ISRAEL & PALESTINE
& the GAZA SITUATION
Suggested reading & research from Ed Knox
Topics to research on the web about Israel & Palestine:
Basle Declaration
Dreyfus Affaire Hussein-McMahon Correspondence Sykes-Picot Treaty Balfour Declaration Chair Weizmann Deir Yassin UNSCOP Partition Plan Lavon Affair Allon Plan 'peace process' Suez War |
6-day war
October war 1948 war Oslo Accords Dimona 'right of return' Count Folke Bernadotte Arafat Begin Ben Gurion Israeli Citizenship Ariel Sharon |
Questions on Gaza to start the search for a point of view:
- Size?
- Comparable to density of population in which US cities?
- Employment?
- Trade?
- Water quality?
- Arability?
- Why did Israel evacuate settlers in 2005?
- Who controls land, sea, air?
- Is there a port or airport
- Can citizens leave Gaza?
- How did Hamas get in control?
- What is meaning of 'mowing the grass'?
- Who won the last three wars over Gaza few years?
- Who are Gazans?
- Are they occupied?
Poem:
- "Jerusalem" by William Blake, 1804
Articles:
- "Zionist Narrative Distorts History" by Walter L. Hixson in "Washington Report on Middle East Affairs," March-April, 2020
- "Pro-Netanyahu media turns on Jared Kushner" by Barak Ravid on "Axios," Feb 1, 2020
- "Arab League foreign ministers reject Trump peace plan" by Barak Ravid on "Axios," Feb 1, 2020
- "Is Trump’s Peace Plan Really a Giveaway?" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Jan 29, 2020
- "Is the Middle East Facing a Decade of Protest?" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Jan 29, 2020
- "Trump Invites Netanyahu to White House to Discuss Middle East Peace Plan" by David M. Halbfinger, Isabel Kershner and Katie Rogers in "The New York Times," Jan 24, 2020
- "Israel's elections: Netanyahu's bad day" on David Lawler's "Axios World," Jan 13, 2020
- "Netanyahu wants immunity" on David Lawler's "Axios World," Jan 2, 2020
- "Netanyahu And Trump, Joined At The Hip" by Paul Pillar on "Lobe Log: Update," Dec 4, 2019
- "Netanyahu’s Real Crimes" by James Zogby on "Lobe Log: Update," Dec 4, 2019
- "HRW's Omar Shakir pledges to continue work after Israel expulsion" by Al Jazeera on "Lobe Log: Update," Dec 4, 2019
- "Explainer: What are the allegations against Israel's Netanyahu?" on "Al Jazeera," Nov 21, 2019
- "Trump's green light for Israeli settlements" on David Lawler's "Axios World," Nov 18, 2019
- "After US Announcement, Are More Settlements on the Way?" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Nov 19, 2019
- "Trump's green light for Israeli settlements" on David Lawler's "Axios World," Nov 18, 2019
- "The Emperor’s New-Old Nuclear Clothes" by Helena Cobban on "Lobe Log," Sept 18, 2019
- "Will Netanyahu Hang On?" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Sept 18, 2019
- "Donald Trump: The Face of Israeli PM Netanyahu’s Campaign" by H. Scott Prosterman on "Informed Comment," Sept 14, 2019
- "Israel caught by FBI electronically Spying on Trump, White House" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Sept 13, 2019
- "Israel denies spying on White House" on David Lawler's "Axios World," Sept 12, 2019
- "Netanyahu Openly Boasts About Stealing vast Swathes of Palestine, but US Pols Won’t Acknowledge It" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Sept 12, 2019
- "Israeli PM Netanyahu’s Himalayan Miscalculation on Iran: Bringing China into the Mideast" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Sept 8, 2019
- "In Trump’s Iran Policy, Israel Supplies the Teeth" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Sept 4, 2019
