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September 5, 2021 Assembled by Ken Stein and Michele Freesman, Emory University’s Institute for the Study of Modern Israel and the Center for Israel Education,  kenstein@israeled.org or kstein@emory.edu Kasra Aarabi and Saeid Golkar, “Completing the Revolution,” Carnegie Middle East Center, August 17, 2021, https://carnegie-mec.org/diwan/85159  Abdul Basit, “Why did the Afghan army disintegrate so quickly?” Aljazeera, […]

Years of declining international aid, unstainable public patronage, and controversial policies have pushed the Palestinian government and banking sector to the bring of insolvency. (published with permission)

Bienvenido a nuestro seminario web de CIE “Israel en contexto y sobre el terreno: los enfrentamientos palestino-israelíes, mayo de 2021”, parte de una serie regular y planificada de seminarios web. Duración: 51 minutosFecha de grabación: 28 de mayo de 2021Los temas incluyen: la política y los temas que enmarcan los enfrentamientos; las motivaciones de Hamas; […]

Profesor Ken Stein, Centro para la Educación sobre Israel Afganistán y los países vecinos en el Medio Oriente, cortesía de la Universidad de Texas, colección de mapas En agosto de 2021, Estados Unidos retiró su ejército de Afganistán, poniendo fin a la guerra más larga de Estados Unidos. Necesariamente, veinte años antes, Estados Unidos tomó […]

Two Israeli Middle East experts, Professor Asher Susser of Tel Aviv University and Dr. Sarah Feuer of the Institute for National Security Studies, and the Washington Institute for Near East Policy examine the “Arab neighborhood” in which Israel exists, placing their views in the context of the decade after the “Arab Spring” failed to meet […]

In August 2021, the U.S. withdrew its military from Afghanistan, ending America’s longest war. Correctly, we needed to prevent another 9/11 on our doorsteps. We still have that imperative. Our departure does not diminish America’s need for stable allies, like Israel and Arab states. The US should build an effective alliance system among them. We should have a small, substantive and selective US footprint in the region for support of friends and deterrence of foes, not for nation-building.

Fuente: 15 de sus discursos y entrevistas, 2016-2021 La experiencia personal y profesional de Herzog como líder del Partido Laborista y jefe de la Agencia Judía demuestra un compromiso repetido con Israel como el estado nación del pueblo judío y la necesidad de unir los lazos desgastados entre los judíos de la Diáspora y los […]

13 de junio del 2021 Presidente de la H.E. Reuven Rivlin; Presidente electo Isaac Herzog; Sr. Primer Ministro Benjamin Netanyahu; Presidente de la Corte Suprema, Jueza Esther Hayat; Presidente de la Knesset Yariv Levin; mi compañero en formar la Unidad de Gobierno, Miembro de la Knesset Yair Lapid, y su esposa Lihi; Ministros del gobierno […]

El 2 de junio de 2021, Isaac Herzog fue elegido en lugar de Miriam Peretz para un mandato de siete años como el undécimo presidente de Israel. Cuando asuma el cargo en julio, sucediendo a Reuven Rivlin, se convertirá en el primer presidente israelí de segunda generación: su padre, Chaim, ocupó el cargo de 1983 […]

Aplicando estadísticas demográficas y datos de encuestas, el profesor Jonathan Rynhold examina lúcidamente la política de Israel a través de los lentes de la diversidad étnica, religiosa y cultural. El concluye que la sociedad israelí y sus prioridades políticas están en cambio constante, como lo demuestra la formación en junio de 2021 de la coalición gubernamental más étnicamente y políticamente diversa de Israel que jamás se haya formado.

Assembled by Ken Stein and Michele Freesman Emory University, Institute for the Study of Modern Israel and Center for Israel Education kenstein@israeled.org or kstein@emory.edu Sultan Althari, “It’s time to bring a realist perspective to Middle Eastern foreign affairs,” Al-Arabiya, July 13, 2021, https://english.alarabiya.net/views/news/middle-east/2021/07/13/It-s-time-to-bring-a-realist-perspective-to-Middle-Eastern-foreign-affairs  Oula A. Alrifai and Ali Alleile, “Iran and Russia Are Exploiting America’s […]

An invaluable glimpse at Palestine’s population: gaping socio-economic distances and vast communal differences between Muslims, Christians and Jews that set the strong preferences for separation of the populations.

Since the 1920s the Sacred Esplanade of Jerusalem came to symbolise the bone of contention in the conflict over Palestine. The maintenance and even definition of the lines of division between the communities was a clear aim of the British authorities from 1920-1948. The communal/religious conflicts intensified after 1967 with the Israeli capture of East Jerusalem and other Arab-populated territory, which left neither side fully content.

In “The Arabs and the Approaching War with Israel, 1945-1948,” Yaacov Shimoni reviews in detail the period from the early 1940s to May 1948, examining decisions made by Arab leaders toward Palestine and Zionism. He concludes that disunity among Arab states, jealousies, and disorganization plagued Arab preparations for the expected coming war with the Zionists.

