: Saudi Brinkmanship in the Syrian War,” Dayan Center, February 28, 2016. http://dayan.org/content/tel-aviv-notes-saudi-brinkmanship-syrian-war

Danielle Crittenden Frum, “The Next Ottolenghi: How Philly’s Michael Solomonov is Globalizing Israeli Cuisine,” February 2, 2016. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/danielle-crittenden/the-next-ottolenghi-how-p_b_9140048.html

Hanin Ghaddar, “Iran Won Lebanon,” NOW, February 4, 2016. http://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/commentaryanalysis/566574-iran-won-lebanon

Eytan Gilboa, “Obama and Israel: The Final Year,” BESA Center, February 17, 2016. http://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/obama-and-israel-the-final-year-2/

Hirsch Goodman and Yossi Kupperwasser (Ed.), “The Knife and the Message: The Roots of the New Palestine Uprising,” [Seven articles, 100 pages] Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, February 2016. http://jcpa.org/the-knife-and-the-message-the-roots-of-the-new-palestinian-uprising/

Alex Grobman, “BDS: The movement to destroy Israel,” Arutz Sheva, February 21, 2016. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Generic/Generic/SendPrint?print=1&type=1&item=18438

Yossi Klein Halevi, “Israel’s Options in a Chaotic Middle East,” The Wall Street Journal, February 26, 2016, http://www.wsj.com/articles/israels-options-in-a-chaotic-middle-east-1456512527?tesla=y

John Hudak, “What the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election Means for the Middle East,” Brookings, February 15, 2016. http://www.brookings.edu/research/reports2/2016/02/22-us-presidential-election-middle-east-hudak

Efraim Inbar, “The Consequences of American Retreat from the Middle East,” BESA Center Perspectives, February 24, 2016. http://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/consequences-of-american-retreat-from-the-middle-east/

Israel21c Staff, “Arab-Israeli Tech Hub Opens Near Tel Aviv,” The Tower, February 22, 2016. http://www.thetower.org/2995oc-arab-israeli-tech-hub-opens-near-tel-aviv/

Efraim Karsh, “Obama’s Middle East Delusions,” The Middle East Quarterly, Winter 2016, Volume 23: Number 1, http://www.meforum.org/5685/obama-middle-east-delusions

Wharton Staff, “Integrating Arabs into Israel’s High-Tech Sector,” Knowledge @ Wharton, February 1, 2016. http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/integrating-arabs-into-israels-high-tech-sector/

Isi Leibler, “The Tragedy of Ehud Olmert in Retrospect,” Algemeiner, February 19, 2016. http://www.algemeiner.com/2016/02/19/the-tragedy-of-ehud-olmert-in-retrospect/

Abigail Klein Leichman, “Israel’s Newest National Park, Palmahim Beach,” Israel21c, February 22, 2016. http://www.israel21c.org/israels-newest-national-park-palmahim-beach/

Tanvi Madan, “Why India and Israel Are Bringing Their Relationship Out from ‘Under the Carpet,’” Brookings, February 11, 2016. http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/order-from-chaos/posts/2016/02/11-india-israel-relations-madan

Bruce Maddy-Weitzman, “Between Alliance and Rivalry: Egyptian-Israeli Relations Remain Solid, If Not Particularly Warm,” Rubin Center, February 16, 2016. http://www.rubincenter.org/2016/02/between-alliance-and-rivalry-egyptian-israeli-relations-remain-solid-if-not-particularly-warm/

Arye Mekel, “A New Geopolitical Bloc is Born in the Eastern Mediterranean: Israel, Greece and Cyprus,” February 16, 2016. http://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/israel-greece-and-cyprus/

Aaron David Miller, “Moderation in Iran?” Don’t get your hopes up? Los Angeles Times,    February 26, 2016, http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-miller-iran-elections-20160226-story.html

Dr. Jacques Neriah, “Earthquakes in the Middle East,” Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, February 24, 2016. http://jcpa.org/article/earthquakes-of-the-middle-east/

Raed Omari, “Can Arab world economies achieve what politics couldn’t?” Al-arabiya, February 29, 2016. https://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/news/middle-east/2016/02/29/Can-Arab-world-economies-achieve-what-politics-couldn-t-.html

Viva Sarah Press, “Oracle Buys Ravello Systems for $500 Million,” Israel21c, February 23, 2016. http://www.israel21c.org/oracle-buys-ravello-systems-for-500-million-2/

James Renton, “The post-colonial caliphate: Islamic State and the memory of Sykes-Picot,” The
Conversation, February 23, 2016, http://theconversation.com/the-post-colonial-caliphate-islamic-state-and-the-memory-of-sykes-picot-52655

Paul Rivlin, “Iqtisadi: Saudi Arabia’s Multiple Crises,” Dayan Center, February 24, 2016. http://dayan.org/content/iqtisadi-saudi-arabias-multiple-crises

Asaf Romirowsky and Benjamin Weinthal, “The Obama Administration’s Soft Boycott of Israel,” The National Interest, February 16, 2016. http://www.meforum.org/5856/obama-administration-israel-boycott

Uri Savir, “Israelis, Palestinians Secretly Discuss French Initiative,” Al-Monitor, February 14, 2016. http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2016/02/secret-talks-france-israel-palestinians-international.html

David Shamah, “Bill Gates: Israeli Tech ‘Changing the world,’” Times of Israel, February 25, 2016. http://www.timesofisrael.com/bill-gates-israeli-tech-changing-the-world/

Michael Singh, “The Great Unraveling [of the Middle East],” Washington Institute for Near East Policy,” February 25, 2016, http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/the-great-unraveling

Shimon Stein, “Israel-European Union Relations: Crisis as a Norm,” INSS Insight, Feburary 22, 2016. http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=11455

Jessica Steinberg, “A Little Bit Oud Country, A Little Bit Rock ‘N’ Roll,” Times of Israel, February 27, 2016. http://www.timesofisrael.com/a-little-bit-oud-country-a-little-bit-rock-n-roll/

The Tower Staff, “Gallup: American Sympathy for Israel Strong Across ‘All Major Political Subgroups,’” The Tower, February 29, 2016. http://www.thetower.org/3023-gallup-american-sympathy-for-israel-strong-across-all-major-political-subgroups/

Steven Windmueller, “The 2016 Election: Jews and The Politics,” Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, February 1, 2016. http://jcpa.org/article/the-2016-election-jews-and-their-politics/

Sharon Wrobel, “Nestle to Buy Out Israeli Food Maker Osem for About $840 Million,” Bloomberg, February 4, 2016. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-02-04/nestle-to-buy-out-israeli-food-maker-osem-for-about-840-million

Amos Yadlin, “Past Lessons and Future Objectives: A Preemptive Strike on Hamas Tunnels,” INSS Insight, February 15, 2016. http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=11428

Yossi Yehoshua, “Gadi Eisenkot: A Leading Moral Figure,” YNET News, February 18, 2016. http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4767915,00.html

Michael Young, “True or False? America is deeply distrusted over Syria, here’s why,” January 29, 2016. NOW, https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/commentaryanalysis/566549-true-or-false

Eyal Zisser, “The farce of the Iranian elections,” Israel Hayom, February 28, 2016,
http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_opinion.php?id=15381

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

Faisal J. Abbas, “An Unshackled Iran can only be Countered by a Firm Saudi Arabia,” Al-Arabiya, January 18, 2016. http://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/news/middle-east/2016/01/18/An-unshackled-Iran-can-only-be-countered-by-a-firm-Saudi-Arabia.html

Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi, “The Islamic State, Turkey, and Transportation,” Rubin Center, January 11, 2016. http://www.rubincenter.org/2016/01/the-islamic-state-turkey-transportation/

Sona Bahadur, “How Israel Went from a Culinary Desert to Gourmet Destination,” The Indian Express, January 3, 2016. http://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/food-wine/a-taste-of-israel/

Henri J. Barkey, “The Longest War (ISIS),” The Wilson Center, January 3, 2016. https://www.wilsoncenter.org/article/the-longest-war

Ofra Bengio, “The idea of stabilizing the region could unite Turkey and Israel,” Interview in The Turkish Weekly Journal, January 26, 2016. http://www.turkishweekly.net/2016/01/26/news/bengio-i-the-idea-of-stabilizing-the-region-could-unite-turkey-and-israel/

Eyal Bino, “Internet of Things is the Next Big Thing in Israeli Tech—Here’s Why,” Forbes, January 3, 2016. http://www.forbes.com/sites/eyalbino/2016/01/03/internet-of-things-is-the-next-big-thing-in-israeli-tech-heres-why/#dbe4bd736a8a

Hannah Brown, “Israeli Film Takes Top Prize at Sundance,” Jerusalem Post, January 31, 2016. http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Culture/Israeli-film-takes-top-prize-at-Sundance-443421

Raghida Dergham, “What Has the U.S. ‘Leading the World from Behind’ Achieved?” Al Arabiya, January 18, 2016. https://english.alarabiya.net/en/viewss/2016/01/18/What-has-the-U-S-leading-the-world-from-behind-achieved-.html

Itamar Eichner, “Implementation Day: Iran Sanctions Lifted,” Ynet News, January 17, 2016. http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4753511,00.html

Shlomi Eldar, “How Palestinian Media Contributes to Cycle of Incitement,” Al-Monitor, January 29, 2016. http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2016/01/palestinian-authority-tv-station-incitement-terror-attacks.html

Omri Ephraim, “776,500 Israeli Children Live in Poverty,” Ynet News, December 9, 2015. http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4737047,00.html

Alex Fishman, “Living in a Dream World: Obama’s Hollywood Vision of the Middle East,” Ynet News, January 16, 2016. http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4754168,00.html

Yaron Friedman, “2016 will be the year ISIS’s Fate will be Determined,” Ynet News, January 15, 2016. http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4753278,00.html

Gabe Friedman, “Israeli Composer of Indian Muslim Music Collaborates with Radiohead Guitarist,” Forward, January 28, 2016. http://forward.com/the-assimilator/332309/israeli-composer-of-indian-muslim-music-collaborates-with-radiohead-guitari/

Manfred Gerstenfeld and Jamie Berk, “The Moral Relativism of the United Nations,” Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, January 13, 2016. http://jcpa.org/article/the-moral-relativism-of-the-united-nations/

Michael Herzog, “Deterring Iran: Time for a New Mindset,” Fathom, August 2015. http://fathomjournal.org/deterring-iran-time-for-a-new-mindset/

Shoula Romano Horing, “Can Israeli Arabs be Fully Loyal Citizens?” Ynet News, January 11, 2016. http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4750994,00.html

Eliyahu Kamisher, “How the KRG (Kurdish) Quasi-State Built an Independent Oil Industry,” Moshe Dayan Center, January 2016. http://dayan.org/content/iqtisadi-how-krg-quasi-state-built-independent-oil-industry

Yael Kaplan, Ryan Hartney, and Andrew Felsenthal, “Luxury Alongside Poverty in the Palestinian Authority,” Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, November 5, 2015. http://jcpa.org/article/luxury-alongside-poverty-in-the-palestinian-authority/

Isabel Kershner, “Israel Approves Prayer Space at Western Wall for Non-Orthodox Jews,” New York Times, January 31, 2016. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/01/world/middleeast/israel-western-wall-prayer.html

Eran Lerman, “New Permutations in the Mideast ‘Game of Camps,'” Begin-Sadat Center, January 17, 2016. http://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/new-permutations-in-the-mideast-game-of-camps/

Charles Lister, “Jihad Rivalry: The Islamic State Challenges Al-Qaeda,” Brookings Institute, January 27, 2016. http://www.brookings.edu/research/papers/2016/01/27-islamic-state-challenges-alqaida-lister

Zvi Magen, Udi Deke and Sarah Fainberg, “How Deep are the Cracks in the Russian-Iranian Coalition in Syria?” INSS Insight, January 3, 2016. http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=11210

Hisham Melhem, “The Return of the Myth of Insoluble Ancient Conflicts,” Al-Arabiya, January 16, 2016. https://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/news/middle-east/2016/01/16/The-return-of-the-myth-of-insoluble-ancient-conflicts.html

Hisham Melhem, “The Arab World is a House with No Roof,” Al-Arabiya, January 2, 2016. https://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/news/middle-east/2016/01/02/The-Arab-world-is-a-house-with-no-roof.html

Hisham Melhem, “The Autumn of the Arab Patriarchs,” Al-Arabiya, January 9, 2016. https://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/news/middle-east/2016/01/09/The-autumn-of-the-Arab-patriarchs-.html

Nuray Mert, “Another Banal Expression of Authoritarianism in Turkey,” Zaman, January 18, 2016. http://www.todayszaman.com/columnist/lale-kemal/legitimizing-corruption_409967.html

Menahem Milson,  “Sadat in Jerusalem: Behind the Scenes,” Jewish Review of Books, Winter 2016. https://jewishreviewofbooks.com/articles/1966/sadat-in-jerusalem-behind-the-scenes/

Anna Newby, “Why There Are No Good Policy Options on Syria,” Brookings Institute, January 19, 2016. http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/markaz/posts/2016/01/19-no-good-policy-options-on-syria-newby