- "The decades-old war on Palestinian workers" by Ramzy Baroud on "Lobe Log Update: Noteworthy," Aug 28, 2019
- "Democratic Voters Have Known For Some Time What Some Liberals Are Just Now Coming To Terms With: Israel Is An Occupier" by James Zogby on "Lobe Log Update," Aug 28, 2019
- "Israel Uses Its Firepower, Far and Wide" by Paul Pillar on "Lobe Log Update," Aug 28, 2019
- "GOP’s Biggest Donors Laid Groundwork For Trump And Netanyahu’s Targeting Of Muslim Congresswomen" by Eli Clifton on "Lobe Log Update," Aug 28, 2019
- "Trump’s Middle East Communications Theater" by Sam Bahour on "Lobe Log Update," Aug 28, 2019
- "Barring Members Of Congress From Israel-Palestine" by Mitchell Plitnick on "Lobe Log Update," Aug 28, 2019
- "Without Political Boycotts, the Civil Rights Movement Might have failed: Congress is gutting Constitution to Protect Israeli War Crimes" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," July 26, 2019
- "‘To Ask an Arab Student to Internalize This Is a Way of Humiliating Him’" by Henriette Chacar on "Lobe Log," July 16, 2019
- "Israel Systematically Hiding Documents Proving Expulsion, Oppression of Palestinians" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," July 5, 2019
- "Gaming Out the US-Iran Standoff" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," July 2, 2019
- "The Unwritten History of Israel’s Alliance with the Shah’s Dictatorship" by Eitay Mack on "Lobe Log," June 30, 2019
- "The Problem With Annexation" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," June 20, 2019
- "After 3 years, accusations against Gaza World Vision head remain unproven" by Antony Lowenstein on "Lobe Log Update," June 19, 2019
- "No Palestinians, No Israelis, Maybe Even No Journalists: What’s Left of Kushner’s Bahrain Summit" by Amir Tibon & Noa Landau on "Lobe Log Update," June 19, 2019
- "White House blocked intelligence agency’s written testimony calling climate change ‘possibly catastrophic’" by Juliet Eilperin, Josh Dawsey & Brady Dennis in "The Washington Post," June 8, 2019
- "Islamic State expands reach in Afghanistan, threatening West" by Kathy Gannon (AP) on "ABC News," June 10, 2019
- "The Fate of the Palestinians" by Graham E. Fuller on "LobeLog," June 9, 2019
- "Why the U.S. 'Workshop' For Palestinians Will Fail" by James J. Zogby on "LobeLog," June 3, 2019
- "Anti-Palestinian Hate Speech goes unpunished in Israeli Social Media" by Nadim Nashif on "Informed Comment," May 23, 2019
- "Israel Gets all the Goodies, Palestinians Screwed: First-ever Reveal of ‘Deal of the Century’ Details" from the Mann News Agnecy on "Informed Comment," May 8, 2019
- "Gaza Through A Distorted Lens" by Mitchell Plitnick on "Lobe Log," May 8, 2019
- "Playing 20 Questions To Figure Out The 'Deal Of The Century'” by James Zogby on "Lobe Log," May 8, 2019
- "Stories of devastatingly normal suffering in Gaza" by Tania Hary on "Lobe Log," May 8, 2019
- "How tech is bringing Israelis and Palestinians together" by Melissa Jun Rowley on "BBC News," April 30, 2019
- "Why So Much Fuss about a Conference in North Carolina?" by Lara Friedman on "Lobe Log," April 24, 2019
- "Trump’s Embrace of Netanyahu Will Haunt Middle East for Years" by Phyllis Bennis on "Lobe Log," April 16, 2019
- "Anti-Zionists Deserve Free Speech" by Michelle Goldberg in "The New York Times," April 15, 2019
- "All About Bibi" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," April 9, 2019
- "Golan Heights profile" on "BBC News," March 25, 2019
- "How Trump’s Recognition of Israeli Usurpation of Syrian Golan Strengthens Iran, Russia in ME" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," March 23, 2019
