Contemporary Readings

Assembled by Ken Stein and Eli Sperling Emory University and Center for Israel Education kenstein@israeled.org or kstein@emory.edu Gwen Ackerman, “Israel’s Ultra-Orthodox Are Getting Their First Startup Fund,” Bloomberg, July 25, 2017. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-07-25/israel-s-ultra-orthodox-are-getting-their-first-startup-fund Yaakov Amidror, “Perfect Storm: The…

Assembled by Ken Stein and Eli Sperling Emory University and Center for Israel Education kenstein@israeled.org or kstein@emory.edu Yaacov Amidror, “The Qatar Crisis: Signs of Weakness,” The BESA-Center, June 14, 2017. https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/qatar-crisis-weakness/ Anna Ahronheim and Seth J Frantzman, The…

Assembled by Ken Stein and Eli Sperling Emory University and Center for Israel Education kenstein@israeled.org or kstein@emory.edu Rasha Abou Jalal, “What’s behind Abbas’ recent threats to Hamas? Al-Monitor, May 15, 2017. ” www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2017/05/palestine-abbas-threats-hamas-gaza-trump-visit.html Amnon Abramovich, “Almost 40…

Assembled by Ken Stein and Eli Sperling Emory University and Center for Israel Education kenstein@israeled.org or kstein@emory.edu Khaled Abu Toameh, “Palestinians’s Real Enemies: Arabs,” Gatestone Institute, April 17, 2017. https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/10210/palestinians-enemies Yaakov Amidror, “Israel’s Inelegant Options in Judea…

Assembled by Ken Stein and Eli Sperling Emory University and Center for Israel Education kenstein@israeled.org or kstein@emory.edu Raphael Ahren, Israel aims to become world’s 15th largest economy by 2025 — minister,” Times of Israel, March 19, 2017. http://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-aims-to-become-worlds-15th-largest-economy-by-2025-minister/…

Assembled by Ken Stein and Eli Sperling Emory University and Center for Israel Education kenstein@israeled.org or kstein@emory.edu Yaacov Amidror, “Tread Carefully with the New US Administration,” BESA Center, February 16, 2017. https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/tread-carefully-new-us-administration/ Hady Amr, “How Palestinian schools can take…

Assembled by Ken Stein and Eli Sperling Emory University and Center for Israel Education kenstein@israeled.org or kstein@emory.edu Muhammad Aal Al-Sheikh (Saudi Journalist), “The Palestinians’ Reliance on Armed Resistance is Political Suicide: The Palestinian Cause is no…

Assembled by Ken Stein and Eli Sperling Emory University and Center for Israel Education kenstein@israeled.org or kstein@emory.edu Elliott Abrams and Michael Singh, “The United States just Made Middle East Peace harder,” The Washington Post, December…

Assembled by Ken Stein and Eli Sperling Emory University and Center for Israel Education kenstein@israeled.org or kstein@emory.edu Gwen Ackerman, “Israeli Tech Last Line of Defense for Power Plant Cyber Attacks,” Bloomberg, November 15, 2016. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-11-15/israeli-tech-last-line-of-defense-for-power-plant-cyber-attacks Ghaith…

Assembled by Ken Stein and Eli Sperling Emory University and Center for Israel Education kenstein@israeled.org or kstein@emory.edu Ghaith Al-Omari, “A Paralyzing Rivalry,” The Cipher Brief, October 27, 2016. https://www.thecipherbrief.com/article/middle-east/paralyzing-rivalry-1089 Graham Allison, “Why ISIS Fears Israel,” The…

Assembled by Ken Stein and Eli Sperling Emory University and Center for Israel Education kenstein@israeled.org or kstein@emory.edu Special Collection: Iran—200 on-line collected articles about Iran (2010-2016)—the nuclear issue, Iranian economy, foreign policy, Russia and Turkey and…

Assembled by Ken Stein and Eli Sperling Emory University and Center for Israel Education kenstein@israeled.org or kstein@emory.edu Hani Al-Masri, “Hamas faces bitter options,” Middle East Monitor, March 29, 2016. https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20160329-hamas-faces-bitter-options/ Yaakov Amidror, “Cyberspace, the Final Frontier,”…

