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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 […]

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, […]

At Seattle’s Temple de Hirsch Congregation a week ago, the audience audibly gasped when I told them that the next day I would be giving a noon talk at Evergreen State College.

Michael Margolit, Meet Israel’s New Lawmakers,” Ynet News, March 20, 2015.

Assembled by Ken Stein, Emory University and Center for Israel Education kenstein@israeled.org or kstein@emory.edu   AFP, “Boutique Revolution Puts Israeli Wines on World Map.” YNetNews. January 25, 2015.http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4617935,00.html Agence France Presse, “Jordan, Israel sign deal to help save Dead Sea.” Middle East Institute. Feb. 26, 2015.http://www.mei.edu/content/news/jordan-israel-sign-deal-help-save-dead-sea Asharq Al-Awsat Staff, “Egypt bombs ISIS targets in Libya after 21 Egyptians beheaded.” Asharq Al-Awsat. Feb. 18, […]

Complexity and ambivalence are inherent in Israel’s relationship with its Middle Eastern environment. Israel’s national security agenda is shaped by the hostility of a large part of the Arab and Muslim worlds.

Hurewitz, J.C. The Middle East and North Africa in World Politics, A Documentary Record . 2nd, Revised and Enlarged ed. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1979. 106. Print. Vol. 2 of British-French Supremacy. Background to the Declaration The Balfour Declaration was the Jewish charter that Herzl failed to obtain from the Ottoman Sultan twenty years […]

Contemporary Readings and Analyses, January 2015 Assembled by Ken Stein, Emory University and Center for Israel Education kenstein@israeled.org or kstein@emory.edu Aaron David Miller, “Why the Diplomatic Intifada Will Fail.” Politico. January 04, 2015.http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/01/palestinians-diplomatic-intifada-will-fail-113958.html?ml=lb_9#.VK6xR4rF_LV Tariq Alhomayed, “Nasrallah’s Next Move.” Asharq Al-Awsat. January 21, 2015. http://www.aawsat.net/2015/01/article55340619 Abdulrahaman Al-Rashid, “The Future of Saudi Foreign Policy.” Al-Sharq Al-Awsat. January 29, 2015.http://www.aawsat.net/2015/01/article55340944 Abdulrahaman […]

Assembled by Ken Stein, Emory University and Center for Israel Education kenstein@israeled.org or kstein@emory.edu   Ayman Jawad Al Tamimi, and Jonathan Spyer, “Iran and the Shia Militias Advance in Iraq.” GLORIA Center. December 13, 2014.http://www.gloria-center.org/2014/12/iran-and-the-shia-militias-advance-in-iraq/ Sultan Barakat, “Pivots and Peace-Making in Qatar’s Regional Policy.” Brookings Institute. December 29, 2014.http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/markaz/posts/2014/12/29-qatar-mediation-lebanon-syria-gaza-egypt Zvi Bare’el, “A Virtual Stroll Through the Alleyways […]

Alliances of convenience alongside alliances of conviction: when do the first become the second? Who is telling the story that we read?

Led by USSR and Arab states, Zionism is labeled as racist; the resolution is revoked in 1991.

After brutally frank and caustic meetings between Israeli Foreign Minister Dayan and President Carter, the US relents to Israeli demands that a peace conference be only an opening for direct talks.

The US promises coordination with Israel on resumed negotiations, not to negotiate or recognize
the PLO until it recognizes Israel’s right to exist, and accepts UNSC Resolutions 242 (1967) and 338 (1973).

The US mediates an agreement separating forces in Sinai after the 1973 War; Egyptian and Israeli
generals will negotiate additional details.

This is the first UN resolution to call for “two States, Israel and Palestine, to live side by side within secure and recognized borders.”

G-d promises Jews a great nation in return for observance of belief and practice of laws.

Assembled by Ken Stein, Emory University and Center for Israel Education Kenstein@israeled.org or kstein@emory.edu Sadik J. Al Azm, “Syria in Revolt: Understanding the Unthinkable War.” Tel Aviv Notes. November 26, 2014. http://dayan.org/tel-aviv-notes-volume-8-no-21-november-26-2014 Yaacov Amidror, “Between a Hollow Success and a Legacy of Failure.” Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies. December 1, 2014. http://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/hollow-success-legacy-failure/ Kristine Anderson, “After the Elections: […]

Assembled by Ken Stein, Emory University and Center for Israel Education Kenstein@israeled.org or kstein@emory.edu Today in Israeli History, Center for Israel Education, https://israeled.org/israeli-history/ Dan Arbell, “The U.S.-Turkey-Israel Triangle.” Brookings Institute. October 2014. http://tinyurl.com/m7t33n3 Burak Bekdil. “Turkey’s Love Affair with Hamas.” Middle East Forum. October 19, 2014. http://www.meforum.org/4866/turkey-love-affair-with-hamas Nathan J. Brown, and Katie Bentivoglio, “Egypt’s Resurgent Authoritarianism: It’s a Way of […]

The speech is typical of high American office holders in summarizing the US-Israeli relationship; it affirms an unshakable relationship, support for Israeli security, and the need for negotiating progress.