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#155 Contemporary Readings, January 2026

#155 Contemporary Readings, January 2026

Maya Rezak and Ken Stein, February 8, 2026 Hussain Abdul-Hussain, “Why Is Saudi Arabia Abandoning Peace?” The National Interest, January 23, 2026.  Oded Ailam, “‘The Glass Wall’: How Israel Turned Intelligence Into an Insurance Policy…

Contemporary Readings|February 8, 2026
#136 Contemporary Readings, June 2024, Including Hamas-Israel War

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

#133 Contemporary Readings, March 2024 — Including Hamas-Israel 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, “Assessing Hamas’ Failures,”…

Contemporary Readings|March 30, 2024
#128 Contemporary Readings, October 2023

#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

#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