Assembled by Ken Stein and Eli Sperling Emory University and Center for Israel Education kenstein@israeled.org or kstein@emory.edu AFP, “Israeli Ultra-Orthodox Women Go Hi-Tech,” Daily Mail, July 11, 2016. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/afp/article-3684058/Israel-ultra-Orthodox-women-hi-tech.html Yaacov Amidror, “Erdogan’s Turkey Takes a Fork…

Assembled by Ken Stein and Eli Sperling Emory University and Center for Israel Education kenstein@israeled.org or kstein@emory.edu Maj. Gen. (res.) Yaakov Amidror, “Why Israel Should Not Adopt Unilateral Initiatives,” BESA, June 1, 2016. http://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/israel-not-adopt-unilateral-initiatives/ Geoffrey Aronson,…

Assembled by Ken Stein and Eli Sperling Emory University and Center for Israel Education kenstein@israeled.org or kstein@emory.edu Adil Astil, “International Peace Conference: Winners and Losers,” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, May 12, 2016. http://fikraforum.org/?p=9338 Dany Bahar, “Delivering on Economic…

Assembled by Ken Stein and Eli Sperling Emory University and Center for Israel Education kenstein@israeled.org or kstein@emory.edu Mohamed Abdelazziz, “Teaching Arabic in Israeli Schools-Between Security Preoccupations and the Cultural Dimension,” Fikra Forum, April 8, 2016. http://fikraforum.org/?p=9075#.VwtqCPkrJpg Elliot Abrams,…

Assembled by Ken Stein and Eli Sperling Emory University and Center for Israel Education kenstein@israeled.org or kstein@emory.edu Asi Aivas, “Annual Arts Fest Heats Up Jerusalem,” Israel21c, March 16, 2016. http://www.israel21c.org/annual-winter-arts-fest-heats-up-jerusalem/ Yehezkel Armon, “Israel Economy is Entering…

Assembled by Ken Stein and Eli Sperling Emory University and Center for Israel Education kenstein@israeled.org or kstein@emory.edu Hussein Abdulhussein, “Five Lessons from Syria,” Now, February 2, 2016. https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/commentaryanalysis/566585-five-lessons-from-syria Abdelmahdi Alsoudi, “The Impact of the Arab Spring…

Assembled by Ken Stein and Eli Sperling Emory University and Center for Israel Education kenstein@israeled.org or kstein@emory.edu Faisal J. Abbas, “An Unshackled Iran can only be Countered by a Firm Saudi Arabia,” Al-Arabiya, January 18, 2016. http://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/news/middle-east/2016/01/18/An-unshackled-Iran-can-only-be-countered-by-a-firm-Saudi-Arabia.html Aymenn Jawad…

Israel and the Middle East Assembled by Ken Stein, Emory University and Center for Israel Education kenstein@israeled.org or kstein@emory.edu Maj. Gen. (res.) Yaakov Amidror and Col. (res.) Dr. Eran Lerman, “Jordanian Security and Prosperity: An Essential Aspect…

Israel and the Middle East #33 Contemporary Readings, November 2015 Assembled by Ken Stein, Emory University and Center for Israel Education kenstein@israeled.org or kstein@emory.edu Saleh Al-Shayeji, “Israel is Not Our Enemy,” Translated by Kuwait Times from Al-Anbaa,…

Assembled by Ken Stein, Emory University and Center for Israel Education kenstein@israeled.org or kstein@emory.edu Éliette Abécassis “Jews of France hide like Marranos and turn towards Israel,” YNet News, October 20, 2015, http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4713402,00.html Yossi Alpher, “Israel-Palestine: From…

Assembled by Ken Stein, Emory University and Center for Israel Education kenstein@israeled.org or kstein@emory.edu Tamer Al-Ghobashi, “Israeli Officials Concerned Over Gas Discovery in Egypt,” Wall Street Journal, September 2, 2015, http://www.wsj.com/articles/israeli-officials-concerned-over-gas-discovery-in-egypt-1441233087 Maj. Gen. (res.) Yaakov…

Assembled by Ken Stein, Emory University and Center for Israel Education kenstein@israeled.org or kstein@emory.edu Ephraim Asculai, “The Unbelievable Side Agreements with Iran,” The Jerusalem Post, August 24, 2015, http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/The-unbelievable-side-agreements-with-Iran-413137 Julie Bort, “The Startup Scene in…