- "Trumplomacy on Golan Heights: What it all means" by Barbara Plett Usher on "BBC News," March 22, 2019
- "Syria condemns Trump's stance on Golan Heights sovereignty" on "Al Jazeera," March 22, 2019
- "Voices of Dissent on Israel and Palestine Can’t Be Silenced" by James J. Zogby on "Lobe Log," Feb 16, 2019
- "Israeli Voter Suppression: Bedouin Villages have no Polling Stations" from the Mann News Agency on "Informed Comment," Feb 15, 2019
- "Ilhan Omar, AIPAC, and Denial" by Mitchell Plitnick on "Lobe Log," Feb 13, 2019
- "Senate guts 1st Amendment to Guard Israel from Boycott, but Ilhan Omar can’t Bring up AIPAC" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Feb 11, 2019
- "Israeli Ministers Sign Petition to Settle 2 Million Israelis in Palestinian West Bank" from "Mann News Agency" on "Informed Comment," Feb 10, 2019
- "Kushner expected to give update on Middle East peace plan at conference" by Barak Ravid "Axios," Feb 5, 2019
- "White House official: Trump won't endorse Netanyahu in Israel's election" by Barak Ravid "Axios," Feb 5, 2019
- "Time to Break the Silence on Palestine" by Michelle Alexander in "The New York Times," Jan 19, 2019
- "Israel Spraying Herbicides Inside Gaza Violates International Law" by Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man on "Lobe Log," Jan 15, 2019
- "Turning a Corner in Public Opinion toward Israeli Occupation" by James J. Zogby on "Lobe Log," Dec 8, 2018
- "Why the Khashoggi Tragedy Could Be Ugly for Israel" by Daniel Shapiro on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Oct 17, 2018
- "SF Jewish Federation Bankrolls These Hate Groups" by Mairav Zonszein on "Lobe Log," Oct 12, 2018
- "Israeli Ed. Minister Bennett: Shoot to Kill in Gaza, Including the Children he calls 'Terrorists'” from Middle East Monitor on "Informed Comment," Oct 10, 2018
- "Cities Lost and Remade" in "Middle East Report 287," Summer 2018 - a collection of articles on: Dubai, Amman, Alexandria, Abadan, Jerusalem, Mosul and Sur, as well as general urban issues
- "A Palestinian Memoir to Counter Trump’s Troubles in the Middle East" by Robin Wright in "The New Yorker," Sept 1, 2018
- "Trump’s Remark that Israeli PM will be ‘Mohammed’ ignores how Apartheid Works" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment, Aug 21, 2018
- "What About Israel’s Airport Mistreatment of Arab Americans?" by James J. Zogby on "LobeLog," Aug 18, 2018
- "Demography Is Not a Threat" by Mitchell Plitnick on "LobeLog," Aug 15, 201
- "What Jared Kushner’s ‘Deal of the Century’ Would Mean for Palestinian Refugees" by Anne Irfan on "Informed Comment," Aug 11, 2018
- "Axios World: Trump vs. Erdogan, Netanyahu's secret trip, Global language gap" by David Lawler on "Axios," Aug 13, 2018
- "Trump’s elusive Middle East peace deal" by Gerald Feierstein on "Middle East Institute: Monday Briefing," Aug 6, 2018
- "Settler Violence: A Rotten System, Not Just Rotten Apples" by Libby Lenkinski on "Lobe Log," Aug 3, 2018
- "The Struggle for Palestinian Rights: Then and Now" by James J. Zogby on "Lobe Log," Aug 4, 2018
- "Jared Kushner Tries to Strip Refugee Status, Aid from Millions of Displaced Palestinians" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Aug 4, 2018
- "With Nationality Law, Israel openly Declares Apartheid and Racial Supremacy" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," July 20, 2018
- "11 Years of Blockade: How Despair Has Made Gaza Unlivable" by Telesur on "Informed Comment," July 20, 2018
