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Russia’s intervention in the Syrian civil war allows – or perhaps even requires – Israel to reevaluate its objectives and rules of the game vis-à-vis other actors in the region, beginning with Iran and the Assad regime.

Netanyahu reproaches the international community for supporting the Iran deal, the UN for its deafening silence against threats to Israel, and, against Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas for promising to cancel all agreements with Israel.

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/ […]

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 […]

In the interest of securing any deal rather than the right deal – politics over principle – the president and the diplomats he sent to negotiate seem to have forgotten or perhaps never learned why Iran must not get a nuclear weapon.

Shmuel Even’s article provides a detailed and cogent analyses about why another unilateral Israel withdrawal from the Palestinian areas is strategically untenable.

The final agreement on Iran’s nuclear program, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), has potentially grave strategic implications that directly threaten to undermine the national security of the United States and our closest regional allies.

Vigorously promoting this Iran Deal as a viable way to block and limit Iran pathways to a bomb. While recognizing Israel’s intense trepidation to the deal, he forcefully claims that war remains the only alternative to accepting this agreement, or to any changes to the agreement.

In the midst of severe Palestinian-Israeli clashes, the Report concluded as had many previous investigations that the two communities feared, disdained, and wanted to live separately from one another. From the report flowed the EU, UN, US, commitment to a two-state solution suggested in the 2003 Road Map for Peace.

“When we analyze foreign policy, the first question should be what interest or objective is served by a particular policy. A good policy should clearly advance U.S. interests and should complement rather than clash with our larger strategy, unless the policy in question heralds an entirely new strategy that can be clearly articulated and implemented.”

On July 14, 2015, Iran and the five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany (P5+1) concluded a Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) concerning the future of Iran’s nuclear program.

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,’ […]

In the wake of the Israel-Hamas war in summer 2014, US and Canadian college campuses were the settings for many anti-Israel activities, including the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) campaign.

Congressional rejection of the nuclear deal wouldn’t be pretty, but a messy domestic political battle is a far cry from the president’s warnings of potential war with Iran.

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: […]

The agreement will not prevent Iran from having a nuclear weapons capability. It will not require the dismantling of Iran’s nuclear enrichment infrastructure. It will however reduce that infrastructure for the next 10 to 15 years.

Palestinians and Israelis will benefit significantly by reaching an agreement; another conflict between them will cost each community.

Despite an officially anti-Zionist stance, Stalin’s administration endorsed the partition of Palestine in order to terminate British presence there, leaving the area open to Moscow’s penetration and influence.

This month’s Peace Index survey focuses on three issues: the process of forming a government, the challenges facing it in the political-security sphere, and the protest by the Ethiopian community.

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 […]

In an impassioned Knesset speech, Menachem Begin staunchly opposes accepting $1.5 billion in German reparations for Jewish deaths during WWII. No price, he believes, can be put on the lives lost.

India and Israel are now making their private affair public. Is this stark departure one of style or substance?

Anti-Semitism on American college campuses is rising—and worsening. Where does it come from, and can it be stopped?

Remarks by Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko to the UN Special Committee on Palestine (14 May 1947) (Documents A/307 and A/307/Corr. 1) – http://unispal.un.org/UNISPAL.NSF/0/D41260F1132AD6BE052566190059E5F0 In the 1940s, the Soviet Union sees the developing Yishuv (Jewish settlement community in Palestine), and then the young Israeli state, as a potential ally and political foothold in the Middle […]

European Parliament calls for recognition of Palestinian statehood in the context for a negotiated two-state solution for Palestinians and Israelis; it outlines the political and geographic contours for a negotiated outcome.

This analysis provides key details of what has been agreed, the main agenda items of the coalition partners, and an assessment of how the coalition is like​ly to fare in domestic and foreign policy.

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. […]

The lifting of sanctions on Iran will allow Teheran to increase its support for terrorist groups across the region, and bolster Iran’s political and military power.

Yossi Kuperwasser, “The Struggle over the Iranian Nuclear Programme, ” Fathom, Winter/2015

Assembled by Ken Stein, Emory University and Center for Israel Education kenstein@israeled.org or kstein@emory.edu   Danny Adeno Abebe, “Israel Fear for Safety of Yemen’s Remaining Few Jews.” YNet. March 26, 2015.http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4641205,00.html Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi, “Archive of Jabhat al-Nusra Billboards and Murals.” Rubin Center: Research in International Affairs.March 24, 2015. http://www.rubincenter.org/2015/03/archive-of-jabhat-al-nusra-billboards-and-murals/ Asharq Al-Awsat Staff, “Arab-Israeli political leaders reject Netanyahu’s apology.” Asharq Al-Awsat. March 24, […]