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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

#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

#126 Contemporary Readings August 2023   

Assembled by Ken Stein and Wendy Kalman, Center for Israel Education Ofer Ateret, “Golda Meir Was ‘Open’ to a Palestinian State, Newly Released Archives From 1970 Reveal,” Ha’aretz, August 1, 2023, https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2023-08-01/ty-article/.premium/golda-meir-was-open-to-a-palestinian-state-1970-minutes-reveal/00000189-b054-d083-a999-fc5ff4350000  Guy Azriel, “Israel…

Contemporary Readings|September 10, 2023

#125 Contemporary Readings July 2023

August 1, 2023 Assembled by Ken Stein and Wendy Kalman, Center for Israel Education Adnan Abu Amer, “Analysis: Can Islamic Jihad survive Israel’s assassination drive?,” Al-Jazeera, July 7, 2023, https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/7/7/analysis-can-islamic-jihad-survive-israels-assassination-drive  Farris Almarri, “Jordanians Favor De-escalation…

Contemporary Readings|July 28, 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, …

#123 Contemporary Readings May 2023

Assembled by Ken Stein and Wendy Kalman, Center for Israel Education Elliott Abrams, “As Israel Turns 75, ‘Foreign Affairs’ Publishes a Call to Eliminate It,” Council of Foreign Relations, May 9, 2023, https://www.cfr.org/blog/israel-turns-75-foreign-affairs-publishes-call-eliminate-it  Ghaith al-Omari,…

#122 Contemporary Readings April 2023

Assembled by Ken Stein and Wendy Kalman, Center for Israel Education Agence France-Presse, “China ready to broker Israel-Palestine peace talks, says foreign minister,” The Guardian, April 17, 2023, https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/18/china-ready-to-broker-israel-palestine-peace-talks-says-foreign-minister  Fares Akram, “In First, Iran’s president…

#121 Contemporary Readings March 2023

Assembled by Ken Stein and Wendy Kalman, Center for Israel Education Ghaith al-Omari, “To Prevent the PA from Unraveling, Address Internal Reform,” Washington Institute, February 28, 2023, https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/prevent-pa-unraveling-address-internal-reform AJC Staff, “The State of Anti-Semitism in…

Contemporary Readings|April 3, 2023

#120 Contemporary Readings February 2023

March 3, 2023 Assembled by Ken Stein, Emory University’s Institute for the Study of Modern Israel and Wendy Kalman, Center for Israel Education Suleiman Al-Khalidi, “Israelis, Palestinians pledge to curb violence at Jordan meeting,” Reuters,…

Contemporary Readings|March 2, 2023