Khaled Yacoub Oweis, “Burying Heads in Geneva Sands, Without Dismantling the Sectarian Crux of Assad’s Rule, Syria Peace Talks are Unlikely to Usher in Stability,” German Institute for International and Security Affairs, December 2015. http://www.swp-berlin.org/fileadmin/contents/products/comments/2015C52_ows.pdf

Itamar Radai and Arik Rudnitzky, “Bayan: The Arabs in Israel,” INSS, December 2015. http://www.inss.org.il/uploadImages/systemFiles/Bayan_2015_Dec_no.%206%20ENG.pdf

Yehudit Ronen, “Libya’s Descent into Chaos,” Middle East Quarterly 23:1 (Winter 2016). http://www.meforum.org/5686/libya-descent-into-chaos

David Rosenberg, “Bigger Budgets Won’t Buy Israel’s Arabs Equality,” The Jerusalem Post, January 7, 2016. http://www.haaretz.com/opinion/1.696010

Max Samarov and Amada Botfeld, “Framing Israel: The Distortions of the New Boycott-Driven School Curriculum,” The Tower, January 2016. http://www.thetower.org/article/framing-israel-the-distortions-of-the-new-bds-driven-school-curriculum/

Daria Shichrit, Einav Yogev, Yoram Schweitzer, “Suicide Attacks in 2015,” INSS Insight, January 26, 2016. http://www.inss.org.il/uploadImages/systemFiles/No.%20789%20-%20Daria,%20Einav,%20and%20Yoram%20for%20web278300049.pdf

Michael Singh, “The Middle East After JCPOA,” Senate Foreign Relations Committee, January 20, 2016. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/uploads/Documents/testimony/SinghTestimony20160120.pdf

Jonathan Spyer, “Teheran vs. Riyadh,” Middle East Forum, January 8, 2016. http://www.meforum.org/5774/teheran-vs-riyadh

Gerald Steinberg, “Why Israel is Frustrated with American Jewish Leaders,” New York Jewish Week, January 27, 2016, http://www.thejewishweek.com/editorial-opinion/opinion/why-israel-frustrated-american-jewish-leaders#2Adv2K7JpJGb70EP.99

Guido Steinberg, “The Other Vanguard of International Terrorism Despite Setbacks Al-Qaeda Profits from Yemen Civil War,” German Institute for International and Security Affairs, January 4, 2016. http://www.swp-berlin.org/fileadmin/contents/products/comments/2016C04_sbg.pdf

The Tower.org Staff, “U.S. Ambassador Apologizes After Comments Trigger Israeli Outrage,” The Tower, January, 25, 2016. http://www.thetower.org/2861-u-s-ambassador-apologizes-after-comments-trigger-israeli-outrage/

Carmit Sapir Vitz, “Christian Arabs Increase Integration into Israeli Society,” The Jerusalem Post, January 17, 2016. http://www.jpost.com/Christian-News/Christian-Arabs-increase-integration-into-Israeli-society-441744

Esther Webman, “The Islamic State (IS) and al-Qa’ida Ideology and Practice,” The Moshe Dayan Center, January 2016.  http://dayan.org/content/tel-aviv-notes-islamic-state-and-al-qa%CA%BFida-ideology-and-practice

Amos Yadlin, “Two States, Four Paths for Achieving Them,” January 15, 2016, Middle East Politics & Policy, Brookings Institution, http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/markaz/posts/2016/01/15-two-states-four-paths-israeli-palestinian-yadlin

Amos Yadlin, “Another Round in the Saudi-Iranian Confrontation: What Does It Mean, and What Lies Ahead?” INSS Insight, January 14, 2016. http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=11257

Ben-Dror Yemini, “A Wakeup Call for the Left,” Ynet News, January 15, 2016. http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4753465,00.html

Daniel Zisenwine, “Tunisia’s Fragile Post-Revolutionary Order North African Turmoil,” Middle East Quarterly 23:1 (Winter 2016). http://www.meforum.org/5688/tunisia-after-revolution

Israel and the Middle East
Assembled by Ken Stein, Emory University and Center for Israel Education
kenstein@israeled.org or kstein@emory.edu

Maj. Gen. (res.) Yaakov Amidror and Col. (res.) Dr. Eran Lerman, “Jordanian Security and Prosperity: An Essential Aspect of Israeli Policy,” BESA Center, December 27, 2015.  http://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/9583/

Associated Press, “In Israel, Arab chefs carve out a distinct cuisine,” Ynet News, December 12, 2015. http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4738173,00.html

Dan Arbell, “Back together? Why Turkey-Israel relations may be thawing,” Brookings Institute, December 14, 2015. http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/markaz/posts/2015/12/14-turkey-israel-thawing-relations-arbell

Yuval Avivi, “Young Israelis do whatever it takes to buy a home,” al-Monitor, December 28, 2015. http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2015/12/housing-prices-finance-ministry-lapid-apartment-young-couple.html

Amiram Barkat, “Israeli public transport and water prices to fall 17%,” Globes, December 27, 2015. http://www.globes.co.il/en/article-israeli-public-transport-and-water-prices-to-fall-17-1001091346

Arielle Ben Solomon and Lidar Grave-Lazi, “Education council pushing for first state-funded Arab academic college in North,” Jerusalem Post, December 21, 2015. http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Education-council-pushing-for-first-state-funded-Arab-academic-college-in-North-437987

Ron Ben-Yishai, “Saudi Arabia’s War of Independence (seeking to lead a moderate group of Moslem Nations),” Y-Net News, December 17, 2015. http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4740583,00.html

Vince Chadwick and Maïa De La Baume, “How one phrase divided the EU and Israel,” Politico, January 4, 2016. http://www.politico.eu/article/best-before-1967-how-the-eu-labeled-israels-occupied-territories-food-labels-european-commission/

Ruth Eglash, “These singing sisters are wildly popular in Yemen. And they’re Israeli Jews,” Washington Post, December 31, 2015. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/these-singing-sisters-are-wildly-popular-in-yemen-and-theyre-israeli-jews/2015/12/30/88f66dfa-a419-11e5-8318-bd8caed8c588_story.html

Omer Einav, “Moderation and Radicalization in Lebanon,” INSS Insight, December 13, 2015. http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=11089

Shlomi Eldar, “51 years after its founding, where is Fatah heading?” al-Monitor, December 30, 2015. http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2015/12/fatah-existence-51-rift-israel-two-state-solution-intifada.html

Oded Eran, “Active Israeli Policy in the Mediterranean Basin,” INSS Insight, December 6, 2015. http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=11045

Mordechai Goldman, “Why have the ultra-Orthodox turned their back on Rivlin?” al-Monitor, December 28, 2015. http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2015/12/president-reuven-rivlin-ultra-orthodox-knesset-reform.html

Yoael Guzansky, Zvi Magen and Oded Eran, “Russian Nuclear Diplomacy in the Middle East,” INSS Insight, December 29, 2015. http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=11195

Eitan Haber, “(Sharon) the only leader who dared (to confront the radical settlers),” Y-Net News, December 28, 2015. http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4745160,00.html

Dana Kessler, “Matzo Balls on the Mediterranean,” Tablet Magazine, December 8, 2015. http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-life-and-religion/195628/keton-tel-aviv-restaurant

Oren Kessler, “Freed Prisoner’s Plight Underscores Egypt’s Security Failings,” Foundation for Defense of Democracies, December 14, 2015. http://www.defenddemocracy.org/media-hit/oren-kessler-freed-prisoners-plight-underscores-egypts-security-failings/

Adam Kitsch, “Amichai: the Tolerant Irony of Israel’s National Poet,” Tablet Magazine, December 21, 2015. http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-arts-and-culture/books/195955/amichai-israels-national-poet

Abigail Klein Leichman, “Israel to open world’s first aviation cyber innovation center,” Israel21c, December 24, 2015. http://www.israel21c.org/israel-hosts-first-ever-aviation-cyber-innovation-center/

Hana Levi Julian, “1.7M Israeli Families Living Below Poverty Line,” Jewish Press, December 9, 2015. http://www.jewishpress.com/news/breaking-news/1-7m-israeli-families-living-below-poverty-line/2015/12/09/

Zvi Magen and Sarah Feinberg, “Putin-Netanyahu Meeting in Paris and its Implications,” Institute for Strategic Affairs, December 3, 2015. http://valdaiclub.com/news/Putin-Netanyahu+Meeting+in+Paris/

Suzanne Maloney, “Toughness triangulated: Hillary Clinton’s policy on the Middle East,” Brookings Institute, December 12, 2015. http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/markaz/posts/2015/12/12-hillary-clinton-trump-terrorism-tough-triangulate-maloney

Hisham Melhem, “2015, a year of milestones of horrors in the Middle East,” al-Arabiya, December 26, 2015. https://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/news/middle-east/2015/12/26/2015-a-year-of-milestones-of-horrors-in-the-Middle-East-.html

Mazal Mualem, “Likud’s first openly gay Knesset member finds mixed reception,” al-Monitor, December 30, 2015. http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2015/12/amir-ohana-ceremony-knesset-gay-community-ultra-orthodox.html

Jonathan Neumann, “Can a Dry Country Like Israel Quench the World’s Thirst?” Forward, December 26, 2015. http://forward.com/culture/327841/can-a-dry-country-like-israel-quench-the-worlds-thirst/

Khaled Yacoub Oweis, “Burying Heads in Geneva Sands: Without Dismantling the Sectarian Crux of Assad’s Rule, Syria Peace Talks Are Unlikely to Usher in Stability,” Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP), December 2015. http://www.swp-berlin.org/fileadmin/contents/products/comments/2015C52_ows.pdf

Shlomo Pitrikovsky, “Statistics show Jewish, Arab fertility rates now even,” Arutz Sheva, December 31, 2015. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/205754#.Vov2PTbmzUA

Viva Sarah Press, “2015 was red-hot year for Israeli high-tech scene,” Israel21c, December 31, 2015. http://www.israel21c.org/2015-was-red-hot-year-for-israeli-high-tech-scene/

Eetta Prince-Gibson, “Israel’s Russians Show Pride by Openly Celebrating ‘Novy God’ on New Year’s Eve,” Forward, December 30, 2015. http://forward.com/news/israel/328328/russians-come-out-in-open-to-celebrate-novi-god-on-new-years-in-israel/

Reuven Rivlin, “What Israel should do to lay the groundwork for peace,” The Washington Post, December 8, 2015. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/what-israel-should-do-to-lay-the-groundwork-for-peace/2015/12/08/58c71fb6-9d12-11e5-8728-1af6af208198_story.html

Dennis Ross, “Nothing in the Middle East Happens by Accident—Except When It Does,” Mosaic, December 7, 2015. http://mosaicmagazine.com/response/2015/12/nothing-in-the-middle-east-happens-by-accident-except-when-it-does/

Lawrence Rubin, “Why Israel outlawed the Northern Branch of the Islamic Movement,” Brookings Institute, December 7, 2015. http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/markaz/posts/2015/12/07-why-israel-outlawed-northern-branch-islamic-movement-rubin

Tzipi Shmilovitz, “Best new restaurant in US is Israeli,” Ynet News, December 29, 2015. http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4745785,00.html

Lt. Col. (res.) Dr. Dany Shoham, “Does ISIS Pose a WMD Threat?” BESA Center, December 13, 2015. http://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/9562/

Marc J. Sievers, “Riding the Egyptian-Israeli Roller Coaster, 2011-2015,” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, December 2015. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/riding-the-egyptian-israeli-roller-coaster

Shimon Stein and Shlomo Brom, “No Fundamental Change Expected in the Fight Against the Islamic State – For Now,” INSS Insight, December 16, 2015. http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=11115

Erez Striem, “The Reconfiguration of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt,” INSS Insight, December 22, 2015. http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=11150

Merve Tahiroglu, “Thank Russia for Turkey-Israel Rapprochement,” Foundation for Defense of Democracies, December 18, 2015. http://www.defenddemocracy.org/media-hit/merve-tahiroglu-thank-russia-for-turkey-israel-rapprochement/

Aymenn Jawad al-Tamimi, “Quwat al-Jalil: A Pro-Assad Palestinian Syrian Militia,” Rubin Research Center, December 23, 2015. http://www.rubincenter.org/2015/12/quwat-al-jalil-a-pro-assad-palestinian-syrian-militia/

Shibley Telhami, “How to (almost) eliminate the U.S. partisan divide on the Middle East,” Brookings Institute, December 17, 2015. http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/markaz/posts/2015/12/17-middle-east-partisan-divide-telhami

Benjamin Weinthal, “Analysis: Are EU Labels On Settlement Products Triggering Anti-Semitism?” Foundation for Defense of Democracies, December 8, 2015. http://www.defenddemocracy.org/media-hit/benjamin-weinthal-analysis-are-eu-labels-on-settlement-products-triggering-anti-semitism/

Tamara Cofman Wittes, “Israel’s inertia on the Palestinian conflict has a price: American support,” Brookings Institute, December 9, 2015. http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/markaz/posts/2015/12/09-israeli-inertia-has-a-price-wittes

Ehud Yaari, “Hamas and the Islamic State: Growing Cooperation in the Sinai,” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, December 15, 2015. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/hamas-and-the-islamic-state-growing-cooperation-in-the-sinai

