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A Short Summary of Minorities in Israel

Scott Abramson, November 2023 Throughout the history of their diaspora, the Jewish people had represented the definitive nation-in-exile and the quintessential minority, “the minority par excellence,” as philosopher Hannah Arendt described them. Jews had even held a monopoly on the word “diaspora” itself, which, until the late twentieth century, had been a proper noun that […]

A Short Summary of Israel’s Geography

Scott Abramson, October 2023 The state of Israel lies at the eastern edge of the Mediterranean Sea, at the intersection of three continents: Asia, Africa, and Europe. Together with its Lebanese, Syrian, and Jordanian neighbors, it forms the subregion of the Middle East variously known as the Levant, Greater Syria, and Bilad al-Sham. Since geography ordained […]

The Jerusalem U.S.-Israel Strategic Partnership Joint Declaration

(July 14, 2022) The leaders of the United States and Israel, President Biden and Prime Minister Lapid, met in Jerusalem on 14 July 2022, and adopted the following Joint Declaration on the US-Israel Strategic Partnership: The United States and Israel reaffirm the unbreakable bonds between our two countries and the enduring commitment of the United […]

Después de la Guerra de Octubre, Golda Meir asume la responsabilidad de sus errores y dimite voluntariamente como Primera Ministra

Al asumir la responsabilidad personal de los errores de juicio de su gobierno que permitieron a los ejércitos sirio y árabe causar muertes masivas, destrucción, heridos y prisioneros tomados como rehenes en Israel, en la guerra de octubre de 1973, la Primera Ministra Golda Meir, aunque no estaba obligada a hacerlo, renunció a su cargo. […]

Interviews with Saudi Prince Bandar Bin Sultan on Arab world and Palestinian leaders

Ambassador Bandar Bin Sultan served as Saudi Arabia’s Ambassador to the United States from 1983-2006. From 2005 to 2015 he head the country’s National Security Council. He offers a scathing attack on Yasir Arafat’s failure to embrace multiple negotiating overtures proposed by Presidents Carter and Reagan. Additionally, he expresses his anger at the present Palestinian leadership for criticising the UAE’s recognition of Israel in the 2020 Abraham Accords

Evaluación de la guerra Hamás-Israel – Cuatro meses – febrero de 2024

Israel y el Medio Oriente Entrevista, Israel and the Middle East, with Mauricio Friedman, (75 minutes in English and Spanish) Cinco puntos destacados en esta entrevista español-inglés. 1. La misión decidida de Hamás, tal como la afirman docenas de veces Los líderes de Hamás en sus propias palabras y en su fundación Carta de 1988 es destruir a […]

Ken Stein – Assessment of the Hamas-Israel War – Four Months – February 2024

February 13, 2024 – Dr. Kenneth Stein and Pastor Dr. Armando Alducin, Israel y el Medio Oriente Entrevista, (Israel and the Middle East) with Mauricio Friedman, (75 minutes in English and Spanish)  Five points stressed in this Spanish-English interview. 1. Hamas’s purposeful mission as stated dozens of times by Hamas leaders in their own words, and […]

Israel’s 9/11 — The Danger of Hezbollah: Rockets, Evacuees and the Risk of War

Since Hamas brutally murdered 1,200 Israelis and others on Oct. 7 and kidnapped more than 240, Hezbollah and Israel have battled along the Lebanese border, trading missiles and airstrikes but so far avoiding all-out war. The threat, however, has forced Israelis to evacuate from the northern border, and the risk of fighting on the scale of the 2006 war seems to be rising. Assessing the danger and the impact on Israelis in the north during CIE’s 22nd weekly webinar March 13 are retired IDF Maj. Gen. Yaacov Ayish of the Jewish Institute for National Security of America and Anat Shapira of the Institute for National Security Studies. Moderating the discussion is Dr. Ken Stein, CIE’s president and an Emory University emeritus professor of Middle East history, political science and Israel studies.

Israeli Foreign Minister Moshe Sharett to the Israel Knesset

Sharett gives an overview of Israeli foreign policy, key issues, and relationships with UN and Arab states.

How Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin viewed the 1993 Oslo Accords – A collection in his own words

In September 2023, thirty years after the historic signing of the Oslo Accords, there is occasion to review Prime Minister Rabin’s understanding of them. I assembled this collection years ago from Daily Reports- Near East and South Asia, 1993-1995. Two short items about Rabin’s views are also found or linked here. Rabin provided a summary of his views of the Accords in a Knesset speech in October 5, 1995. Some of Rabin’s reasons for signing the Accords are also provided in Yehuda Avner’s The Prime Ministers.

#132 Contemporary Readings February 2024 – Including Israel-Hamas War

Assembled by Scott Abramson and Ken Stein, Center for Israel Education Hussain Abdul-Hussain, “Is Gaza Really the Biggest Case of Arab Suffering?” Algemeiner, February 28, 2024, https://www.algemeiner.com/2024/02/28/is-gaza-really-the-biggest-case-of-arab-suffering/ Hezki Baruch, “Netanyahu Presents: The Plan for ‘The Day after Hamas,’” Arutz Sheva, February 23, 2024, https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/385675 Yoni Ben Menachem, “Why the Palestinian Authority Opposes Marwan Barghouti’s Potential […]

Israel’s 9/11 — Administrative Horizons for Post-Conflict Gaza

Five months since Hamas brutally murdered 1,200 Israelis and others on Oct. 7 and kidnapped more than 240, Israel still seeks to balance freedom for all hostages with Hamas’ military and political destruction. Until the day that was the greatest shock in Israel’s 75 years, many Israelis were prepared to accept a compromise with Palestinians. […]