- "Saudi Religious Diplomacy Targets Jerusalem" by James M. Dorsey on "Lobe Log," July 4, 2018
- "For Many Young American Jews, Trump-Bibi Axis is the Enemy" by Edo Konrad on "Lobe Log," July 4, 2018
- "As Israel Pushes to Build, Bedouin Homes and School Face Demolition" by David M. Halbfinger & Rami Nazzal in "The New York Times," June 24, 2018
- "Hiding the Occupation Doesn’t Make It Go Away" by Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man on "Lobe Log," June 17, 2018
- "Israeli Lawmaker: Supremacy of ‘Jewish Race’ Explains Support for Netanyahu" from "Middle East Monitor" on "Informed Comment," June 16, 2018
- "120 Nations Condemn Israel for Gaza Shootings, including Russia, China, France & 11 other European States" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," June 14, 2018
- "The Middle East in Trump’s Wake" by Emile Nakhleh on "Lobe Log," June 14, 2018
- "Anthony Bourdain: The Only Mensch on Gaza" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," June 9, 2018
- "In Memory of Razan al-Najjar" by Orly Noy on "Lobe Log," June 5, 2018
- "Why Did a Creepy Israeli Intel Firm Spy on Obama Alums?" by Michelle Goldberg in "The New York Times," May 7, 2018
- "Netanyahu Twice Told Mossad Chiefs to Prepare Attack on Iran" on "The Daily Beast," May 31, 2018
- "Twelve Demands for the US: An Unreasonable Proposal?" by Gordon Adams on "Lobe Log," May 24, 2018
- "Israeli Gov’t directly involved in Cyberbullying, Stalking of our US Students: MESA" by Judith E. Tucker on "Informed Comment," May 23, 2018
- "The Myth of the Gaza 'Border'” by Amjad Iraqi on "Lobe Log," May 21, 2018
- "Religion Corrupting Policy—and Vice Versa" by Paul Pillar on "Lobe Log," May 20, 2018
- "Israel and Evangelicals: New U.S. Embassy Signals a Growing Alliance" by David D. Kirkpatrick, Elizabeth Dias & David M. Halbfinger in "The New York Times," May 19, 2018
- "Israel Needs to Protect Its Borders. By Whatever Means Necessary." by Shmuel Rosner in "The New York Times," May 18, 2018
- "The Gaza Violence: How Extremism Corrupts" by David Brooks in "The New York Times," May 17, 2018
- "Calls for stripping Natalie Portman of Israel Citizenship for criticizing Shooting Palestinian Protesters" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," April 22, 2018
- "A look at Robert Jeffress, the controversial figure giving the prayer at the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem today" by Eugene Scott in "The Washington Post: The Fix," May 14, 2018
- "Robert Jeffress, Pastor Who Said Jews Are Going to Hell, Led Prayer at Jerusalem Embassy" by Matthews Haag in "The New York Times," May 14, 2018
- "Trump’s Jerusalem decision destabilizing West Bank and Gaza" by Nathan Stock on "Middle East Institute: Monday Briefing," May 14, 2018
- "Don't Let Israel and Saudi Arabia Drag the U.S. Into Another War" by Bruce Riedel on "The Daily Beast," May 14, 2018
- "Gearing Up for the Third Gulf War" by Michael Klare on "TomDispatch," May 13, 2018
- "Why Netanyahu Really Wanted Trump to Scuttle the Iran Deal" by Bernard Avishai in "The New Yorker," May 10, 2018
- "Why Did a Creepy Israeli Intel Firm Spy on Obama Alums?" by Michelle Goldberg in "The New York Times, May 7, 2018
- "Iran and Israel come to blows" by Charles Lister on "Middle East Institute" Monday Briefing," April 30, 2018
- "Netanyahu Makes a Case for the JCPOA" by Paul R. Pillar on "Lobe Log," April 30, 2018
- "The Natalie Portman Affair" by Daniel Amir on "Lobe Log," April 26, 2018
- "Iraqi Oil for Israel? 15 Years later, new Light on the Iraq War" by Gary Vogler on "Informed Comment," April 26, 2018