Yori Yalon, “Taglit brings thousands of young Jews to Israel for winter,” Israel Hayom, December 23, 2015. http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_article.php?id=30631

Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak and Brandon Friedman, “Tel Aviv Notes: The Sultan versus the Tsar and the Syrian War,” The Moshe Dayan Center, December 10, 2015. http://dayan.org/content/tel-aviv-notes-sultan-versus-tsar-and-syrian-war

Israel and the Middle East
#33 Contemporary Readings, November 2015
Assembled by Ken Stein, Emory University and Center for Israel Education
kenstein@israeled.org or kstein@emory.edu

Saleh Al-Shayeji, “Israel is Not Our Enemy,” Translated by Kuwait Times from Al-Anbaa, MEMRI, November 30, 2015. http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/8877.htm

Adna Abu Amer, “How Palestinian Divisions affect the intifada,” Al Monitor, November 3, 2015. http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2015/11/palestinian-intifada-disputes-objectives.html

Maj. Gen. (res.) Yaakov Amidror, “Syria’s Unraveling Gives Way to New Regional Order,” BESA, November 1, 2015. http://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/syrias-unraveling-gives-way-to-new-regional-order/

Henry J. Barkey, “Paris, and Turkish Policy in Syria,” The Wilson Center, November 19, 2015. https://www.wilsoncenter.org/article/paris-and-turkish-policy-syria

Dan Blumenthal, “Is China a Friend of Israel?” Mosaic Magazine, November 16, 2015. http://mosaicmagazine.com/observation/2015/11/is-china-a-friend-of-israel/

Barry Davis, “Music: A Song for Two,” Jerusalem Post, November 14, 2015. http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Culture/Music-A-song-for-two-433064

Akiva Eldar, “Pollard and Vanunu,” Al-Monitor, November 24, 2015. http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2015/11/jonathan-pollard-mordechai-vanunu-spy-security-knesset-lobby.html

Shlomi Eldar, “Palestinian Media Treads Fine Line Between Empathy, Support for Attacks,” Al-Monitor, November 20, 2015. http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2015/11/palestinian-attackers-media-glorify-israelis-terror-fatah.html

Oded Eran, Nizan Feldman, and Eran Yashiv, “The EU Decision to Indicate the Origin of Products from the Settlements,” INSS, Insight No. 769, November 19, 2015. http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=10970

Shmuel Even, “Abu Mazen’s Opposition to Recognition of Israel as a Jewish State: Strategic Implications,” INSS, Insight No. 762, November 4, 2015. http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=10902

Abraham H. Foxman, “The American Jewish Community and Its Relationship to Israel, Then and Now,” INSS, Insight No. 771, November 25, 2015. http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=10999

George Washington Center for Cyber & Homeland Security, “Paris Insights,” GWCCHC, November 2015. https://cchs.gwu.edu/sites/cchs.gwu.edu/files/image/CCHS_Paris%20Insights.pdf

Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi, “The Paris Attacks Reflect Intelligence Failure—Not a Change in ISIS Strategy,” IDC Herzliya, Rubin Center, November 20, 2015. http://www.rubincenter.org/2015/11/the-paris-attacks-reflect-intelligence-failure-not-a-change-in-isis-strategy/

James A. Jeffrey, “The U.S. must send ground forces to eliminate the Islamic State,” The Washington Post, November 16, 2015, https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-us-must-send-ground-forces-to-eliminate-the-islamic-state/2015/11/16/685aff20-8c63-11e5-ae1f-af46b7df8483_story.html?hpid=hp_no-name_opinion-card-e%3Ahomepage%2Fstory

Markus Kaim and Oliver Tamminga, “Russia’s Military Intervention in Syria Its Operation Plan, Objectives, and Consequences for the West’s Policies,” Stiftung Wissenschaft Und Politik- German Institute for International Affairs, November 2015. http://www.swp-berlin.org/fileadmin/contents/products/comments/2015C48_kim_tga.pdf

Secretary of State John Kerry, “US Policy on Syria,” an address to the US Institute of Peace, Wilson Center, November 12, 2015. https://www.wilsoncenter.org/article/kerry-us-policy-syria

Hardin Lang, Peter Juul, and Trevor Sutton, “Confronting the Terror Finance Challenge in Today’s Middle East, Center for American Progress,” November 2, 2015. https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/security/report/2015/11/02/124749/confronting-the-terror-finance-challenge-in-todays-middle-east/

Robert S. Litwak, “US Strategy toward the Islamic State,” The Wilson Center, November 19, 2015, https://www.wilsoncenter.org/article/us-strategy-toward-the-islamic-state

David Makovsky, “Netanyahu Comes to Washington: A Recalibration if Not a Reset,” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, November 5, 2015. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/netanyahu-comes-to-washington-a-recalibration-if-not-a-reset

David Makovsky, “What Would Rabin Do?” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, November 4, 2015. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/what-would-rabin-do

Ariel Malkah Hendelman, “Tuned in and Turned up in Tel Aviv,” Jerusalem Post, November 9, 2015. http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Culture/Tuned-in-and-turned-up-in-Tel-Aviv-432504

Kobi Michael and Udi Deckel, “The Outbreak of ‘Individual Terrorism’ in the Palestinian Arena: The Old Box Lacks the Right Tools,” INSS, Insight No. 772. November 30, 2015, http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=11012

Abdel Monem Said Aly and Shai Feldman, “Saving the Middle East,” Crown Center for Middle East Studies, November 2015, http://www.brandeis.edu/crown/publications/meb/meb95.html

Marina Ottaway, “Learning from Sykes-Picot,” Middle East Program, The Wilson Center, November 19, 2015, https://www.wilsoncenter.org/publication/learning-sykes-picot

Benjamin Netanyahu, “Prime Minister Netanyahu’s speech at the 37th Zionist Congress,” October 20, 2015. http://www.pmo.gov.il/English/MediaCenter/Speeches/Pages/speechcongress201015.aspx

David A. Patten, “Defeating ISIS, Rolling Back Iran,” Middle East Quarterly, Fall 2015. http://www.meforum.org/5479/defeating-isis-rolling-back-iran

Ambassador Anne W. Patterson Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, “Testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on ‘The U.S. Role and Strategy in the Middle East,’” October 28, 2015. http://www.foreign.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/102815_Patterson_Testimony.pdf

Daniel Pipes, “Ending a Century of Palestinian Rejectionism,” The Washington Times, October 27, 2015. http://www.meforum.org/5591/palestinians-century-of-rejectionism

Sever Plotzker, “What do they mean when they say ‘Haredim must share the burden?’” Institute for Israel Studies at University of Maryland, November, 2015. http://israelstudies.umd.edu/files/Plotzker.pdf

Daniel Polisar, “Why Do Palestinians Believe What They Believe?” Mosaic Magazine, November 23, 2015. http://mosaicmagazine.com/response/2015/11/why-do-palestinians-believe-what-they-believe/

David Pollock, “Compromise for Now, the End for Israel Later,” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, November 19, 2015. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/compromise-for-now-the-end-of-israel-for-later

Paul Rivlin, “Climate Change Has Happened: The Middle East Climate Crisis,” The Dayan Center at Tel Aviv University, October 22, 2015. http://www.aftau.org/document.doc?id=414

Yair Rosenberg, “European Union Issues Guidelines for Labeling Settlement Products,” Tablet Magazine, November 11, 2015. http://www.tabletmag.com/scroll/194925/european-union-issues-guidelines-for-labeling-settlement-products

David Samuels, “ Middle East Has Fractured. Is Europe Next?” A Tablet Roundtable Discussion, Tablet, November19, 2015. http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-news-and-politics/195183/middle-east-roundtable

Uri Savir, “In Quest for Statehood, Palestinians Prepare Security Plans,” Al-Monitor, November 25, 2015. http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2015/11/israel-palestine-security-policy-strategy-john-allen-kerry.html

Sarah Sewall, Under-Secretary of State for Civilian Security, “Mobilizing Against a ‘Preeminent Challenge of the Twenty-First Century’: Countering Violent Extremism,” The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, November 20, 2015. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/uploads/Documents/other/SewallRemarks20151120.pdf

Gilead Sher and Avner Halevi, “Disengaging from the West Bank Short of a Permanent Agreement: Tenable Security-Wise?” INSS, Insight No. 770, November 24, 2015. http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=10981

Lt.-Col. (ret.) Michael Segall, “Iran Is Part of the Problem in Syria, Not Part of the Solution,” Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, November 26, 2015. http://jcpa.org/pdf/Terror-Is-Terror-Is-Terror-Michael-Segall-Vol15No36.pdf

Jonathan Spyer, “Israel is Avoiding the Abyss, For Now,” The Australian, October 31, 2015. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/inquirer/israel-is-avoiding-the-abyss-for-now/story-e6frg6z6-1227588801326

The Tower Staff, “IAEA Chief: Questions About Iran’s Past Nuclear Work Remain Unresolved,” The Tower, November 27, 2015. http://www.thetower.org/2618-iaea-chief-questions-about-irans-past-nuclear-work-remain-unresolved/

Washington Institute Staff, “The Paris Response: Answering Urgent Questions in the Anti-ISIS Fight,” Multiple Authors, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, November 19, 2015, http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/the-paris-response-answering-urgent-questions-in-the-anti-isis-fight

Robin Wright, “Holy Terror: The Spread of Jihad’s Wrath,” The Wilson Center, November 17, 2015, https://www.wilsoncenter.org/article/holy-terror-the-spread-jihads-wrath

Talya Zax, “Why Israel Is One of the World’s Most Financially Literate Nations,” Forward, November 26, 2015. http://forward.com/culture/325460/why-israel-is-one-of-the-worlds-most-financially-literate-nations/

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

Éliette Abécassis “Jews of France hide like Marranos and turn towards Israel,” YNet News, October 20, 2015, http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4713402,00.html

Yossi Alpher, “Israel-Palestine: From Oslo to the Slippery Slope,” Verdidebatt, October 10, 2015, http://www.verdidebatt.no/debatt/cat1/subcat4/thread11602890/#post_11602890

Maj. Gen. (res.) Yaakov Amidror, “This Is Not the Third Intifada,” BESA Center, October 22, 2015, http://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/this-is-not-the-third-intifada/

Geoffrey Aronson, “Palestinian Security Forces: Living on Borrowed Time,” Middle East Institute, October 16, 2015, http://www.mei.edu/content/article/palestinian-security-forces-living-borrowed-time

Muriel Asseburg, “Strategies Against ISIS Need to Address Roots of Syria’s Civil War,” SWP Institute, October 6, 2015, http://www.swp-berlin.org/en/publications/point-of-view/strategies-against-is-need-to-address-roots-of-syrias-civil-war.html

Nahum Barnea, “Who was the Real Rabin and What Remains of Oslo,” YNet News, October 26, 2015, http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4716394,00.html

Josh Bender, “MSU’s Israeli Film Festival Offers Students Unique Look into Israeli Culture,” The State News, October 28, 2015, http://statenews.com/article/2015/10/israeli-film-festival-offers-msu-students-a-unique-look-into-israeli-culture

Ofra Bengio, “The Kurds and the Turkish State: Drifting Apart?” Tel Aviv Notes, October 8, 2015, http://www.dayan.org/sites/default/files/TLVNotes_2015_Oct10.pdf

Anna Borshchevskaya, “Does Putin Have a Plan for Syria?” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, September 16, 2015, http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/does-putin-have-a-plan-for-syria

Ben Caspit, “The Death of Yitzhak Rabin’s Legacy,” Al Monitor, October 26, 2015, http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2015/10/yitzhak-rabin-assassination-shimon-peres-rally-20-years.html

James Cook, “An Israeli Investor Says This Motivational Slogan from the Country’s Pilot Training School Should Apply to Tech Startups Too,” Business Insider, October 26, 2015, http://www.businessinsider.com/israeli-investor-gigi-levy-on-a-motivational-slogan-for-israeli-tech-startups-2015-10?r=UK&IR=T

Barry Davis, “A Delicate Balancing Act [dance],” Jerusalem Post, October 28, 2015, http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Culture/A-Delicate-Balancing-Act-430274

Raghida Dergham, “A Russian roadmap for the political transition in Syria,” Al Arabiya, October 27, 2015, http://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/news/middle-east/2015/10/27/A-Russian-roadmap-for-the-political-transition-in-Syria.html

Shlomi Eldar, “Is Palestinian Public Leaving Its Leadership Behind?” Al Monitor, October 23, 2015, http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2015/10/israel-palestine-intifada-young-generation-fatah-hamas.html

Alex Fishman, The Intifada of the Young and Hopeless,” YNet News, October 14, 2015, http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4710577,00.html

David P. Goldman, “Cheap Oil Puts the House of Saud at Risk,” Asia Times, Middle East Forum, October 22, 2015, http://www.meforum.org/5582/saudis-cheap-oil

Michelle Malka Grossman, “Anti-Israel Billboard Causing Controversy in Detroit,” Jerusalem Post, October 26, 2015, http://www.jpost.com/Diaspora/Anti-Israel-billboard-causing-controversy-in-Detroit-430069

