Hamas Doctrine: Detest Israel – Hamas principles for the liberation of Palestine and Jihad against Zionism – In their own words – Part III
Just as al-Qaeda seeks the total destruction of western democracies, Hamas seeks Israel’s total demise. Since its inception in 1988, Hamas has been crystal clear about its opposition to Zionism and Israel.
#17 Contemporary Readings and Analyses, July 2014
Assembled by Ken Stein, Emory University and Center for Israel Education Today in Israeli History, Center for Israel Education, https://israeled.org/israeli-history/ Elliot Abrahms, “Why Did Hamas Provoke A War?” Center for Foreign Relations Blog. July 09, 2014. http://blogs.cfr.org/abrams/2014/07/09/why-did-hamas-provoke-a-war/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+eabrams+%28Elliott+Abrams%3A+Pressure+Points%29 Yaacov Amidor, “The War with Hamas: Decision Time Approaching.” BESA Center. July 24, 2014. http://besacenter.org/uncategorized/war-hamas-decision-time-approaching/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=war-hamas-decision-time-approaching Benny Avni, […]
#16 Contemporary Readings and Analyses, June 2014
Assembled by Ken Stein, Emory University and Center for Israel Education Geoffrey Aronson, “Palestine at the Center of Israel-Turkey Trade.” Middle East Institute. June 24, 2014. http://www.mei.edu/content/article/palestine-center-israel-turkey-trade Guy Bechor, “Israel Needs Massive Fence on Eastern Border.” Ynet News. June 29, 2014. http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4535034,00.html David Brog, “The End of Evangelical Support for Israel? The Jewish State’s International […]
Ken Stein: Hamas Doctrine: Detest Israel – On Israel and Israel’s illegitimacy – In their own words -Part II
As it has in the past Hamas may accept a tahdi’a or calming down of tensions, or even a temporary truce or hudna, negotiated by a third party, but for it to accept Israel as a reality is totally contrary to its ideological outlook.
Ken Stein: Hamas Doctrine: Detest Israel-Part I
Hamas has opposed all agreements and cooperation which either the PLO or the Palestinian Authority have signed with Israel. “Hamas will never recognize Israel. This is a red line that cannot be crossed.
Ken Stein: Five years ago, the US and Israel agreed to stop the flow of arms to Hamas in Gaza
Should the United States become centrally or peripherally involved in monitoring a cease-fire and the movement of a cease-fire into a new status-quo for Gaza, the contents of this MOU could constitute a workable outline for helping enforce calm in Gaza and on its borders.
#15 Contemporary Readings and Analyses, May 2014
Assembled by Ken Stein, Emory University and Center for Israel Education Today in Israeli History, Center for Israel Education, https://israeled.org/israeli-history/ Adnan Abu Amer, “Hamas’ Abu Marzouk Says Recognizing Israel a ‘red Line’” Al-Monitor. May 13, 2014. http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2014/05/interview-abu-marzouk-hamas-israel-fatah-reconciliation.html Stephen Blank, “Russian Strategy and Policy in the Middle East.” The Israel Journal of Foreign Affairs. 2014.http://www.israelcfr.com/documents/8-2/stephen-j-blank.pdf Shlomo Brom, […]
#14 Contemporary Readings and Analyses, April 2014
Assembled by Ken Stein, Emory University and Center for Israel Education Today in Israeli History, Center for Israel Education, https://israeled.org/israeli-history/ Yaacov Amidror, “Israel Cannot Accept the Emerging Accord between the US and Iran.” Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies. April 24, 2014. http://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/israel-accept-emerging-according-us-iran/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=israel-accept-emerging-according-us-iran Benedetta Berti and Shlomo Brom, “The Erosion of the Israel-Hamas Ceasefire in Gaza.” […]
#13 Contemporary Readings and Analyses, March 2014
Assembled by Ken Stein, Emory University and Center for Israel Education Today in Israeli History, Center for Israel Education, https://israeled.org/israeli-history/ Adan Abu Amer, “Hamas, Jordan Probe Possibility of Better Ties.” Al-Monitor. March 31, 2014. http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2014/03/jordan-hamas-palestine-relations-amman.html Ibrahim Al-Amin, “Gaza Violence: Questions to the Resistance and the Enemy.” Al-Akhbar English. March 15, 2014. http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/gaza-violence-questions-resistance-and-enemy Osama Al-Sharif, “Jordan’s Muslim […]
#12 Contemporary Readings and Analyses, February 2014