- "Unconditional Love for Israel, Silence for Palestine" by Maj. Danny Sjursen on "TruthDig," April 23, 2018
- "Are Iran and Israel Headed for Their First Direct War?" by Thomas L. Friedman in "The New York Times," April 15, 2018
- "Violence in Gaza" by Paul Salem on "Middle East Institute: Monday Briefing," April 2, 2018
- "Israel's Self-Inflicted Wounds" by Ronald S. Lauder in "The New York Times," March 18, 2018
- "Israel’s new Jewish state bill ‘institutionalising the apartheid regime’" from Middle East Monitor on "Informed Comment," March 17, 2018
- "Netanyahu: Even In Peace, The Occupation Will Never End" by Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man on "Lobe Log," March 17, 2018
- "Adelson-Funded Friends Of Israel Excuse European Alt-Right’s Anti-Semitism" by Jim Lobe on "LobeLog," March 9, 2018
- "Ultimate show, ultimate deal, ultimate gamble" by Eran Etzion on "Middle East Institute: Monday Briefing," March 5, 2018
- "Did an Emirates-Israel alliance Help elect Trump more than Russia?" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," March 4, 2018
- "This Is What Annexation Looks Like" by Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man on "Lobe Log," March 3, 2018
- "The Scorched Earth Of Netanyahu’s Israel" by Mitchell Plitnick on "Lobe Log," Feb 27, 2018
- "Ahed Tamimi: father speaks of his pride as Palestinian activist prepares for trial" by Emma Heywood on "Informed Comment," Feb 24, 2018
- "Saudi dreams of an anti-Iran Axis with Israel Evaporating: Khashoggi" from "Middle East Monitor" on "Informed Comment," Feb 21, 2018
- "Netanyahu faces a whirlwind of investigations" by Eran Etzion on "Middle East Institute: Weekly Briefing," Feb 20, 2018
- "Aide suspected of trying to bribe judge in investigation of Netanyahu's wife" by Ruth Eglash in "The Washington Post," Feb 20, 2018
- "Jews Must Stand Up for Ahed Tamimi: Sarah Silverman" from Telesur on "Informed Comment," Feb 18, 2018
- "Finkelstein on Gaza’s Martyrdom" by Jane Adas in "Washington Report on Middle Eastern Affairs," Feb ??, 2018
- "An End of Gaza's Misery Is as Elusive as Peace" by the Editorial Board of "The New York Times," Feb 13, 2018
- "Israeli Annexation And A Silent International Community" by Mitchell Plitnick on "Lobe Log," Feb 12, 2018
- "Israeli Annexation And A Silent International Community" by Mitchell Plitnick on "Lobe Log," Feb 12, 2018
- "Israel and Iran cross swords for the first time" by Eran Etzion on "Middle East Institute: Monday Briefing," Feb 12, 2018
- "Abbas goes to Moscow" by Yousef Munayyer on "Middle East Institute: Monday Briefing," Feb 12, 2018
- "Israel, Hezbollah And Iran: Preventing Another War In Syria" by International Crisis Group on "Lobe Log," Feb 8, 2018
- "How Did Israel Become a Place of No Refuge?" by Susan Silverman in "The New York Times," Feb 7, 2018
- "Everyone is Going All the Way" by Thomas L. Friedman in "The New York Times," Feb 6, 2018
- "Erdogan’s Vatican visit to touch on Trump’s Jerusalem decision" by Gonul Tol on "Middle East Institute: Monday Briefing," Feb 5, 2018
- "Secret Alliance: Israel Carries Out Airstrikes in Egypt, With Cairo’s O.K." by David D. Kirkpatrick in "The New York Times," Feb 3, 2018
- "Quds Force deputy head: International Basij is expanding and will liberate Jerusalem" by Ahmad Majidyar on "Middle East Institute" Iran Observed," Jan 31, 2018
- "Can Crazy Still Keep the Peace Between Israel and Iran?" by Thomas L. Friedman in "The New York Times," Jan 30, 2018
- "It’s Time for Mahmoud Abbas to Go" by Roger Cohen in "The New York Times," Jan 27, 2018