Maj. Gen. (res.) Gershon Hacohen, “Is Jerusalem Divided?” BESA Center, October 25, 2015, http://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/is-jerusalem-divided/

Jonathan D. Halevi, “The Hidden Hand Behind the Palestinian Terrorism Wave,” Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, October 25, 2015, http://jcpa.org/article/the-hidden-hand-behind-the-palestinian-terror-wave/

Shlomo Hasson, “State and Religion in Israel Possible Scenarios-2023,” Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies, 2015, http://israelstudies.umd.edu/Israel%202023%20State%20and%20Religion%20in%20Israel.pdf

David Horowitz, “Does a Gritty Ex-Cop’s Move to Israel Symbolize the End for France’s Jews?” Times of Israel, October 28, 2015, http://www.timesofisrael.com/does-a-gritty-ex-cops-move-to-israel-symbolize-the-end-for-frances-jews/

Pinhas Inbari, “The Muslim Schism Over Jerusalem,” Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, September 22, 2015, http://jcpa.org/article/the-muslim-schism-over-jerusalem/

Zipi Israeli and Orit Perlov, “Individual Terrorism: The Media Perspective,” INSS Insight No. 751, October 1, 2015, http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=10698

I24News Staff, “Israeli Lawmakers Vote to Make Arabic Compulsory in Schools,” I24News, October 28, 2015, http://www.i24news.tv/en/news/israel/90636-151028-israeli-lawmakers-vote-to-make-arabic-compulsory-in-schools

JNS.org, “Walmart Caves to Arab-American Pressure, Pulls IDF Halloween Costume,” JNS.org, Ocotber 28, 2015, http://www.jns.org/news-briefs/2015/10/28/walmart-caves-to-arab-american-pressure-pulls-idf-halloween-costume#.VjIofrerTcs=

JSpace Staff, “How Israeli Culture Found Its Way to a College Campus in China,” JSpace News, October 16, 2015, http://www.jspacenews.com/israeli-culture-found-way-college-campus-china/

Gil Karie, “A New Silicon Valley in the Middle East,” Forbes, October 7, 2015, http://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesinternational/2015/10/07/a-new-silicon-valley-in-the-middle-east/

Yehuda Kurtzer, “Yitzhak Rabin Has an Urgent Message for Israelis—But They Can’t Hear It Now,” Forward, October 26, 2015, http://forward.com/opinion/323111/rabin-has-an-urgent-message-for-israelis-but-they-cant-hear-it-now/#ixzz3piGYxq2G

Abigail Klein Leichman, “Israeli Guitar-Maker Hits a High Note in California,” Israel21c, October 28, 2015, http://www.israel21c.org/israeli-guitar-maker-hits-a-high-note-in-california/

Abigail Klein Leichman, “Israel’s Galilee to Become Global Food-Tech Powerhouse,” Israel21c, October 11, 2015, http://www.israel21c.org/israels-galilee-to-become-global-food-tech-powerhouse/

Col. (res.) Dr. Eran Lerman, “Russian Ambitions and Israeli Opportunities in the Partition of Syria,” BESA Center, October 22, 2015, http://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/russian-ambitions-and-israeli-opportunities-in-the-partition-of-syria/

Dr. Yaacov Lifshitz, “The Locker Committee: A Preordained Failure,” BESA Center, October 14, 2015, http://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/the-locker-committee-a-preordained-failure/

Cnaan Lipshitz, “This Israeli Ex-Diplomat is Kenya’s Biggest Pop Star,” Jewish Journal, October 20, 2015, http://www.jewishjournal.com/culture/article/this_israeli_ex_diplomat_is_kenyas_biggest_pop_star

Doron Matza, Meir Elran, and Itamar Radai, “The Current Wave of Violemce and the Arabs in Israel,” INSS Insight No, 757, October 22, 2015, http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=10847

Yossi Melman, “The Gideon Doctrine: The Changing Middle East and IDF Strategy,” Jerusalem Post, September 13, 2015, http://www.jpost.com/Jerusalem-Report/The-Gideon-Doctrine-412594

Hisham Milhem, “Obama’s scarred legacy in the Middle East,” Al Arabiya, October 17, 2015, http://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/news/middle-east/2015/10/17/Obama-s-scarred-legacy-in-the-Middle-East.html

Mazal Mualem, “Holocaust Comments Gaffe Won’t Harm Bibi,” Al Monitor, October 23, 2015, http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2015/10/israel-netanyahu-al-husseini-holocaust-satire-media-humour.html

Daniel Pipes, “Turkey is on the Path to Rogue Dictatorship,” National Review, October 26, 2015, http://www.nationalreview.com/article/426065/turkey-election-erdogan-dictatorship?target=author&tid=900923

Viva Sarah Press, “The Choreographer Who Turned Soccer into Dance,” Israel21c, October 20, 2015, http://www.israel21c.org/the-choreographer-who-turned-soccer-into-a-dance-form/

Uzi Rebhun, “Jewish People Demography, 2015,” Jewish People Policy Institute, http://jppi.org.il/uploads/JPPI_2014-2015_Annual_Assessment_English-Jewish_People_Demography.pdf

Amnon Rimon and Lior Lehrs, “East Jerusalem: Explosive Reality and Proposals for De-escalation,” Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies, September 2015, http://www.jiis.org/.upload/East%20Jerusalem%20summary_Sept24_2015_Final.pdf

Ben Sales, “Why Israel’s Labor Party Never Recovered After Rabin,” Times of Israel, October 28, 2015, http://www.timesofisrael.com/why-israels-labor-party-never-recovered-after-rabin/

Robert Satloff and James F. Jeffrey, “Misanalysis Makes a Mess, Washington Institute for Near East Policy, October 2, 2015, http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/misanalysis-makes-a-mess

David Schenker, “Putin and the Shiite ‘Axis of Resistance,” The Hill, October 7, 2015, http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/defense/256164-putin-and-the-shiite-axis-of-resistance

Michael Segall, “Iran’s Stake in Syria,” October 22, 2015, Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, http://jcpa.org/article/irans-stake-syria/

David Shamah, “Israeli Start-Up Uses Trojan Horse Technology to Kill Cancer Cells,” Times of Israel, October 26, 2015, http://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-start-up-uses-trojan-horse-technology-to-kill-cancer-cells/

Gilead Sher, “The Residency Status of East Jerusalem’s Palestinians,” INSS Insight No. 759, October 28, 2015, http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=10860

Anav Silverman, Michael Zerf, and Tzapit Press Service, “Israeli Hosts Its 1^st Ukrainian Film Festival,” YNet News, October 27, 2015, http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4716888,00.html

Jonathan Spyer, “Toward the Abyss in Jerusalem,” Rubin Center, October 8, 2015, http://www.rubincenter.org/2015/10/toward-the-abyss-in-jerusalem/

Rebecca Shimoni Stoil, “Rekindled US-Israel Security Ties on Display in DC Meetings,” Times of Israel, October 27, 2015, http://www.timesofisrael.com/rekindling-us-israel-security-ties-on-display-in-dc-meetings/

Yedida Z. Stern, “The Rabin Assassination and Religious Responsibility,” Haaretz, October 26, 2015, http://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-1.682219

TheTower.org Staff, “Abbas-Appointed Mufti: No Jewish Place of Worship Existed on Temple Mount,” The Tower, October 26, 2015, http://www.thetower.org/2478-abbas-appointed-mufti-no-jewish-place-of-worship-existed-on-temple-mount/

TheTower.org Staff, “150 British Artists, Including J.K. Rowling, Sign Letter Opposing BDS, The Tower, October 22, 2015, http://www.thetower.org/2467-150-british-artists-including-j-k-rowling-sign-letter-opposing-bds/

Julie Steigerwald, “Life-Saving Israeli Technology in the Face of Terror,” Jerusalem Post, October 22, 2015, http://www.jpost.com/Business-and-Innovation/Tech/Israeli-technology-innovations-in-the-face-of-terror-429767

Amos Yadlin and Carmit Valensi, “Russia’s Involvement in Syria: A Strategic opportunity for Israel,” INSS Insight No. 755, October 20, 2015, http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=10813

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

Tamer Al-Ghobashi, “Israeli Officials Concerned Over Gas Discovery in Egypt,” Wall Street Journal, September 2, 2015, http://www.wsj.com/articles/israeli-officials-concerned-over-gas-discovery-in-egypt-1441233087

Maj. Gen. (res.) Yaakov Amidror, “Israeli Strategic Challenges and Opportunities in the New Year,” BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 307, September 16, 2015, http://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/israeli-strategic-challenges-and-opportunities-in-the-new-year/

Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am, “In Jerusalem’s Teeming Mahne Yehuda, Rubbing Shoulders (Literally) with Every Man,” The Times of Israel, September 26, 2015, http://www.timesofisrael.com/in-jerusalems-teeming-mahane-yehuda-rubbing-shoulders-literally-with-everyman/

Yonathan Bar-On, “We Count for Nothing,” Times of Israel, September 29, 2015, http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/we-count-for-nothing/

Julie Bort, “27 Hottest Israeli Startups of 2015,” Business Insider, September 20, 2015, http://www.businessinsider.com/27-hottest-israel-startups-of-2015-2015-9

Yigal Carmon, “Iran Openly Declares That It Intends to Violate UNSCR 2231 That Endorses the JCPOA,” MEMRI, September 23, 2015, http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/8761.htm

Ben Caspit, “Why Israelis are Happier than Ever,” Al-Monitor, September 23, 2015, http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2015/09/israelis-happy-optimistic-survey-economic-situation-security.html

William Clayton and Hussein Solomon, “Hezbollah: the Criminal Syndicate,” Middle East Institute New Delhi, February 23, 2015, http://mei.org.in/front/cms/publicationsDetail.php?id=OTY3&cid=Ng

Anthony H. Cordesman, “Rethinking the Wars Against ISIS and the U.S. Strategy for Counter-Terrorism and Counter-Insurgency,” Center for Strategic and International Studies, September 28, 2015, http://csis.org/publication/rethinking-wars-against-isis-and-us-strategy-counter-terrorism-and-counter-insurgency

David Daoud, “Israel Sends Harsh Message to Jordan in Wake of King’s Accusations Regarding Temple Mount Violence,” Algemeiner, September 22, 2015, http://www.algemeiner.com/2015/09/22/israel-sends-harsh-message-to-jordan-in-wake-of-kings-accusations-regarding-temple-mount-violence/#

Tova Dvorin, “Six Israeli Universities Make World Top 500 List,” Arutz Sheva, September 30, 2015, http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/201182#.Vg1DRdYV1pE

Ruth Eglash, “Israeli Fizzy Drinks Maker Sodastream Wants to Hire Syrian Refugees,” Washington Post, September 22, 2015, https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2015/09/22/israeli-fizzy-drinks-maker-sodastream-wants-to-hire-syrian-refugees/

Itamar Eichner, “On Yom Kippur, 29 Migrants Cross from Egypt into Israel,” YNet News, September 24, 2015, http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4703830,00.html

Nathan Guttman, “Haim Saban Leaves Pro-Israel Coalition Over Sheldon Adelson’s Right Wing Push,” Forward, September 30, 2015, http://forward.com/news/israel/321793/haim-saban-dumps-pro-israel-coalition-over-sheldon-adelsons-far-right-wing/

Yoel Guzansky and Shmuel Even, “Saudi Arabia and the Gulf States Amidst Falling Oil Prices and Regional Upheavals,” INSS Insight, September 7, 2015, http://www.inss.org.il/uploadImages/systemFiles/No.%20744%20-%20Yoel%20and%20Shmulik%20for%20web208352511.pdf

Ryan Haas, “Former Israel Defense Minister Encourages U.S. Military Backing Against Iran Nuclear Facilities,” Jewish Political News and Updates, September 22, 2015, http://jpupdates.com/2015/09/22/former-israel-defense-minister-encourages-u-s-military-backing-against-iran-nuclear-facilities/

Michael Herzog, “New IDF Strategy Goes Public, Policy Watch 2479,” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, August 28, 2015, http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/new-idf-strategy-goes-public

Jacky Hugi, “Death of Egyptian Author Who Drove Across Israel Leaves Void in Israeli-Egyptian Relations,” Al-Monitor, September 30, 2015, http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2015/09/egypt-peace-treaty-intellectuals-ali-salem-death-visit.html

Pinhas Inbari, “The Muslim Schism over Jerusalem,” Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, September 22, 2015, http://jcpa.org/article/the-muslim-schism-over-jerusalem/

Israel21c Staff, “Israeli Med Tech Company Bought for Record $929 Million,” Israel 21c, September 3, 2015, http://www.israel21c.org/israeli-med-tech-company-bought-for-record-929-million/

JINSA’s Iran Strategy Council, “Assessment of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action: Strategic Consequences for National Security,” JINSA, September 2015, http://www.jinsa.org/files/StrategicConsequencesforU.S.NationalSecurity.pdf

Efraim Karsh and Asaf Romirowsky, “The Politicization of Middle East Studies,” The American Interest, September 18, 2015, http://www.the-american-interest.com/byline/efraim-karsh/

Abigail Klein Leichman, “US Vet’s Wheelchairs Will Roll on Israeli Tech,” Israel21c, September 13, 2015, http://www.israel21c.org/us-vets-wheelchairs-will-roll-on-israeli-tech/