Assembled by Ken Stein, Emory University and Center for Israel Education Today in Israeli History, Center for Israel Education, https://israeled.org/israeli-history/ Kamel Abdallah, “Despite Election, Libya Unravels.” Al-Ahram. February 27, 2014. http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/News/5561/19/Despite-elections,-Libya-unravels.aspx Dario Andrea Dessi, and Wolfgang Mühlberger. “Africa and the Mediterranean. Evolving Security Dynamics after the Arab Uprisings.” Insituto Affari Internazionali. February 28, 2014. http://www.iai.it/sites/default/files/Mediterranean-paper_25.pdf Benedetta […]
#11 Contemporary Readings and Analyses, January 2014
Assembled by Ken Stein, Emory University and Center for Israel Education Today in Israeli History, Center for Israel Education, https://israeled.org/israeli-history/ Muriel Asseburg and Heiko Wimmen. “Geneva II – A Chance to Contain the Syrian Civil War.” – SWP. N.p., 10 Jan. 2014. Web. 04 Feb. 2014. http://www.swp-berlin.org/en/publications/swp-comments-en/swp-aktuelle-details/article/geneva_ii_a_chance_to_contain_the_syrian_civil_war.html Bendetta Berti. “Between Paralysis and Fatigue: The “Geneva 2” […]
#10 Contemporary Readings and Analyses, December 2013
Assembled by Ken Stein, Emory University and Center for Israel Education Today in Israeli History, Center for Israel Education, https://israeled.org/israeli-history/ Khalil Al-Anani. “A Q&A on Egypt’s New Draft Constitution.” Middle East Institute. December 04, 2013.http://www.mei.edu/content/qa-egypts-new-draft-constitution Aymenn Jawal Al-Tamimi. “The Syrian Rebel Groups Pulling in Foreign Fighters.” Meforum.org. December 24, 2013.http://www.meforum.org/3702/syria-foreign-fighters Yaniv Avraham. “Is Turkey […]
#9 Contemporary Readings and Analyses, November 2013
Assembled by Ken Stein, Emory University and Center for Israel Education Today in Israeli History, Center for Israel Education, https://israeled.org/israeli-history/ Ephraim Asculai. “The IAEA-Iran Agreement: A Palliative?” INSS Insight. November 14, 2013.http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538. Filippo Dionigi. “Hezbollah’s New and Old Wars: From Ideological Struggle to Fight for Survival?” Insituto Affari Internazionali. November 6, 2013. http://www.iai.it/sites/default/files/Op-Med_21.pdf. Michael Doran. “The Hidden […]
Sykes-Picot Agreement
Britain and France secretly divide the Arab provinces of the former Ottoman Empire to meet their own geopolitical interests; no concern offered to political aspirations of indigenous populations.
#8 Contemporary Readings and Analyses, October 2013
Assembled by Ken Stein, Emory University and Center for Israel Education Today in Israeli History, Center for Israel Education, https://israeled.org/israeli-history/ Muriel Assenburg. “The Arab Spring and the Islamic Republic of Iran: Islamist Vision Meets Political Reality.” Swp-berlin.org. February 2012. http://www.swp-berlin.org/fileadmin/contents/products/research_papers/2012_RP06_ass.pdf#page=39. Muriel Assenburg. “Protest, Revolt, and Regime Change in the Arab World, Actors, Challenges, Implicationss […]
Ken Stein: Recollections from the October War
Many recollections remain from the Egyptian-Syrian surprise attack on Israel on Yom Kippur in 1973. The war set in motion a diplomatic process that eventually culminated in the 1979 Egyptian-Israeli Peace Treaty.
#7 Contemporary Readings and Analyses, September 2013
Assembled by Ken Stein, Emory University and Center for Israel Education Today in Israeli History, Center for Israel Education, https://israeled.org/israeli-history/ Shavrit Baruch, Panina Weinstock, and Brandon Weinstock. “Military Intervention in Syria: Is It Legal?” INSS Insight. September 11, 2013. http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=5589. Patrick Clawson. “Stalemate’s End?” Washington Institute for Near East Policy. September 19, 2013. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/stalemates-end. […]
#6 Contemporary Readings and Analyses August 2013
Assembled by Ken Stein, Emory University and Center for Israel Education Today in Israeli History, Center for Israel Education, https://israeled.org/israeli-history/ Ahmed Al-Tonsi. “Why Did the Egyptians Revolt?” El Ahram Weekly. August 28, 2013. http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/News/3902/17/Why-did-the-Egyptians-revolt-.aspx. Ron Ben-Yishai. “Street Battles in Cairo, and the Israeli Connection.” Ynet. August 18, 2013. http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4417855,00.html. Ambassador John Bolton. “The Iran-Syrian […]
Ken Stein: Morsi Overthrow, Peace Talks & Civil War in Syria
Lessons from the overthrow of the Morsi government in Egypt, the restart of Palestinian-Israeli talks, and the civil war in Syria remind us how difficult it is to judge whether American engagement is good or bad in the long run.
