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#132 Contemporary Readings, February 2024 — Including Hamas-Israel War

#132 Contemporary Readings, February 2024 — Including Hamas-Israel War

Assembled by Scott Abramson and Ken Stein, Center for Israel Education Hussain Abdul-Hussain, “Is Gaza Really the Biggest Case of Arab Suffering?” Algemeiner, February 28, 2024, https://www.algemeiner.com/2024/02/28/is-gaza-really-the-biggest-case-of-arab-suffering/ Hezki Baruch, “Netanyahu Presents: The Plan for ‘The…

Contemporary Readings|March 4, 2024
#131 Contemporary Readings, January 2024 — Including Hamas-Israel War

#131 Contemporary Readings, January 2024 — Including Hamas-Israel 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…

Contemporary Readings|February 1, 2024
#130 Contemporary Readings, December 2023 — Including Hamas-Israel War

#130 Contemporary Readings, December 2023 — Including Hamas-Israel War

Assembled by Scott Abramson and Ken Stein, Center for Israel Education Adam Asad and Yaron Kaplan, “Most Arab Israelis: October 7 Attack Does Not Reflect Islamic, Palestinian, or Arab Society Values,” Israel Democracy Institute, December…

Contemporary Readings|January 6, 2024
#129 Contemporary Readings, November 2023 — Including Hamas-Israel War

#129 Contemporary Readings, November 2023 — Including Hamas-Israel War

Additional readings and resources on the war can be found here. Assembled by Ken Stein and Wendy Kalman, Center for Israel Education Jon Alterman, “Israel Could Lose,” Center for Strategic & International Studies, November 7,…

Contemporary Readings|November 30, 2023
#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
#127 Contemporary Readings, September 2023   

#127 Contemporary Readings, September 2023   

October 2, 2023 Assembled by Ken Stein and Wendy Kalman, Center for Israel Education 30 Years Since Oslo – Curated Readings, Center for Israel Education, September 2023. Ghaith al-Omari, “The Palestinian Authority, a Flawed but…

Contemporary Readings|October 2, 2023
#126 Contemporary Readings, August 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

#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

#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, …

Contemporary Readings|July 5, 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,…

Contemporary Readings|June 9, 2023
#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…

Contemporary Readings|May 2, 2023
#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 3, 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 3, 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 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…

Contemporary Readings|May 9, 2014

#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…

Contemporary Readings|May 9, 2014

#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…

Contemporary Readings|May 9, 2014

#11 Contemporary Readings and Analyses, January 2014

Assembled by Ken Stein, Emory University and Center for Israel Education Muriel Asseburg and Heiko Wimmen. “Geneva II – A Chance to Contain the Syrian Civil War.”  – SWP. N.p., 10 Jan. 2014. Web. 04 Feb….

Contemporary Readings|February 27, 2014

#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
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