Jared Malsin, “Israel Reopens Cairo Embassy 4 Years After Protesters’ Seige,” New York Times, September 9, 2015, http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/10/world/middleeast/israel-reopens-cairo-embassy-4-years-after-protesters-siege.html?_r=0

Kobi Michael and Oded Eran, “Escalation in Jerusalem: Beyond Stabilization Efforts,” INSS Insight, September 20, 2015, http://www.inss.org.il/uploadImages/systemFiles/No.%20749%20-%20Kobi%20and%20Oded%20for%20web221797701.pdf

Mazal Mualem, “Israeli Culture Minister Decries Western Culture,” Al-Monitor, September 28, 2015, http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2015/09/israel-mizrahi-western-education-women-social-mobility.html

Arad Nir, “What’s in Store for the Future of Turkish-Israeli Relations?” Al-Monitor, September 29, 2015, http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2015/09/israel-turkey-reconciliation-elections-marmara-netanyahu.html

Daniel Pipes, “Tiny Silver Lining in the Otherwise Bad Iran Deal,” Philadelphia Inquirer, September 9, 2015, http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/thinktank/One-tiny-silver-lining-in-otherwise-bad-Iran-deal.html

Josh Rogin, “Russia’s Syrian Air Base Has U.S. Scrambling for a Plan,” Bloomberg, September 10, 2015, http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-09-10/russia-s-syrian-air-base-has-u-s-scrambling-for-a-plan

Grant Rumley, “The Palestinians Are Facing a Serious Generational Crisis,” Foundation for Defense of Democracy, September 28, 2015, http://www.defenddemocracy.org/media-hit/grant-rumley-the-palestinians-are-facing-a-serious-generational-crisis/

Natan Sachs, “Dilemmas of the Israeli-Palestinian Impasse,” Brookings, September 17, 2015, http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/markaz/posts/2015/09/17-israeli-palestinian-impasse-dilemmas-sachs

Jonathan Schanzer, “Treasury and State Department Target Islamic State Financiers,” Pundicity, September 29, 2015, http://schanzer.pundicity.com/17898/treasury-and-state-department-target-islamic

Alex Shams, “The Yemeni Sisters Whose Arabic Song has Taken Israel by Storm,” The Wire, January 10, 2015, http://thewire.in/2015/10/01/the-yemeni-sisters-whose-arabic-song-has-taken-israel-by-storm-12012/

Tzipi Shmilovitz, “We’re Fighting for Our Existence There: Outgoing Israel UN Ambassador Ron Proser Recalls Challenging Years at His Post,” Ynet Magazine, September 11, 2015, http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4699866,00.html

Rebecca Shimoni Stoil, “Israel a Popular Target of Critique in UN Debate,” Times of Israel, Septmeber 30, 2015, http://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-a-popular-target-for-critique-in-un-debate/

The Tower Staff, “Palestinian Authority Should Help Refugees by Returning Embezzled Aid Money,” The Tower, September, 28, 2015, http://www.thetower.org/2372-tablet-palestinian-authority-should-help-refugees-by-returning-embezzled-aid-money/

Sarah Yerkes, “Israeli-Palestinian Futures: Don’t Forget About the People,” Brookings, September 28, 2015, http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/markaz/posts/2015/09/28-israeli-palestinian-mistrust-yerkes

Naomi Zeveloff, “Tel Aviv Train is Coming Despite Fears of Rats and Carmageddon,” Forward, August 30, 2015, http://forward.com/news/israel/319511/tel-aviv-breaks-ground-on-light-rail-line/?attribution=articles-article-listing-3-headline

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

Ephraim Asculai, “The Unbelievable Side Agreements with Iran,” The Jerusalem Post, August 24, 2015, http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/The-unbelievable-side-agreements-with-Iran-413137

Julie Bort, “The Startup Scene in Israel is Going Bonkers, and the Chinese Are Swooping In,” Business Insider, August 13, 2015, http://www.businessinsider.com/china-is-all-over-israel-startups-2015-8

Steven A. Cook, “The Real Reason Turkey is Fighting ISIL,” Politico Magazine, August 21, 2015, http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/08/turkey-fighting-isil-isis-erdogan-long-game-chess-121603

Udi Dekel and Omer Einav, “Revising the National Security Concept: The Need for a Strategy of Multidisciplinary Impact,” The Institute for National Security Studies, August 16, 2015, http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=10318

Jackson Diehl, “Why Iran will not give up Syria,” The Washington Post, August 2, 2015, https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/why-iran-wont-give-up-syria/2015/08/02/b9269fa2-360c-11e5-9d0f-7865a67390ee_story.html

Mark Dubowitz and Jonathan Schanzer, “The Iran Deal Will Unchain Top Ayatollah’s Terror Slush Fund,” The New York Post, August 9, 2015, http://www.defenddemocracy.org/media-hit/dubowitz-mark-the-iran-deal-will-unchain-top-ayatollahs-terror-slush-fund/#sthash.d7zynz73.dpuf

Michael Eisenstadt, “How the Iran Deal Could Complicate US Efforts to Prevent Nuclear Breakout,” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, August 31, 2015, https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/how-the-iran-deal-could-complicate-u.s.-efforts-to-prevent-a-nuclear-breako

Michael Eisenstadt, Simon Henderson, Michael Knights, Matthew Levitt and Andrew Tabler, “The Regional Impact of Additional Iranian Money,” The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, July 28, 2015, http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/the-regional-impact-of-additional-iranian-money

Oded Eran, “When will the US Sanctions on Iran be Lifted and by Whom,” The Institute for National Security Studies, August 20, 2015, http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=10367

Shmuel Even, “IDF Strategy and the Responsibility of the Political Leadership,” The Institute for National Security Studies, August 19, 2015, http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=10366

David Francis, “The Chosen One,” Foreign Policy Magazine, August 28, 2015, http://foreignpolicy.com/2015/08/28/the-chosen-one-adam-szubin-israel-iran-nuclear-deal-obama/

Michael Gerson,”How the nuclear deal will fund Iran’s imperialism,” Washington Post, August 3, 2015, https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/a-deal-to-fund-iranian-imperialism/2015/08/03/a0ab57bc-3a10-11e5-b3ac-8a79bc44e5e2_story.html

Buzzy Gordon, “Noa Shines Under Jerusalem’s Full Moon,” YNet Magazine, August 14, 2015, http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4690142,00.html

Philip Gordon, “King Salman Comes to Washington,” Politico Magazine, September 1, 2015, http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/09/mag-saudi-gordon-213101

Alexander H. Joffe, “Why Empower Iran?” The Times of Israel, August 3, 2015, http://www.meforum.org/5417/why-empower-iran

Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamini, “Assessing U.S. and Coalition Strategy for Syria and the Islamic State, Rubin Center, August 12, 2015, http://www.rubincenter.org/2015/08/assessing-u-s-and-coalition-strategy-for-syria-and-the-islamic-state/

Saeed Kamali Dehghan, “Barenboim to Take Berlin Orchestra to Iran Despite Protests from Israel,” The Guardian, August 27, 2015, http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/aug/27/daniel-barenboim-berlin-orchestra-iran-israel-protests

Herb Keinon, “Matisyahu: Anti-Semitism at Spanish Festival Was Something I Never Experienced Before,” Jerusalem Post, August 30,2015, http://www.jpost.com/Diaspora/Matisyahu-Anti-Semitism-at-Spanish-reggae-festival-was-something-I-never-experienced-before-413733

Mehdi Khaliji, “Iran’s Shifting Nuclear Narratives,” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, August 12, 2015, http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/irans-shifting-nuclear-narratives

Abigail Klein Leichman, “$75 Million Autism Center to Open in Jerusalem,” Israel21c, August 15, 2015, http://www.israel21c.org/75-million-autism-center-to-open-in-jerusalem/

Eric Knecht, “INTERVIEW—Egypt Says Zohar Gas Find Will Not Undermine Talks on Imports from Israel,” Reuters, September 2, 2015, http://uk.reuters.com/article/2015/09/02/egypt-energy-israel-idUKL4N11834820150902

Yossi Kuperwasser and Alan Baker, “Vital Points on the Iran Deal: Major Flaws and Positive Elements,” Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, August 27, 2015, http://jcpa.org/article/vital-points-on-the-iran-deal-major-flaws-and-positive-elements/

Emily Landau and Shimon Stein, “Israel and the Iran Nuclear Deal: Chronicle of a Failure Foretold?” The Institute for National Security Studies, August 18, 2015, http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=10334

Madison Margolin, “A-Wa’s Unlikely Journey from Rural Israel to Global Fame,” Forward, August 6, 2015, http://forward.com/culture/music/318147/a-wa-a-yemenite-israeli-pop-trio-gains-popularity-around-the-world/

Jay Michaelson, “Jerusalem Pride Organizer: ‘It was Horrible,”’ Forward, August 3, 2015, http://forward.com/news/israel/318370/jerusalem-pride-organizer-it-was-horrible/

Mazal Mualem, “Israeli Minister Pushes for Improved Gender Equality,” Al-Monitor, August 27, 2015, http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2015/08/israel-social-equality-gamliel-interview-arab-women-likud.html

Barak Obama, “The Iran Nuclear Deal at American University,” August 5, 2015, https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2015/08/05/remarks-president-iran-nuclear-deal

Wendy Parker, “Israeli Film Director Visiting Emory University as Artist in Residence,” 90.1 WABE, August 28, 2015, http://wabe.org/post/israeli-film-director-visiting-emory-artist-residence

George Perkovich, Mark Hibbs, James M Action, and Toby Dalton, “Parsing the Ian Deal,” Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, August 6, 2015, http://carnegieendowment.org/2015/08/06/parsing-iran-deal/iec5

Jenna Perlman, “Birthright Excel Gives Students a Taste of Israeli Hi-Tech,” Jerusalem Post, August 5, 2015, http://www.jpost.com/Diaspora/Birthright-Excel-gives-students-a-taste-of-Israeli-hi-tech-411157

Samadar Perry, “An Egyptian Voice in Tel Aviv,” YNet Magazine, August, 29, 2015, http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4695553,00.html

Daniel Pipes, “What If Tehran Turns Down the Nuclear Deal?” The Washington Times, August 20, 2015, http://www.meforum.org/5446/what-if-iran-turns-down-jcpoa

Shira Rubin, “The New Face of Jewish Terror,” Foreign Policy Magazine, August 20, 2015, http://foreignpolicy.com/2015/08/20/the-new-face-of-jewish-terror-hilltop-settlers-price-tag-attacks-israel/

Viva Sarah Press, “Flutist Hadar Noiberg Jazzes up New York,” Israel21c, August 20, 2015, http://www.israel21c.org/flutist-hadar-noiberg-jazzes-up-new-york/

Robert Satloff, “There is a Path to a Better Deal with Iran,” The Atlantic, August 13, 2015, http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/there-is-a-path-to-a-better-deal-with-iran

Uri Savir, “Dangers of International Fatigue on Israel-Palestine Issue,” Al-Monitor, August 30, 2015, http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2015/08/israel-two-state-solution-palestine-international-community.html

Jonathan Schanzer, “The Iran Nuclear Deal Means War Between Israel and Hezbollah,”
Huffington Post, August 21, 2015, http://schanzer.pundicity.com/17749/the-iran-nuclear-deal-means-war-between-israel

Lt. Col. (ret.) Michael Segall, “The Nuclear Deal: No Pause in Iran’s Vow to Destroy Israel,” Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, August 16, 2015, http://jcpa.org/article/nuclear-deal-irans-vow-destroy-israel/

Gunter Seufert, “On the Situation of the Kurdish Question,” German Institute for International and Security Affairs, August 2015, http://www.swp-berlin.org/fileadmin/contents/products/comments/2015C38_srt.pdf

Gabi Siboni, “’The IDF Strategy:’ A Focused Action Approach,” The Institute for National Security Studies, August 27, 2015,  http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=10446

Michael Singh, “Implications of the JCPOA for US Policy in the Middle East,” Testimony submitted to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, August 5, 2015, http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/uploads/Documents/testimony/SinghTestimony20150805-SenateForeignRelations-v3.pdf

Lee Smith, “With the Iran Deal Under Review, the Obama Administration Tries to Bait Three Jewish Senators,” The Tablet, August 3, 2015, http://www.tabletmag.com/scroll/192578/with-iran-deal-under-review-the-obama-administration-tries-to-bait-three-jewish-senators

Ephraim Sneh, “Hoping to Counter Iran, Former Israeli Defense Official Calls on Riyadh to Add ‘Security Annex’ to Arab Peace Initiative,” Al-Monitor, August 25, 2015, http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2015/08/arab-peace-initiative-security-annex-saudi-arabia.html

Jonathan Spyer, “The Tehran Formula,” Rubin Center, August 3, 2015, http://www.rubincenter.org/2015/08/the-teheran-formula/

Israel21c Staff, “Arab-Israeli Medic Delivers Baby of Terror Victims,” Israel21c, August 12, 2015, http://www.israel21c.org/arab-israeli-medic-delivers-baby-of-terror-victims/