- "Who’s Messianic Now" by Dorgham Abusalim on "Lobe Log," Jan 24, 2018
- "What Mike Pence Just Did in Jerusalem" by Aaron David Miller on "Politico Magazine," Jan 23, 2018
- "Pence, the Anti-Trump, Takes Israel by Storm" by Zev Chafets on "Bloomberg," Jan 23, 2018
- "Pence’s hopes for Middle East trip likely to crash into reality on the ground" by Jenna Johnson & Loveday Morris in "The Washington Post," Jan 19, 2018
- "U.S. Presses to Relocate Embassy to Jerusalem by 2019" by Mark Landler in "The New York Times," Jan 18, 2018
- "Jerusalem" on "Wikipedia" [undated]
- "U.S. Withholds $65 Million From U.N. Relief Agency for Palestinians" by Gardiner Harris & Rick Gladstone in "The New York Times," Jan 16, 2018
- "Netanyahu in India: Strategic cooperation or domestic diversion?" by Eran Etzion on "Middle East Institute: Monday Briefing," Jan 16, 2018
- "A missing tourist scattered Bible pages in Israel’s desert. Is ‘Jerusalem Syndrome’ to blame?" by Alex Horton in "The Washington Post," Jan 16, 2018
- "Is Liberal Zionism Dead?" by Michelle Goldberg in "The New York Times," Jan 8, 2018
- "As a 2-State Solution Loses Steam, a 1-State Plan Gains Traction" by David M. Halbfinger in "The New York Times," Jan 5, 2018
- "Israel Digs a Grave for the Two-State Solution" by the Editorial Board of "The New York Times," Jan 5, 2018
- "Israeli Ruling Party Votes to Annex West Bank and Seize Last Palestinian Lands" on "Informed Comment," Jan 1, 2018
- "Nabi Saleh Is Where I Lost My Zionism" by Lisa Goldman on "Lobe Log," Jan 1, 2018
- "Social Media Imperialism? Facebook Bans Palestinian Content at Behest of Israel, US" on "Informed Comment," Dec 31, 2017
- "An Israel of Pride and Shame" by Roger Cohen in "The New York Times," Dec 29, 2017
- "Walls of Jerusalem" in "Wikipedia" [undated]
- "Top 5 Reasons why Trump’s Threats to UNGA over Jerusalem are Empty" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Dec 21, 2017
- "Trading Jerusalem For Iran" by James M. Dorsey on "Lobe Log," Dec 19, 2017
- "Trump’s Recognition Of Jerusalem: Letting A Genie Out Of The Bottle" by James M. Dorsey on "Lobe Log," Dec 16, 2017
- "Palestinians outraged but unsurprised by Trump on Jerusalem: ‘World already ignores our existence’" by Joey Ayoub on "Informed Comment," Dec 15, 2017
- "'Not a Day Goes by That I Don't Think About Jerusalem'" by Kelly Virella in "The New York Times," Dec 14, 2017
- "The Difference between Israeli Policy and Turkish: Calling Each other Terrorist State" by Juan Cole on "Informed Coment," Dec 11, 2017
- "The Multiple Sorrows of Trump’s Jerusalem Announcement" by Paul Salem on "Middle East Institute: Monday Briefing," Dec 11, 2017
- "Syria, Jerusalem, Energy Top Agenda for Putin-Erdogan Meeting" by Gonul Tol on "Middle East Institute: Monday Briefing," Dec 11, 2017
- "Trump, Israel and the Art of the Giveaway" by Thomas L. Friedman in "The New York Times," Dec 6, 2017
- "Another way Trump will get us Killed: to move US embassy in Israel to Jerusalem" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Dec 6, 2017
- "The Conflict in Jerusalem Is Distinctly Modern. Here's the History" by Mona Boshnaq, Sewell Chan, Irit Pazner Garshowitz & Gaia Tripoli in "The New York Times," Dec 5, 2017
- "Netanyahu Targets Journalists, Police, Attorneys Looking into Corruption Probe" by Eran Etzion on "Middle East Institute: Monday Briefing," Nov 20, 2017
- "Israeli Right Wing Faction Announces a Plan for Ethnic Cleansing" by Ian Berman on "Informed Comment," Sept 19, 2017
- "Abbas: Stuck between Trump and Netanyahu" by Dalia Hatuqa on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," Sept 6, 2017
