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#141 Contemporary Readings November 2024 — Including Israel-Hamas War

Assembled by Scott Abramson and Ken Stein, Center for Israel Education Elliott Abrams, “Australia, New Zealand, and Israel: Elections Have (Good and Bad) Consequences,” Council on Foreign Relations, November 22, 2024, https://www.cfr.org/blog/australia-new-zealand-and-israel-elections-have-good-and-bad-consequences Scott Abramson, “Islamophobia…

Contemporary Readings|March 9, 2025

#140 Contemporary Readings October 2024 — Including Israel-Hamas War

Assembled by Scott Abramson and Ken Stein, Center for Israel Education Ramzy Baroud, “The Long History of Palestine — How Palestinians See Their Future and Their Past,” Palestine Chronicle, October 28, 2024, https://www.palestinechronicle.com/the-long-history-of-palestine-how-palestinians-see-their-future-and-their-past Lenny Ben-David,…

Contemporary Readings|November 19, 2024

#136 Contemporary Readings June 2024, Including Israel-Hamas War

Assembled by Scott Abramson and Ken Stein, Center for Israel Education “AJC Survey Shows American Jews are Deeply and Increasingly Connected to Israel,” American Jewish Committee, June 10, 2024,  “https://www.ajc.org/news/ajc-survey-shows-american-jews-are-deeply-and-increasingly-connected-to-israel Alan Aziz, “Israel at War…

#133 Contemporary Readings March 2024

Including Israel-Hamas War Assembled by Scott Abramson and Ken Stein, Center for Israel Education Tal Beeri, “Is Israel Responsible for Lebanon’s Economic Situation?” Alma Research and Education Center, March 13, 2024,  https://israel-alma.org/2024/03/13/is-israel-responsible-for-lebanons-economic-situation/ Yoni Ben Menachem,…

Contemporary Readings|March 30, 2024

#131 Contemporary Readings January 2024 — Including Israel-Hamas War

Khaled Abu Toameh, “Is Hamas Waging a Smear Campaign Against Egypt?” Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, January 21, 2024. https://jcpa.org/is-hamas-waging-a-smear-campaign-against-egypt/ Lior Ben-Ari, “Abraham Accords Hold Steady amid Gaza War Turmoil,” Ynet, January 9, 2024. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/bja2d9q006?utm_source=taboola&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=internal…

Contemporary Readings|February 1, 2024

#128 Contemporary Readings October 2023

Assembled by Ken Stein and Wendy Kalman, Center for Israel Education Agencies, “Hezbollah-allied politician says Lebanon won’t initiate war with Israel,” Times of Israel, October 24, 2023. https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/hezbollah-allied-politician-says-lebanon-wont-initiate-war-with-isael/  Ali Ahmed, “Cost of neglecting conflict resolution…

Contemporary Readings|November 30, 2023

#124 Contemporary Readings June 2023

Assembled by Ken Stein and Wendy Kalman, Center for Israel Education AJC Global Forum 2021, “Unveiling Israel’s Strategic Vision: A Conversation with Ron Dermer, Israeli Minister of Strategic Affairs,” American Jewish Committee, June 12, 2023, …

#13 Contemporary Readings and Analyses, March 2014

Assembled by Ken Stein, Emory University and Center for Israel Education 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…

#10 Contemporary Readings and Analyses, December 2013

Assembled by Ken Stein, Emory University and Center for Israel Education 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…

Contemporary Readings|February 27, 2014

#9 Contemporary Readings and Analyses, November 2013

Assembled by Ken Stein, Emory University and Center for Israel Education 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…

Contemporary Readings|February 27, 2014

#6 Contemporary Readings and Analyses August 2013

Assembled by Ken Stein, Emory University and Center for Israel Education 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.”…

Contemporary Readings|September 6, 2013

#2 Contemporary Readings and Analyses February-March 2013

Assembled by Ken Stein, Emory University and Center for Israel Education 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…

Contemporary Readings|March 20, 2013