Kenneth W. Stein, “Stopping an Ominous Iran,” The Hill-Congress Blog, August 31, 2015, http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/foreign-policy/252045-stopping-an-ominous-iran

Khaled Yacoub Oweis, “Backbone of the Syrian Revolt, Inclusion of Rural Sunnis Key for International Efforts to End Conflict,” German Institute for International and Security Affairs, August 2015, http://www.swp-berlin.org/fileadmin/contents/products/comments/2015C39_ows.pdf

Amos Yadlin, “Israel and the United States: Time for a Parallel Agreement,” August 30, 2015, The Institute for National Security Studies, August 30, 2015, http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=10477

Naomi Zeveloff, “Revisiting the Gaza Withdrawal, 10 Years Later,” Forward, August 3, 2015, http://forward.com/news/israel/318228/gaza-withdrawal-10-years-later/

Tamara Zieve, “Arabs Who Love Israel? This Film Producer Wants the World to Hear Their Stories,” Jerusalem Post, September 2, 2015, http://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/Arabs-who-love-Israel-They-exist-and-this-film-producer-wants-the-world-to-hear-their-stories-414978

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

Elliott Abrams, Itamar Rabinovich, and Amos Yadlin, “Israel’s Northern Border and the Chaos in Syria: A Symposium.” Summer 2015. https://jewishreviewofbooks.com/articles/1667/israels-northern-border-and-the-chaos-in-syria-a-symposium/

Asi Aivas, “The Angelecy prepare to go global.” Israel21c. July 16, 2015. http://www.israel21c.org/the-angelcy-prepare-to-go-global/

Raphael Ahren, “Israel: Inspection clauses in deal ‘worse than worthless,’ actually help Iran.” Times of Israel. July 15, 2015. http://www.timesofisrael.com/steinitz-iran-deal-wouldve-been-better-without-inspections-regime/

Yuval Avivi, “Israel’s community gardens bloom.” Al-Monitor. July 28, 2015. http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2015/07/israel-tel-aviv-urban-farming-organic-vegetables-community.html

Laurie Blank, “What the UN report on Gaza left out.” The Hill. July 7, 2016. http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/international/247041-what-the-un-report-on-gaza-left-out

Itay Blumenthal and Eti Abramov, “Destruction of Beit El building amid continued riots.” YNet News. July 29, 2015. http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4684756,00.html

Gary C. Cambill, “Beware the Hyde-and-Jekyll Defense of the Iran Nuclear Agreement.” Foreign Policy Research Institute. July 2015. http://www.fpri.org/articles/2015/07/beware-hyde-and-jekyll-defense-iran-nuclear-agreement

Ben Caspit, “Netanyahu, Bennett square off over settlers.” Al-Monitor. July 29, 2015. http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2015/07/jerusalem-city-of-daviv-archeology-finding-roman-empire.html

Jas Chana, “Omri Casspi, Fellow NBA Players are ‘Rockstars’ in Israel.” Tablet. July 31, 2015. http://www.tabletmag.com/scroll/192610/omri-casspi-fellow-nba-players-are-rockstars-in-israel

Patrick Clawson, “How Iran’s Economic Gain from a Nuclear Deal Might Affect its Foreign Policy.” Policywatch 2452. Washington Institute for Near East Policy. July 10, 2015. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/how-irans-economic-gain-from-a-nuclear-deal-might-affect-its-foreign-policy

Moshe Cohen, “Bennett, Beit El Protestors Face Off At Meeting.” Israel National News. July 20, 2015. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/198379#.Vb-mN5NVhBc

Barry Davis, “The Israel Museum hosts a stellar musical roster in the Art Garden.” The Jerusalem Post. July 21, 2015. http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Culture/Music-Brozas-Beduin-boogie-409054

Udi Dekel and Kobi Michael, “The ‘Double Game’ in the Palestinian Arena: A Platform for Increased Terrorism.” INSS Insight No. 720. July 12, 2015. http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=10015

Omri Efraim, “Fat camp or boot camp? Border police unit fights off 565 kilograms.” YNet News. July 28, 2015. http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4684552,00.html

Meir Elran and Gabi Siboni, “Establishing an IDF Cyber Command.” INSS Insight No. 719. July 8, 2015. http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=10007

Oded Eran, “The United States and the Nuclear Deal with Iran.” INSS Insight No. 721. July 16, 2015. http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=10086

Yitzhak Gal, “The Palestinian Economy, Gaza Reconstruction, and Israel: Crises and Possibilities.” Iqtisadi. The Moshe Dayan Center, Tel Aviv University. July 29, 2015. http://www.dayan.org/iqtisadi-vol-5-no-7-july-29-2015

Reuel Marc Gerecht, “How Will We Know?” The Weekly Standard. July 17, 2015. http://www.defenddemocracy.org/media-hit/senior-fellow-how-will-we-know/

Yoel Guzansky, “Saudi Arabia and the Nuclear Agreement with Iran.” INSS Insight No. 723. July 22, 2015. http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=10116

Boris Havel, “Hajj Amin Husseini’s Anti-Semitic Legacy.” Middle East Quarterly. Summer 2015, vol 22, no. 3. http://www.meforum.org/5318/hajj-amin-antisemitism

Michael Herzog, “Contextualizing Israeli Concerns about the Iran Nuclear Deal.” Policy Notes. The Washington Institute for Near East Policy. No. 26. June 2015. https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/uploads/Documents/pubs/PolicyNote26_Herzog.pdf

David Horowitz, “16 reasons nuke deal is an Iranian victory and a Western catastrophe.” Times of Israel. July 14, 2015. http://www.timesofisrael.com/16-reasons-nuke-deal-is-an-iranian-victory-and-a-western-catastrophe/

Israel21c Staff, “Smarter phones overcome physical challenges (audio).” Israel21c. July 28, 2015. http://www.israel21c.org/smarter-phones-overcome-physical-challenges-audio/

Former Amb. James F. Jeffrey, “How to assess the Iran deal and what to do about it?” The Hill. July 14, 2015. http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/defense/247844-assessing-the-iran-agreement-and-what-to-do-about-it

Charles Krauthammer, “With Iran deal, Obama makes bad history.” The Washington Post. July 29, 2015. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/with-iran-deal-obama-makes-bad-history/2015/07/29/642fdc2a-3553-11e5-adf6-7227f3b7b338_story.html

Yair Lapid, “Iran Deal: To the Liars Go to the Spoils.” Times of Israel. July 13, 2015. http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/iran-deal-to-the-liars-go-the-spoils/

Yair Lapid, “We are at war.” The Times of Israel. July 31, 2015. http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/we-are-at-war/#.Vbtzc_olU0I.facebook

Joseph I. Lieberman, “Congress Deserves a Vote on Iran.” The Wall Street Journal. March 17, 2015. http://www.wsj.com/articles/joseph-i-lieberman-congress-deserves-a-vote-on-iran-1426633380

Oren Liebermann, “Israel’s tech whiz-kids-in-training? Ultra-Orthodox Jews.” CNN. July 8, 2015. http://edition.cnn.com/2015/07/08/world/israel-ultra-orthodox-jews-high-tech/index.html

Michael Makovsky, “On the Consequences of the Deal.” The Weekly Standard. July 27, 2015. http://www.weeklystandard.com/articles/consequences-deal_992173.html?nopager=1

Michael Makovsky and William Kristol, “Blaming Israel First.” The Weekly Standard. August 10, 2015. http://www.weeklystandard.com/articles/blaming-israel-first_1001582.html

David Makovsky and Matthew Levitt, “Keeping Iran’s Feet to the Fire.” Foreign Policy. July 14, 2015. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/keeping-irans-feet-to-the-fire

Kobi Michael, “The Non-Nuclear Challenges of the Nuclear Agreement with Iran.” INSS Insight No. 724. July 27, 2015. http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=10161

Vali Nasr, “Why did Iran sign on to a deal that will weaken its regional hold?” The Washington Post. July 31, 2015. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/why-did-iran-sign-on-to-a-deal-that-will-weaken-its-regional-hold/2015/07/31/a9f48494-354a-11e5-8e66-07b4603ec92a_story.html?wpisrc=nl_opinions&wpmm=1

Emanuele Ottolenghi and Saeed Ghasseminejad, “The Nuclear Deal’s Impact on Iran’s Revolutionary Guards.” FDD Policy Brief. July 17, 2015. http://www.defenddemocracy.org/media-hit/emanuele-ottolenghi-the-nuclear-deals-impact-on-irans-revolutionary-guards/

Smadar Perry, “Iran deal will save Assad.” Ynet News. July 19, 2015. http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4681483,00.html

David Pollock, “New Poll Shows Most Palestinians for Practical Progress, Tactical Compromises with Israel.” Washington Institute for Near East Policy. July 23, 2015.

http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/new-poll-shows-most-palestinians-for-practical-progress-tactical-compromise

Viva Sarah Press, “Israeli-Iranian camaraderie triumphs at Special Olympics.” Israel21c. August 2, 2015. http://www.israel21c.org/israeli-iranian-camaraderie-triumphs-at-special-olympics/

Abdulrahman Al-Rashed, “Opinion: Thwarting Iran’s Regional Influence.” Asharq Al-Awsat. July 19, 2015. http://www.aawsat.net/2015/07/article55344431/opinion-thwarting-irans-regional-influence

Dennis Ross, “Iran Will Cheat. Then What?” Time. July 15, 2015. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/iran-will-cheat.-then-what

Robert Satloff, “What is Really Wrong with the Iran Nuclear Deal.” New York Daily News. July 14, 2015. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/whats-really-wrong-with-the-iran-nuclear-deal

Jonathan Schanzer, “Ankara Alone: Turkey’s Disastrous Foreign Policy.” Weekly Standard. June 3, 2015. http://schanzer.pundicity.com/16675/ankara-alone-turkey-disastrous-foreign-policy

Jonathan Schanzer and Mark Dubowitz. “It Just Got Easier for Iran to Fund Terrorism.”
Foreign Policy. July 17, 2015. http://schanzer.pundicity.com/17588/it-just-got-easier-for-iran-to-fund-terrorism

Yoram Schweitzer and Zvi Magen, “The Islamic State, the Caucasus, and the Russian Response.” INSS Insight No. 725. July 28, 2015. http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=10211

Michael Singh, “How Will the Iran Nuclear Deal Affect Broader U.S. Strategy?” Wall Street Journal. July 15, 2015. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/how-will-the-iran-nuclear-deal-affect-broader-u.s.-strategy

Jonathon Spyer, “Sunni Arabs: Iran Deal Opens the ‘Gates of Evil.’” The Jerusalem Post. July 18, 2015. http://www.meforum.org/5390/iran-gates-of-evil

Amos Yadlin, “Following the Problematic Nuclear Agreement: Scenarios and Policy Recommendations.” INSS Insight No. 722. July 20, 2015. http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=10100

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

Gaar Adams, “Sick Beats and Sykes-Picot.” Foreign Policy. June 5, 2015. http://foreignpolicy.com/2015/06/05/sick-beats-and-sykes-picot-a-wa-band-yemen-israel-middle-east-music/

Owen Alterman, “The Dead End of Snapback Sanctions: How the P5+1 Proposal Blocks Meaningful Re-imposition of Sanctions on Iran.” INSS Insight No. 713. June 25, 2015. http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=9940

Burak Bekdil, “Post-Election Turkey: Now What?” The Middle East Forum. June 11, 2015. http://www.meforum.org/5307/post-election-turkey

Burak Bekdil, “Turkey and Israel: Starting Over?” The Gatestone Institute. June 28, 2015. http://www.meforum.org/5350/turkey-israel

Daniel Bernstein, “Amsterdam abandons sister city agreement with Tel Aviv.” The Times of Israel. June 25, 2015. http://www.timesofisrael.com/amsterdam-drops-sister-city-agreement-with-tel-aviv/

Ben Caspit, “Marianne flotilla reflects Turkey’s changed Israel stance.” Al-Monitor. June 29, 2015. http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2015/06/israel-gaza-flotilla-hamas-turkey-saudi-arabia-egypt-region.html

Maya Cohen and Daniel Siryoti, “Culture minister: Coexistence does not stop at Tel Aviv border.” Israel Hayom. June 11, 2015. http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_article.php?id=26113

Robert Einhorn, “A rare bipartisan consensus on the Iran nuclear negotiations.” Brookings. June 26, 2015. http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/markaz/posts/2015/06/26-iran-nuclear-negotiations-bipartisan-consensus-einhorn

Khaled Elgindy, “Palestinian political crisis deepens with collapse of unity government.” Aljazeera America. June 19, 2015. http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/6/19/palestinian-political-crisis-deepens-with-collapse-of-unity-government.html

Meir Elran and Alex Altshuler, “What Can Be Learned from the National Home Front Exercise?” INSS Insight No. 716. July 1, 2015. http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=9971

William A. Galston, “Yair Lapid on Israel’s regional challenges: Thinking beyond the current government.” Brookings. June 9, 2015. http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/markaz/posts/2015/06/09-lapid-multilateral-talks-iran-bds-peace-coalition

Globes Staff, “Israel govt sets up Technology and Innovation Authority.” Globes. June 22, 2015. http://www.globes.co.il/en/article-israeli-govt-sets-up-technology-and-innovation-authority-1001047072