- "Iranian Media: Netanyahu Returned 'Empty-Handed' from Moscow" by Ahmad Majidyar in Middle East Institute's "IranObserved Weekly Brief," Aug 25, 2017
- "New Iranian Army Chief: Israel Won’t Exist in 25 Years" by Ahmad Majidyar in Middle East Institute's "IranObserved Weekly Brief," Aug 25, 2017
- "New Senior Adviser to US Ambassador to Israel: Ideology Trumps Experience" by Marsha B. Cohen on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," Aug 28, 2017
- "Tareq Baconi on Media Misrepresentation of Palestinian Issues" by Kelly Fleming "Washington Report on Middle East Affairs," Aug 24, 2017
- "U.S. Absent as Israel-Palestine Violence Escalates" by Eran Etzion on "Middle East Institute Monday Briefing," July 24, 2017
- "The History of Anti-Arab Sentiment Is Too Deep, the Pain Too Real" by James J. Zogby on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," July 16, 2017
- "Middle East to Loom Large at G-20 Summit" by Allen Keiswetter on "Middle East Institute Monday Briefing," July 3, 2017
- "U.S. Position on Gulf Crisis Still Muddled" by Gerald Feierstein on "Middle East Institute Monday Briefing," July 3, 2017
- "Iranian Missile Launch Shows Israeli Deterrence Is Working" by Shemuel Meir on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," July 1, 2017
- "Open Sesame: Science centre unveiled in Jordan" by David Shukman on "BBC News," May 16, 2017
- "Settlers: The Most Satisfied Group between the River and the Sea" by Dahlia Scheindlin on "LobeLog Foreign Policy, April 5, 2017
- "Partisan Divide on Show at AIPAC Conference" by Yousef Munayyer on "Middle East Institute Monday Briefing," March 27, 2017
- "AIPAC Conference and Broken Promises" by Eran Etzion on "Middle East Institute Monday Briefing," March 27, 2017
- " The Inside Story on Our UN Report Calling Israel an Apartheid State" by Richard Falk in "The Nation," March 22, 2017
- "Israel plans mass evacuation if Islamic militants go to war with them" by Ian Deitch in "Chicago Tribune," March 21, 2017
- "Tomb of Christ at Risk of 'Catastrophic' Collapse" by Kristin Romey on "National Geographic," March 21, 2017
- "Beijing Latest Stop of Netanyahu’s Superpower Tour" by Eran Etzion on "Middle East Institute: Monday Briefing," March 20, 2017
- "James Baker: US 'Cannot Be Israel's Lawyer' on Palestinian Issue" on "Newsmax," Jan 8, 2017
- "Return to ‘Meaningful’ Negotiations More Vital than Ever, Secretary-General Says in Statement, as Palestinian Rights Committee Begins 2017 Session" in "United Nations Meetings Coverage," Feb 16, 2017
- "Secretary-General, in Message to Palestinian Rights Committee, Urges End to Occupation, Saying Political Horizon for Two-State Solution ‘Slipping Away'" in "United Nations Meetings Coverage," Feb 16, 2017
- "Dynamic Central America Diaspora Vital for Building Bridges with Homeland to Support Self-Determination, Help End Occupation, Round Table Hears" in "United Nations Meetings Coverage," Feb 4, 2017
- Tempest at U.N. Over Report Saying Israel Practices Apartheid" by Rick Gladstone in "The New York Times," March 15, 2017
- "Putin and Netanyahu: A complex diplomatic dance" by Joinathan Marcus on "BBC News," March 9, 2017
- "New Israeli Road Plan Paves Over Hopes for a Palestinian State" by Geoffrey Aronson on "Middle East Institute," Feb 23, 2017
- "How Do Israel’s Tech Firms Do Business in Saudi Arabia? Very Quietly: Good deals (and plausible deniability) make good neighbors" by Jonathan Ferziger and Peter Waldman in BloombergBusinessweek," Feb 2, 2017
