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President Obama Statement on the Middle East, North Africa and the Negotiating Process

Focusing on the Arab spring and Palestinian-Israeli negotiations, Obama seeks democratic reform in the region and advocates two states for two peoples based on the 1967 lines with land swaps.

Forty-Three years since the October 1973 Arab-Israeli War

The October 1973 War was 43 years ago this month. What follows is the US Intelligence Estimate when the war started on October 6

#43 Contemporary Readings, September 2016

Assembled by Ken Stein and Eli Sperling Emory University and Center for Israel Education kenstein@israeled.org or kstein@emory.edu Special Collection: Iran—200 on-line collected articles about Iran (2010-2016)—the nuclear issue, Iranian economy, foreign policy, Russia and Turkey and Iran, Iran and Saudi Arabia, in the Syrian conflict,  and more https://israeled.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/iran-article-compilation.pdf Renee Beyda, “Israeli Filmmaker Uninvited from Film Festival,” […]

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Speech to the UN General Assembly

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Speech to the UN General Assembly (22 September 2016) http://www.pmo.gov.il/English/MediaCenter/Speeches/Pages/speechUN220916.aspx   Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen, What I’m about to say is going to shock you: Israel has a bright future at the UN. Now I know that hearing that from me must surely come as a surprise, because year after […]

Rich Walter and Ken Stein: Reparations to Israel from West Germany, September 10, 1952

The matter over whether or not Israel should enter into negotiations with West Germany was put to debate in the Knesset. In January 1952, the debate was contentious and gripped the nation.

Palestinian-Israeli Pulse: Low Chances for an Independent Palestinian State in the Next 5 Years

For the last decade it seems that not a month has gone by without some politician, news outlet, or analyst telling us that a two-state solution to resolving the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict is dead. Now we learn it is not dead, even if barely on life-support.

#42 Contemporary Readings, August 2016

Assembled by Ken Stein and Eli Sperling Emory University and Center for Israel Education kenstein@israeled.org or kstein@emory.edu Hani Al-Masri, “Hamas faces bitter options,” Middle East Monitor, March 29, 2016. https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20160329-hamas-faces-bitter-options/ Yaakov Amidror, “Cyberspace, the Final Frontier,” Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, August 30, 2016. http://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/cyberspace-final-frontier/ Yaacok Amidror, “The Iran Deal One Year Later: The Fuse is […]

From Truman to Obama: The Past, Present, and Future of US-Israel Relations

On August 15, 2016, I had the pleasure of participating in a panel discussion with former Ambassador Dennis Ross for the Foundation of Defense of Democracies (FDD) in Washington, DC.

Remarks by US National Security Advisor Susan Rice at the American Jewish Committee Global Forum

US National Security Adviser, Susan Rice presented the Obama administration’s two pronged outlook toward Israel: strong and unwavering American administration support for Israel’s long term security, and emphatic opposition to continued Israeli settlement activities.

Palestinian Authority to Sue British Government Over Balfour Declaration

For almost 100 years, the Declaration has represented, for the Palestinians, the political beginning of Palestine falling out of their influence and into the control of the budding Zionist movement.

#41 Contemporary Readings, July 2016

Assembled by Ken Stein and Eli Sperling Emory University and Center for Israel Education kenstein@israeled.org or kstein@emory.edu AFP, “Israeli Ultra-Orthodox Women Go Hi-Tech,” Daily Mail, July 11, 2016. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/afp/article-3684058/Israel-ultra-Orthodox-women-hi-tech.html Yaacov Amidror, “Erdogan’s Turkey Takes a Fork in the Road,” BESA-SADAT Center, July 29, 2016. http://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/erdogans-turkey-takes-fork-road/ Nabil Araby, “A Call for Arab Diplomacy,” The Cairo Review of […]

Articles and Books on BDS and Anti-Semitism on US Campuses

There are many publications that appear in national and international outlets and think-tanks that deal with BDS and antisemitism on campus.