Assembled by Ken Stein and Michele Freesman Emory University, Institute for the Study of Modern Israel and Center for Israel Education  kenstein@israeled.org or kstein@emory.edu Elliot Abrams, “Can Democracy Help Solve the Problem of Gaza?” Council on Foreign Relations, June 15, 2021, https://www.cfr.org/blog/can-democracy-help-solve-problem-gaza  AJC Staff, “AJC 2021 Survey of American Jewish Opinion,” AJC, June 14, 2021, https://www.ajc.org/news/survey2021  Dr. […]

¿Que es la cultura?Un sistema de creencias, valores, costumbres, ideas, comportamientos, símbolos, rasgos, mitos y tradiciones compartidos que los miembros de un grupo definen como propios y utilizan para enfrentarse a su mundo, a los demás, a los extranjeros y extraños, y de alguna manera transmitirlo de generación en generación. Ver PowerPoint

On September 9, 1993, four days before Yasser Arafat and Yitzhak Rabin signed the Oslo Accords on the White House Lawn, Israel and the PLO signed mutual recognition Letters. Joel Singer, who significantly assisted the negotiation of both the MRA and the Oslo Accords, as well as earlier agreements with Egypt, recalled that the MRA was “a massive leap forward in Israeli-Palestinian relations.”

Herzog recognizes the gap between Israel and American Jews, proclaiming the critical and immediate need for education of each community of the other.

Support for Israel is important to most members of the U.S. Jewish community, but advocacy is effective only when it begins with a foundation of deep, nuanced Israel education.

In the second half of a conversation recorded June 16, 2021, during the 20th annual Enrichment Workshop on Modern Israel held by CIE and the Emory Institute for the Study of Modern Israel, people involved in education at various levels respond to former American Jewish Committee official Steven Bayme’s thoughts about the differences between the world’s two largest Jewish populations.

Former longtime American Jewish Committee official Dr. Steven Bayme combines the framework of books by Peter Beinart and Daniel Gordis with recent survey data to gain insights into the differences between the world’s two largest Jewish communities.

How can adults and students alike know what information to trust about Israel and the Middle East, especially when it comes to social media? How can any of us learn to be critical consumers of the flood of information available in the world? In this June 16, 2021, session from the 20th annual Enrichment Workshop on […]

Prime Minister Bennett outlines and offers details for meeting domestic and foreign policy challenges facing Israel. He asks all the citizens of Israel to forge together under the banners of realism and practical solutions.

In a 40-minute video recorded June 14, 2021, Dr. Yaron Ayalon of the College of Charleston and Rich Walter of the Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta delve into the history and the political and cultural influence of the diverse group of Israeli Jews collectively known as the Sephardim or the Mizrahim. Representing a majority of […]

Published by the British Administration of Palestine, this summary emphasizes attempts at impartiality in governing the Mandate. It notes that in 1922, the Jewish community already possessed ‘national’ characteristics, while the Arab community’s composition was sociologically and economically divided and to a large degree impoverished by the war.

During the May 2021 Israeli-Palestinian clashes, Arab citizens of Israel clashed with Jewish- Israelis. By comparison in October 2000, similar clashes were longer, more intense with similar underlying causation. Read the context with the findings of the Or Commission Report that investigated them.

Assembled by Ken Stein and Eli SperlingEmory University and Center for Israel Educationkenstein@israeled.org or kstein@emory.edu Adnan Abu Amer, “Palestinian factions mull next steps after Abbas calls off elections,” Al-Monitor, May 7, 2021. https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2021/05/palestinian-factions-mull-next-steps-after-abbas-calls-elections Anan Abu Baker, “Postponed Palestinian Elections: Causes and Repercussions,” Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, May 11, 2021. https://carnegieendowment.org/sada/84509 Associated Press, “World Bank: Lebanon’s crisis […]

Isaac “Bougie” Herzog’s election as Israel’s 11th president on June 2 was such “big” news that it was all but impossible to find on the home page of The Times of Israel a day later. That’s because reporting on a largely ceremonial position was overwhelmed by the end of a two-year wait for the monumental announcement of an eight-party government coalition, including Islamist Arabs and religious Zionist Jews, to unseat the longest-serving prime minister in Israel’s history.

On June 2, 2021, Isaac Herzog was elected over Miriam Peretz to a seven-year term as Israel’s 11th president. When he takes office in July, succeeding Reuven Rivlin, he will become the first second-generation Israeli president: His father, Chaim, held the position from 1983 to 1993. How was he elected? What was the process to […]

¿Que es la cultura? Un sistema de creencias, valores, costumbres, ideas, comportamientos, símbolos, rasgos, mitos y tradiciones compartidos que los miembros de un grupo definen como propios y utilizan para enfrentarse a su mundo, a los demás, a los extranjeros y extraños, y de alguna manera transmitirlo de generación en generación. Ver Powerpoint