#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, …

#123 Contemporary Readings May 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

#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

#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

#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
#119 Contemporary Readings January 2023

#119 Contemporary Readings January 2023

February 3, 2023 Assembled by Ken Stein, Emory University’s Institute for the Study of Modern Israel and Wendy Kalman, Center for Israel Education Abbas Al Lawati, “Israel’s rightward shift leaves its new Arab allies in…

Contemporary Readings|February 6, 2023
#95 Contemporary Readings, January 2021

#95 Contemporary Readings, January 2021

Assembled by Ken Stein and Eli Sperling Emory University and Center for Israel Education kenstein@israeled.org or kstein@emory.edu Meirav Arlozoroff, “Israel’s Population Is Growing at a Dizzying Rate. Is It Up for the Challenge?” Haaretz, January 4, 2021….

Contemporary Readings|February 2, 2021

#14 Contemporary Readings and Analyses, April 2014

Assembled by Ken Stein, Emory University and Center for Israel Education Yaacov Amidror, “Israel Cannot Accept the Emerging Accord between the US and Iran.” Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies. April 24, 2014. http://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/israel-accept-emerging-according-us-iran/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=israel-accept-emerging-according-us-iran Benedetta Berti and…

#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…

#12 Contemporary Readings and Analyses, February 2014

Assembled by Ken Stein, Emory University and Center for Israel Education Kamel Abdallah, “Despite Election, Libya Unravels.” Al-Ahram. February 27, 2014. http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/News/5561/19/Despite-elections,-Libya-unravels.aspx Dario Andrea Dessi, and Wolfgang Mühlberger. “Africa and the Mediterranean. Evolving Security Dynamics after…

#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

#8 Contemporary Readings and Analyses, October 2013

Assembled by Ken Stein, Emory University and Center for Israel Education Muriel Assenburg. “The Arab Spring and the Islamic Republic of Iran: Islamist Vision Meets Political Reality.” Swp-berlin.org. February 2012. http://www.swp-berlin.org/fileadmin/contents/products/research_papers/2012_RP06_ass.pdf#page=39. Muriel Assenburg. “Protest, Revolt,…

Contemporary Readings|November 1, 2013

#7 Contemporary Readings and Analyses, September 2013

Assembled by Ken Stein, Emory University and Center for Israel Education Shavrit Baruch, Panina Weinstock, and Brandon Weinstock. “Military Intervention in Syria: Is It Legal?” INSS Insight. September 11, 2013. http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=5589. Patrick Clawson. “Stalemate’s End?”…

Contemporary Readings|October 1, 2013

#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

#5 Contemporary Readings and Analyses June-July 2013

Assembled by Ken Stein, Emory University and Center for Israel Education The BBC –Who are the key players— in Egypt, http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-23186408 Owen Alterman, “The Return of (American) Liberal Interventionism?” INSS Insight No. 436, June 18,…

Contemporary Readings|July 20, 2013

#4 Contemporary Readings and Analyses May 2013

Assembled by Ken Stein, Emory University and Center for Israel Education Michael Barak, “The Salafist Al-Nour Party and the Muslim Brotherhood: The End of the Affair?” Dayan Center, Tel-Aviv Notes, April 25, 2013, http://www.unisla.pt/arquivo/Barak_Michael_TA_NOTES_Al-Nour_Brotherhood_Alliance_250413.pdf Gideon…

#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

#1 Contemporary Readings and Analyses January 2013

Assembled by Ken Stein, Emory University and Center for Israel Education Shmuel Bar, “Syria-What Next?” Israel Journal of Foreign Affairs, Vol. 6, No. 3 (2012), pp. 9-14. http://israelcfr.com/documents/6-3/6-3-2-ShmuelBar.pdf Soner Cagaptay, Hale Arifagaoglu, Eva Outzen, and…

Contemporary Readings|January 20, 2013