Yossi Klein Halevi, “Israeli Rock Music’s Spiritual New Sound.” Wall Street Journal. June 12, 2015.  http://www.wsj.com/articles/israeli-rock-musics-spiritual-new-sound-1434122493

Olli Heinonen and Simon Henderson, “How to Make Sure Iran’s One-Year Nuclear Breakout Time Does Not Shrink.” Washington Institute. Policywatch 2436. June 17, 2015. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/how-to-make-sure-irans-one-year-nuclear-breakout-time-does-not-shrink

Orr Hirschauge, “Israeli Army Builds a Desert Outpost—Tech Firms Follow.” The Wall Street Journal. http://www.wsj.com/articles/israeli-army-builds-a-desert-outposttech-firms-follow-1433525715

I24 News Staff, “’Politics of Dancing’: DJ Can Dyk album faces Arab ban.” i24 News. July 1, 2015. http://www.i24news.tv/en/news/culture/76779-150701-politics-of-dancing-dj-van-dyk-album-faces-arab-ban

Martin Indyk, “U.S. Policy in the Middle East after a Nuclear Deal with Iran.” Testimony submitted to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Hearing. June 3, 2015. http://www.foreign.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/060315_Indyk_Testimony.pdf

Ambassador James F. Jeffrey, “Implications of the Iran Nuclear Agreement for U.S. Policy in the Middle East.”  The Washington Institute for Near East Policy Testimony submitted to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. June 3, 2015. http://www.foreign.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/060315_Jeffrey_Testimony.pdf

Roi Kais, “Terror in the Sinai: Ongoing battles, police under siege, at least 100 dead,” YNetNews, July 1, 2015,  http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4674897,00.html

Abigail Klein Leichman, “12 of the coolest new apps from Israel.” Israel21c. June 11, 2015. http://www.israel21c.org/headlines/12-of-the-coolest-new-apps-from-israel/

Gallia Lindenstrauss and Ceyhun Çiçekçi, “After the Turkish Parliamentary Elections: Big Hopes, with Remaining Worries.“ INSS Insight. http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=9888

Guy Lurie, “Appointing Arab Judges to the Courts in Israel.” The Israel Democracy Institute. June 14, 2015. http://en.idi.org.il/analysis/articles/appointing-arab-judges-to-the-courts-in-israel/

David Makovsky and Raquel Saxe, “BDS’s Useless Politics of Confrontation.” Times of Israel. May 22, 2015. http://www.timesofisrael.com/bdss-useless-politics-of-confrontation/

Lauren Mellinger, “New politics of religion and gender in Israel.” Brookings. June 29, 2015. http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/markaz/posts/2015/06/29-israel-gender-politics-religion

Kobi Michael, “Gaza Strip Reconstruction: Navigating the Strategic Dilemmas.” INSS Insight No. 706. June 8, 2015. http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=9754

Gwen Moran, “Meet the female alums of the Israeli Army’s elite tech training school.” Fortune. June 25, 2015. http://fortune.com/2015/06/25/women-israeli-army-tech-training/

Mazal Mualem, “Former IDF lawyer finds UN report on Gaza war ‘relatively balanced.’” Al-Monitor. June 23, 2015. http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2015/06/sharvit-baruch-un-commission-gaza-war-report-goldstone.html

Michael E. O’Hanlon, “Deconstructing Syria: A new strategy for America’s most hopeless war.” Brookings. June 30, 2015. http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/order-from-chaos/posts/2015/06/30-deconstructing-syria-ohanlon

Daniel Pipes, “Americans Battle the Arab-Israeli Conflict.” Middle East Quarterly. Spring 2015. http://www.meforum.org/5079/americans-battle-the-arab-israeli-conflict

John Podhoretz, “If He Only Had a Heart,” [On Michael Oren’s Book, Ally]. Commentary. July 1, 2015. Commentary. https://www.commentarymagazine.com/article/if-he-only-had-a-heart/

The Rand Corporation, “The Costs of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.” June 2015. http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR740.html

Abdulrahman Al-Rashed, “The Russians are coming to Saudi Arabia.” Al Sharq al-Awsat. June 21, 2015. http://www.aawsat.net/2015/06/article55344047/opinion-the-russians-are-coming-to-saudi-arabia

Paul Rivlin, “Middle East Uncertainty and Oil Price Stability.” Iqtisadi. The Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies. vol 5 no 6. June 25, 2015. http://dayan.org/iqtisadi-middle-east-uncertainty-and-oil-price-stability-june-2015

Uri Savir, “Israel, Hamas negotiate, but truce still far off.” Al-Monitor, June 30, 2015, http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2015/06/israel-hamas-truce-negotiations-egypt-netanyahu.html

David Schenker and Sarah Feuer, “Beyond Islamists and Autocrats, Prospects for Political Reform Post Arab Spring.” Washington Institute for Near East Policy. June 2015. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/beyond-islamists-and-autocrats-prospects-for-political-reform-post-arab-spr

Chemi Shalev, West of Eden.” Momentous times for U.S. and Obama should make Israelis burn with envy.” Haaretz. Jun. 28, 2015.  http://www.haaretz.com/blogs/west-of-eden/.premium-1.663290

David Shamah, “Amazon to expand its operations in Israel.” The Times of Israel. July 1, 2015. http://www.timesofisrael.com/amazon-to-expand-its-operations-in-israel/

Guido Steinberg, “Jihadism in Africa Local Cause, Regional Expansion, International Alliances.” German Institute for International and Security Affairs. June 2015. http://www.swp-berlin.org/en/publications/swp-research-papers/swp-research-paper-detail/article/jihadismus_in_afrika.html

Bruce Thornton, “The Postcolonial Rot Spreads Beyond Middle East Studies.” FrontPage Magazine. June 15, 2015. http://www.frontpagemag.com/2015/bruce-thornton/the-postcolonial-rot-spreads-beyond-middle-east-studies/

The Washington Institute, “Public Statement on US Policy Toward the Iran Nuclear Negotiations.” June 24, 2015. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/public-statement-on-u.s.-policy-toward-the-iran-nuclear-negotiations

Isabelle Werenfels, “Going ‘Glocal’: Jihadism in Algeria and Tunisia.” German Institute for International and Security Affairs. June 2015. http://www.swp-berlin.org/fileadmin/contents/products/research_papers/2015_RP05_sbg_web.pdf#page=51

YNetNews Staff, “Muslims, Jews hold joint iftar meals for Ramadan fast.” YNetNews. June 30, 2015. http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4674173,00.html

YNetNews Staff, “Former Auschwitz accountant asks God for forgiveness at trial.” YNetNews. July 1, 2015. http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4675182,00.html

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

 

Adva Center, Israel A Social Report 2014 – Israel’s Heart is in Western Europe, Her Feet are in the Eastern and Southern Fringes, “ April 28, 2015, http://www.adva.org/default.asp?pageid=1002&itmid=845

AFP, “Gazans Reach beyond Blockade through Start-Up.” May 22, 2015. http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4659965,00.html.

AFP, “Israel Pleased to Have Resolved FIFA Expulsion Threat.” Middle East Institute. http://www.mei.edu/content/news/israel-pleased-have-resolved-fifa-expulsion-threat.

Ali Adeeb Alnaemi, “Taking Advantage of the Fall of Ramadi.” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, May 20, 2015.http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/taking-advantage-of-the-fall-of-ramadi.

Muriel Asseburg, “Fifty Years of German-Israeli Relations Whither the Miracle of Reconciliation,” German Institute for International Affairs,  Berlin, April 2015. http://www.swp-berlin.org/fileadmin/contents/products/comments/2015C27_ass.pdf

Adam Balcer, “Between Appeasement and Rivalry: Turkey and Russia and their Neighborhoods,” Insituto Affari Internaionali, May 2015, http://www.iai.it/sites/default/files/gte_c_22.pdf

BESA Center, “Col. Richard Kemp: The Amoral Revolution in Western Values, and Its Impact on Israel.” BESA Center, May 20, 2015. http://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/col-richard-kemp-the-amoral-revolution-in-western-values-and-its-impact-on-israel/.

Yitzhak Benhorin, “Israeli Drought Aid Swings into Action in California.” Ynet News, May 31, 2015.http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4663131,00.html.

Dr. Louis Rene Beres, “Converging Enemy Threats to Israel.” BESA Center, May 28, 2015. http://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/converging-enemy-threats-to-israel/.

Benedetta Berti, “Hamas’s Islamic State Woes,” Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, May 28, 2015,http://carnegieendowment.org/sada/2015/05/28/hamas-s-islamic-state-woes/i94u

Nicky Blackburn, “Dip into Worldwide Hummus Holiday Today.” Israel 21c, May 13, 2015. http://www.israel21c.org/headlines/dip-into-worldwide-hummus-holiday-today/.

Itay Blumenthal, “Ethiopians Protest Family’s Aliyah Conditions.” Ynet News, May 27, 2015.http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4662178,00.html.

Brookings Institution, “The 2016 U.S. Elections: Impact on the Middle East.” May 27, 2015.http://www.brookings.edu/events/2015/05/27-us-elections-impact-middle-east.

Ronak D. Desai, “Coming Out of the Closet: India-Israel Ties Under Narenda Modi,” Foreign Policy, May 7, 2015.http://foreignpolicy.com/2015/05/07/coming-out-of-the-closet-india-israel-ties-under-narendra-modi/

Zack Gold, “Sinai Tribes: Between the Egyptian State and the Islamic State.” INSS Insight, May 18, 2015.http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=9533.

Jeffrey Goldberg, “President Barack Obama Interview,” The Atlantic, May 2015,http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2015/05/obama-interview-iran-isis-israel/393782/#ISIS

Mark Heller, “Between Operation Decisive Storm and an Iranian Nuclear Deal: The Limits of Saudi-Israeli Convergence,” INSS Insight, May 10, 2015. http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=9457

Insituto Affari Internaionali, “Turkey and Iran — Three Views,” May 13, 2015, http://www.iai.it/en/pubblicazioni/gte-question-month-may-2015

Roi Kais, “Nasrallah Calls on Region to Fight ISIS: They Are No Stronger than Israel,” Ynet News, May 24, 2015. http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4660741,00.html.

Kantor Center for the Study of Contemporary European Jewry at Tel Aviv University, “Anti-Semitism Worldwide 2014,” April 2015.http://kantorcenter.tau.ac.il/sites/default/files/Doch2014%20%28130415%29_0.pdf

Nikolay Kozhanov, “Understanding the Revitalization of Russian-Iranian Relations,” Carnegie Moscow Center, May 5, 2015,http://carnegie.ru/2015/05/05/understanding-revitalization-of-russian-iranian-relations/i86n

Omer Kreisel, “China’s Infatuation with Israeli Technology Deepens.” Globes, May 31, 2015. http://www.globes.co.il/en/article-chinas-infatuation-for-israeli-technology-deepens-1001040719.

Abigail Klein Leichman, “12 Top Ad-Tech Companies in Israel.” Israel 21c, May 25, 2015. http://www.israel21c.org/headlines/12-top-ad-tech-companies-in-israel/.

Abigail Klein Leichman, “Technion to Help Build Desal Plant in Jordan.” Israel 21c, June 1, 2015.http://www.israel21c.org/news/technion-to-help-build-desal-plant-in-jordan/.

David Makovsky, “Netanyahu Loses Leverage in Forming New Government.” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, May 8, 2015. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/netanyahu-loses-leverage-in-forming-new-government.

David Makovsky and Raquel Saxe, “BDS’s Useless Politics of Confrontation.” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, May 22, 2015. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/bdss-useless-politics-of-confrontation.

Suzanne Maloney, “Spies, Lies, and Iran: An American Reporter Goes on Trial for Espionage in Tehran.” Brookings, May 27, 2015.http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/markaz/posts/2015/05/27-iran-american-reporter-espionage-trial-rezaian-nuclear.

Hassan Mneimneh, “Reforming Religious Discourse in Egypt.” Middle East Institute, May 14, 2015.http://www.mei.edu/content/at/reforming-religious-discourse-egypt.

Mazal Mualem, “Israelis Use Technology to Battle Government Corruption” Al-Monitor, May 26, 2015.http://www.almonitor.com/pulse/originals/2015/05/israel-corruption-affairs-technology-eitan-interview.html.

Jessica Noll and Stephan Roll. “From Yemen War to Joint Army Egyptian- Saudi Differences over Arab Military Cooperation,” German Institute for International and Security Affairs, May 2015, http://www.swp-berlin.org/fileadmin/contents/products/comments/2015C31_noj_rll.pdf

Siobhan O’Grady, “The New Face of Israel’s Hard Right, “Foreign Policy, May 7, 2015. http://foreignpolicy.com/2015/05/07/the-new-face-of-israel-hard-right-netanyahu-ayelet-shaked/

Oweis, Khaled Yacoub, “Sieges and Ceasefires in Syria’s Civil War,” German Institute for International Affairs,  Berlin. May 2015,http://www.swp-berlin.org/fileadmin/contents/products/comments/2015C26_ows.pdf

Orit Perlov and Udi Dekel, “Syria: Is a Substantive Change in the Balance of Power Emerging?” INSS Insight, May 29, 2015.http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=9595.