Ken Stein: Political Views of a Two-State Solution
International organizations and various Israeli, Palestinian, and world leaders have made telling comments about the two-state concept over the past decade, providing insight into its prospects for ending the conflict.
Ken Stein: Pre-Negotiations and Political Realities Frame Israeli-Palestinian Talks
Preliminary negotiations and changing political realities have catalyzed the opening of new talks, but even a two-state agreement would not guarantee an imminent end to the conflict.
#5 Contemporary Readings and Analyses June-July 2013
Assembled by Ken Stein, Emory University and Center for Israel Education Today in Israeli History, Center for Israel Education, https://israeled.org/israeli-history/ The BBC –Who are the key players— in Egypt, http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-23186408 Owen Alterman, “The Return of (American) Liberal Interventionism?” INSS Insight No. 436, June 18, 2013, http://www.inss.org.il/publications.php?cat=21&incat=&read=11627 The Baker Institute, “Re-engaging the Israelis and the […]
#4 Contemporary Readings and Analyses May 2013
Assembled by Ken Stein, Emory University and Center for Israel Education Today in Israeli History, Center for Israel Education, https://israeled.org/israeli-history/ Michael Barak, “The Salafist Al-Nour Party and the Muslim Brotherhood:The End of the Affair?” Dayan Center, Tel-Aviv Notes, April 25, 2013, http://www.unisla.pt/arquivo/Barak_Michael_TA_NOTES_Al-Nour_Brotherhood_Alliance_250413.pdf Gideon Biger and Gilead Sher, “Jewish Enclaves in a Palestinian State,“ Institute […]
#3 Contemporary Readings and Analyses April 2013
Assembled by Ken Stein, Emory University and Center for Israel Education Today in Israeli History, Center for Israel Education, https://israeled.org/israeli-history/ Abdel Momen Said Aly and Karim Elkady, “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Egypt’s Political Transition,” Middle East Brief, Crown Center for Middle East Studies, March 2013, http://www.brandeis.edu/crown/publications/meb/meb70.html Adeed Darwisha, “As Islamicists […]
#2 Contemporary Readings and Analyses February-March 2013
Assembled by Ken Stein, Emory University and Center for Israel Education Today in Israeli History, Center for Israel Education, https://israeled.org/israeli-history/ Doron Almog, “What Israel has Learned about Security: Nine IDF Officers Discuss Israel’s Security Challenges,” January 2013, –eBook, http://jcpa.org/book/what-israel-has-learned-about-security/ ***Alterman, Owen and Brown, Cameron S. “Support for Israel in a Changing America,” INSS, Strategic […]
#1 Contemporary Readings and Analyses January 2013
Assembled by Ken Stein, Emory University and Center for Israel Education Today in Israeli History, Center for Israel Education, https://israeled.org/israeli-history/ Shmuel Bar, “Syria-What Next?” Israel Journal of Foreign Affairs, Vol. 6, No. 3 (2012), pp. 9-14. http://israelcfr.com/documents/6-3/6-3-2-ShmuelBar.pdf Soner Cagaptay, Hale Arifagaoglu, Eva Outzen, and Bilge Menekse, “Turkey’s New Political Landscape: Implications of the 2011 […]
What Works in Zionist Education
In teaching history, the most difficult task remains creating context:catapulting students back into a different time frame and having them disregard their contemporary historical perspective. The goal is to witness history as it unfolded, not as it concluded.
Annapolis: Precedents and Transactions, But Not Transformations
Since the June 1967 war, more than two dozen mediators have engaged in Arab‐ Israeli diplomacy seeking to clarify one underlying question: under what conditions and over what period of time would Israel relinquish land attained in the June 1967 War, and what kind of understanding or agreement from an Arab partner would Israel receive in return? The Annapolis Conference in 2007, was again a Transaction but not a Transformation of Outcomes.
The Quest for Arab-Israeli Peace
“The Quest for Arab-Israeli Peace: Israel’s Disengagement from the Gaza Strip: Precedents, Motivations and Outcomes” Zionism Fulfilled.- Israel’s preemptive physical disengagement from the Gaza Strip in August 2005 was the result of a national consensus; its goal was to protect the State of Israel and her citizens. In the absence of a viable Palestinian negotiating […]
Israel Education and the College Campus
Published by JESNA, Jewish Education Service of North America ISSUE #18 WINTER 2004 Israel Education and the College Campus, “Awake ye from ye slumber, the call that is heard, oh my people.” Agenda: Jewish Education, JESNA, Winter 2004 Introduction Thirty years ago, major American university campuses did not suffer from political apathy. When I was […]