Search our monthly Contemporary Readings for a selection of the most valuable articles related to Israel and the Middle East that are posted online.
Maya Rezak and Ken Stein, February 27, 2026 Hussain Abdul-Hussain, “Why Saudi Arabia is Turning Back to Islamism – and Against Israel,” Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, February 6, 2026. Al-Arabiya, (editorial) “The Crisis…
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…
Maya Rezak and Ken Stein, December 31, 2025 Yousef Algoos, “MBS in Washington: A new era of strategic tech-alliance,” Al-Arabiya, December 14, 2025. Thomas Albery, “A Crisis of crises: What is going on in Iran?”…
Maya Rezak and Ken Stein, December 6, 2025 Eric Alter and Nickolay Mladenov, “Not Final, but Forward: The Abraham Accords at a Crossroads,” The National Interest, November 4, 2025. Sagiv Asulin and Dan Diker, “700…
November 3, 2025 Compiled by Maya Rezak and Ken Stein David Adesnik, Mariam Wahba, Ahmad Sharawi, David Daoud, Natalie Ecanow, Hussain Abdul-Hussain and Bridget Toomey, “Patient Extremism: The Many Faces of the Muslim Brotherhood,” Foundation…
Maya Rezak and Ken Stein, September 30, 2025 Oded Ailam, “Hostages, Rival Clans, and Empty Promises: The Next Middle East Flashpoint,” Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, September 30, 2025. Neil Bar and Harel Chorev Halewa,…
Maya Rezak and Ken Stein, September 1, 2025 Oded Ailam, “Make An Offer They Can’t Refuse,” Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, August 27, 2025. Alchalta, “How Israel Loses the Narrative War, & the Moral Confusion…
Maya Rezak and Ken Stein, July 31, 2025 Videos Ron Dermer, Minister of Diaspora Affairs, “Review of the Hamas-Israel War: Part 1” Ron Dermer, Minister of Diaspora Affairs, “Review of the Hamas-Israel War: Part 2”…
Assembled by Maya Rezak and Ken Stein, Center for Israel Education Iran-Israel War Videos CNN International, “Israel’s Covert Intelligence Operations,” June 26, 2025, Jonathan Conricus. Israel Policy Forum, “Assessing the War in Iran,” June 25,…
Assembled by Scott Abramson and Ken Stein, Center for Israel Education Oded Ailam, “This Is How Iran Recruited Dozens of Israeli Spies,” Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs, May 22, 2025. Aziz Alghashian, “Saudi…
Assembled by Scott Abramson and Ken Stein, Center for Israel Education Aviram Bellaishe, “When Recognition Becomes Evasion: Europe’s Palestinian Statehood Campaign,” Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs, April 29, 2025. Ilan Berman, “The Middle…
Assembled by Scott Abramson and Ken Stein, Center for Israel Education Salwa Alinat-Abed, “Politics of Faith: Discourse and Practice Among Women of the Islamic Movement in Israel,” Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African…
Assembled by Scott Abramson and Ken Stein, Center for Israel Education David Ben-Basat, “Why a Palestinian State Is a Security Risk Israel Cannot Afford,” The Jerusalem Post, February 28, 2025, https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-844094 Tal Becker and Dan…
Assembled by Scott Abramson and Ken Stein, Center for Israel Education Daniel Ben-David, “Israel’s New US Ambassador Suggests Saudi Normalisation on the Brink,” Jewish Chronicle, January 28, 2025, https://www.thejc.com/news/world/israels-us-ambassador-saudi-normalisation-xyz5dgkb Ahmed Charai, “Look to Middle Eastern…
Assembled by Scott Abramson and Ken Stein, Center for Israel Education Kaasra Aarabi, “I Spoke to Khamenei’s Foot Soldiers. He Is in Trouble,” The Jewish Chronicle, December 19, 2024, https://www.thejc.com/lets-talk/i-spoke-to-khameneis-footsoldiers-he-is-in-trouble-uowe2t5a Ofra Bengio, “Vindicating The Poisoned…
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…
Assembled by Scott Abramson and Ken Stein, Center for Israel Education Lenny Ben-David, “Iran Spreads Illegal Drugs in the Middle East, Western Hemisphere, and the Far East,” Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, October 13, 2024,…
Assembled by Scott Abramson and Ken Stein, Center for Israel Education David Makovsky, moderator, “Decision Points: Hamas, Israel, Hezbollah and the Middle East at War,” audio interviews from the Washington Institute for Near East Policy: Yoni…
Assembled by Scott Abramson and Ken Stein, Center for Israel Education Scott Abramson, “The Iranian Regime Is Not Its People,” Jewish News Syndicate, August 19, 2024, https://www.jns.org/the-iranian-regime-is-not-its-people Brian C. Anderson, “A Crisis on Campus,” City Journal, August 17,…
Assembled by Scott Abramson and Ken Stein, Center for Israel Education Faisal Abbas, “Israelis Need to Listen to Ron Lauder,” Arab News, July 31, 2024, https://www.arabnews.com/node/2560231 Scott Abramson, “How Israelis Probe Their Failings,” Mosaic Magazine, July…
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…
Assembled by Scott Abramson and Ken Stein, Center for Israel Education, May 23, 2024 Khaled Abu Toameh, “Does the Palestinian Authority Really Want to Return to Gaza?” Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, May 21, 2024…
Assembled by Scott Abramson and Ken Stein, Center for Israel Education CIE Webinar, “Women Respond to the War With Hamas,” Ken Stein, Yocheved Kim Ruttenberg, Pnina Sharvit Baruch, and Julia Elad-Strenger, April 17, 2024 (audio/visual)https://israeled.org/israels-9-11-women-respond-to-the-war-with-hamas/…
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,”…