Viva Sarah Press, “Professors Holding Babies Go Viral.” Israel 21c, May 14, 2015. http://www.israel21c.org/culture/professors-holding-babies-go-viral/.

David Raphael, “Musing About Israel on Campus,” The Amherst Court Jester, May 26, 2015, http://draphael-emuse.blogspot.com/2015/05/musing-about-israel-on-campus.html

David Rothkopf,  “Other People’s Armies [ Obama, the Gulf states military[, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, [Originally published in Foreign Policy] May 19, 2015, http://carnegieendowment.org/2015/05/19/other-people-s-armies/i8tq

Yazid Sayigh, “Where Next in Syria?” republished by the Carnegie Endowment for Middle East Peace, Middle East Center, April 30, 2015, http://carnegie-mec.org/2015/04/30/where-next-in-syria/i7zi

Yoram Schweitzer, “Hamas and the Islamic State Organization: Toward a Head-On Collision in the Gaza Strip?” INSS Insight, May 17, 2015. http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=9524.

David Shamah, “Hyundai Seeks Israeli Tech for Its ‘connected Cars.’” The Times of Israel, June 1, 2015.http://www.timesofisrael.com/hyundai-seeks-israeli-tech-for-its-connected-cars/.

Gabi Siboni and A. G., “Military Lessons for Hamas from Operation Protective Edge.” INSS Insight, May 21, 2015.http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=9558.

Jonathan Spyer, “Hizballah Deepens Its Involvement in Syria,” Jerusalem Post, May 29, 2015,http://www.meforum.org/5271/hezbollah-lebanon-syria

The Tower Staff, “Israeli-Texan Team of Scientists Wins U.S.-Sponsored Water Technology Competition.” The Tower, May 27, 2015. http://www.thetower.org/2089-israeli-texan-team-of-scientists-wins-u-s-sponsored-water-technology-competition/.

Yedidia Z.Stern “The Haredi Draft: Snakes and Ladders,” IDI, April 29, 2015, http://en.idi.org.il/analysis/articles/the-haredi-draft-snakes-and-ladders/

Daniel Ben Tal, “Midburn – The Freedom to Be Different.” Israel 21c, May 31, 2015. http://www.israel21c.org/headlines/midburn-the-freedom-to-be-different/.

Eric Trager, “Egypt Two Years After Morsi.” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, May 20, 2015.http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/egypt-two-years-after-morsi.

Alex Vatanka, “The Authoritarian Resurgence: Iran Abroad,” Middle East Institute, April 30, 2015,http://www.mei.edu/content/article/authoritarian-resurgence-iran-abroad

Ruth Wisse, “Anti-Semitism Goes to School, Anti-Semitism on American college campuses is rising—and worsening. Where does it come from, and can it be stopped?” Mosaic Magazine, May 4, 2015, http://mosaicmagazine.com/essay/2015/05/anti-semitism-goes-to-school/

Ephraim Yaar and Prof Tamar Hermann, Peace Index, Israel Democracy Institute, April 2015,http://en.idi.org.il/media/4041376/Peace_Index_April_2015-Eng.pdf

Amos Yadlin, and Yoel Guzansky, “The US and Gulf States Summit: What Next?” INSS Insight, May 20, 2015.http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=9546.

Maya Yaha, “Three Big Trends that will Shape the Arab World,” May 11, 2015, Carnegie Middle East Center, (first published in National Interest) http://carnegie-mec.org/publications/?fa=60036

Yossi Yehoshua, “IDF Planning Harsher Sanctions against Draft Dodgers and Defectors.” Ynet News, May 30, 2015.http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4662908,00.html.

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

 

Mustafa Akyol, “How the AKP Subdues Turkey’s Universities.” Al-Monitor. April 23, 2015. http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2015/04/turkey-how-the-akp-subdues-turkeys-universities.html

Nasser Arrabyee, “Al-Qaeda big winner in Yemen,” Al-Ahram Weekly, Issue No.1243, 23 April 2015.  http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/News/11058/19/Al-Qaeda-big-winner–in-Yemen%C2%A0.aspx

Asharq Al-Awsat Staff, “PLO Says against Syrian Army Drive to Regain Yarmouk Camp from Militants.” Asharq Al-Awsat. April 10, 2015. http://www.aawsat.net/2015/04/article55342856/plo-says-against-syrian-army-drive-to-regain-yarmouk-camp-from-militants

Yehuda Ben Meir, “Israel: The 2015 Elections,” INSS Insight, March 29, 2015. http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=9039

Carl Bildt, “Why Europe backs Obama over an Iran deal,” The Daily Star, April 17, 2015. http://www.dailystar.com.lb/Opinion/Commentary/2015/Apr-17/294726-why-europe-backs-obama-over-an-iran-deal.ashx

David Brinn, “A Summer of Musical Choice in Israel.” The Jerusalem Post. April 29, 2015. http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Culture/A-summer-of-musical-choice-in-Israel-400610

The Crisis Group, “Yemen,” Middle East Briefing N°45. 27 March 2015. http://www.crisisgroup.org/en/regions/middle-east-north-africa/iraq-iran-gulf/yemen.aspx

Shlomi Eldar, “Arab Youth Use Social Media to Send Message of Peace to Israel.” Al-Monitor. April 29, 2015. http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2015/04/israel-arab-youth-facebook-peace-messages-idf.html#

Oded Eran, “For now, President Obama Can Continue to Negotiate with Iran,” Institute for National Security Studies INSS Insight No. 686, April 19, 2015. http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=9277

Oded Eran and Gallia Lindenstrauss, “Turkey Navigates between East and West, Shiites and Sunnis, INSS Insight, No. 687, April 20, 2015. Institute for National Security Studies, http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=9313

Udi Dekel and Zvi Magen, “Delivery of the S-300 Aerial Defense Systems to Iran: Signaling a Change in Russia’s Middle East Policy,” INSS Insight No. 688, April 26, 2015. http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=9331

Jesse Ferris, “Egypt’s Vietnam – Lessons from the last time Cairo waged into war in Yemen,” Foreign Policy. April 3, 2015.http://foreignpolicy.com/2015/04/03/egypts-vietnam-yemen-nasser-sisi/

Linda Gradstein, “Israeli Company Develops Treatment for Radiation.” Ynet News. April 27, 2015.http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4651283,00.html

Maria Golla, “Cairo’s Townhouse Gallery: Social Transformation through Art.” Middle East Institute. April 27, 2015.http://www.mei.edu/content/at/cairo%E2%80%99s-townhouse-gallery-social-transformation-through-art

Shane Harris, “Dead Broke Libya Hires Million-Dollar American Lobbyist.” The Daily Beast. April 29, 2015.http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/04/29/dead-broke-libya-hires-million-dollar-american-lobbyist.html

Simon Henderson, “Saudi Arabia’s Inexperienced Youngster,” PolicyWatch 2412, April 21, 2015. Washington Institute for Near East Policy,” http://washin.st/1QglEtX

Orr Hirschauge and Daisuke Wakabayashi, “Apple Buys Israeli Camera-Technology Company LinX.” Wall Street Journal. April 14, 2015. http://www.wsj.com/articles/apple-buys-israeli-camera-technology-company-linx-1429037790

David Ignatius, “The Middle East shows no signs of recovering soon,”  The Daily Star, April 18, 2015.http://www.dailystar.com.lb/Opinion/Columnist/2015/Apr-18/294863-the-middle-east-shows-no-signs-of-recovering-soon.ashx

Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi, “Is ISIS Islamic, and Other “Foolish” Debates.” MERIA. April 3, 2015.Http://www.rubincenter.org/2015/04/is-isis-islamic-and-other-foolish-debates/

Ephraim Kam,”The Demand for Iranian Recognition of Israel,” Institute for National Security Studies, INSS Insight No. 683, April 13, 2015. http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=9205

Oren Kessler, “When Israel Helped Yemen’s Shiites.” Politico. April 21, 2015.http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/04/israel-yemen-shiites-117208.html#.VUOV0tNVhBc

Mehdi Khalaji, “The Classic Blood Libel Against Jews Goes Mainstream in Iran.” Washington Institute. April 21, 2015.http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/the-classic-blood-libel-against-jews-goes-mainstream-in-iran

Abigail Klein Leichman, “Israel Dominates Red Herring Top 100.” Israel 21c. April 27, 2015. http://www.israel21c.org/news/israel-dominates-red-herring-top-100/

Abigail Klein Leichman, “Non-Invasive Early Detection of Cancer” Israel 21c. April 26, 2015.http://www.israel21c.org/headlines/noninvasive-early-detection-of-stomach-cancer/

Rami G. Khouri, “Threats and responses in the GCC’s new militancy,” Agence Global, April 22, 2015. http://www.agenceglobal.com/index.php?show=article&Tid=2842

Rami G. Khouri, “The perils of our hopeless Arab youth,” The Daily Star, April 18, 2015. http://www.dailystar.com.lb/Opinion/Columnist/2015/Apr-18/294861-the-perils-of-our-hopeless-arab-youth.ashx

Zvi Magen, Sarah Fainberg, Ilan Shklarsky, “Toward a New Russian Initiative on the Israeli-Palestinian Issue?” INSS Insight, April 14, 2015. http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=9236

Ghaith al-Omari, “Has the PA already collapsed?” April 07, 2015. The Hill, http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/foreign-policy/238007-has-the-pa-already-collapsed

Ghaith al-Omari, “Preserving Israeli-Palestinian Security Cooperation, “ April 10, 2015. Washington Institute for Near East Policy,http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/preserving-israeli-palestinian-security-cooperation

Naomi Pfefferman, “Festival Films Focus on How Israeli Food, Sports Create Cross-cultural Bonds | The Ticket.” Jewish Journal News. April 24, 2015.http://www.jewishjournal.com/the_ticket/item/festival_films_focus_on_how_israeli_food_sports_create_cross_cultural_bonds

Christopher Reuter, “The Terror Strategist: Secret Files Reveal the Structure of Islamic State,” Spiegel ONLINE April 19, 2015.  http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/islamic-state-files-show-structure-of-islamist-terror-group-a-1029274.html

Bruce Riedel, “Yemen’s War Shakes Up the Saudi Palace.” Brookings Institute. April 29, 2015.http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/markaz/posts/2015/04/29-yemen-war-shakes-up-saudi-palace-riedel

Giovanni Rodriguez, “The Israel Tech Miracle: What Is The Role Of Government And Its Partners?” Forbes. April 8, 2015.http://www.forbes.com/sites/giovannirodriguez/2015/04/08/the-israel-tech-miracle-what-is-the-role-of-government-and-its-partners/

Anne Roiphe, “Is Zionism Racism?” Israel is not a normal state. Here’s why. Tablet. April 13, 2015. http://tabletmag.com/jewish-news-and-politics/190139/is-zionism-racism

Grant Rumley, “Hamas Triumphs in Election at Flagship West Bank University.” Foundation for Defense of Democracies. April 23, 2015. http://www.defenddemocracy.org/media-hit/grant-rumley-hamas-triumphs-in-election-at-flagship-west-bank-university/

Jonathan Schanzer, “If a Palestinian Minister Falls and No One Is Around to Hear It….” Pundicity. April 2, 2015.http://schanzer.pundicity.com/16376/if-a-palestinian-minister-falls-and-no-one-is

Marina Shalabi and Ian Duff, “Changing Iran Trends in the Worldwide Threat Assessment,” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, Policywatch 2410April 14, 2015. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/changing-iran-trends-in-the-worldwide-threat-assessment

Asher Susser, “Jordan Facing up to the ISIS Challenge: A Net Assessment,” April 21, 2015. Crown Center for Middle East Studies, Brandeis University, http://www.brandeis.edu/crown/publications/meb/MEB92.pdf

Takeyh, Ray. “The New Saudi Foreign Policy.” Council on Foreign Relations. April 17, 2015. http://www.cfr.org/saudi-arabia/new-saudi-foreign-policy/p36456

Times of Israel Staff, “Israel’s Aid Team to Nepal Larger than Any Other Country’s.” Times of Israel. April 29, 2015.http://www.timesofisrael.com/israels-aid-team-to-nepal-larger-than-any-other-countrys/

Sarah Viva Press, “Israeli App Offers Alternative to Hyperactivity Medications.” ISRAEL21c. April 08, 2015.http://www.israel21c.org/headlines/israeli-app-offers-alternative-to-hyperactivity-medications/

Jason Warsof, “The Begin Phenomenon,” Jerusalem Report, April 19, 2015. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/the-begin-phenomenon

Justus Reid Weiner, “Israel and the Gaza Strip: Why Economic Sanctions Are Not Collective Punishment.” Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs. April 2015. http://jcpa.org/gaza-economic-sanctions/

Amos Yadlin, “Possible Scenarios and Strategic Options vis-à-vis Iran,” INSS Insight No. 689, April 27, 2015.http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=9333

Anthony C. Zinni, “Rebuilding the U.S.-Egyptian Strategic Relationship.” Middle East Institute. April 16, 2015. Http://www.mei.edu/content/at/rebuilding-us-egyptian-strategic-relationship