- "The One-State Two-State Blues" by Roger Cohen in "The New York Times," Feb 17, 2017
- "As Binyamin Netanyahu prepares to fly to Washington, is the two-state solution dead?" in "The Economist," Feb 11, 2017
- "Trump is Right on Palestine" by Graham E. Fuller on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," Feb 21, 2017
- "The Mideast lessons that Trump will have to relearn" by Daoud Kuttab in "The Washington Post," Feb 16, 2017
- "Pro-Israel PAC Contributions to Congressional Candidates" in "Washington Report on Middle East Affairs" (various years)
- "Trump plots to keep Palestinians Stateless forever" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Feb 16, 2017
- "Highs and Lows Before Trump-Netanyahu Meeting" by Eran Etzion on "Middle East Institute Monday Briefing," Feb 13, 2017
- "Trump’s MidEast Policy Shows Signs of Life" by Gerald Feierstein on "Middle East Institute Monday Briefing," Feb 13, 2017
- "Israel Bulldozes Democracy" by Ayman Odeh in "The New York Times," Feb 11, 2017
- "How Israelis See the Settlements" by Yossi Klein Halevi in "The Wall Street Journal," Feb 4, 2017
- "Netanyahu, May Looking for Allies" by Paul Scham in the "Middle East Institute Monday Briefing," Feb 7, 2017
- "Turkey Sending Delegation to Israel" by W. Robert Pearson in the "Middle East Institute Monday Briefing," Feb 7, 2017
- "Could NSA Flynn face Criminal Charges over Russia Ties?" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Feb 11, 2017
- "Israel Bulldozes Democracy" by Ayman Odeh in "The New York Times," Feb 11, 2017
- "Entropy in Geopolitics" by Chas W. Freeman, Jr. on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," Feb 11, 2017
- "America's So-Called National Security Adviser" by the Editorial Board of "The New York Times," Feb 10, 2017
- "Trump Foreign Policy Quickly Loses Its Sharp Edge" by Mark Landler in "The New York Times," Feb 10, 2017
- "How Bannon’s Navy service during the Iran hostage crisis shaped his views" by Michael Kranish & Craig Whitlock in "The Washington Post," Feb 10, 2017
- "Steve Bannon Cited Italian Thinker Who Inspired Fascists" by Jason Horowitz in "The New York Times," Feb 10, 2017
- "When the Fire Comes" by Paul Krugman in "The New York Times," Feb 10, 2017
- "A Gift for Donald Trump" by David Brooks in "The New York Times," Feb 10, 2017
- "And Then the Breitbart Lynch Mob Came for Me" by Rosa Brooks on "Moyers & Company" from "Foreign Policy," Feb 6, 2017
- "Israel Passes Provocative Law to Retroactively Legalize Settlements" by Ian Fisher in "The New York Times," Feb 6, 2017
- "West Bank Demolitions: On the Way to Annexation" by Natasha Roth on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," Feb 4, 2017
- "Six Challenges to U.S.-Israel Relations under Trump" by Eran Etzion on "Middle East Institute," Jan 25, 2017
- "Thousands of Egyptians Enter Israel for Holy Fire Rite in Jerusalem" by Nir Hasson in "Haaretz," April 28, 2016
- "Oil-Rich Arab States Quietly Join Israel in Cheering for Trump" from TeleSur on "Informed Comment," Jan 24, 2017
- "Netanyahu vows Israeli squatter settlement expansion in Palestinian E. Jerusalem" from Ma'an News on "Informed Comment," Jan 24, 2017
- "Palestine in the Age of Trump" by Rashid Khalidi in "The New Yorker," Jan 19, 2016
- "Israeli–Palestinian peace process" on "Wikipedia" [undated]
- "Israeli Soldiers Uproot Hundreds Of Olive Trees For Illegal Colonialist Road" from "IMENCnews" on "Informed Comment," Jan 17, 2017
- "Two-State Solution on its Death Bed" by Yousef Munayyer on "Middle East Institute," Jan 17, 2017
- "Israel Let Off at Paris Talks" by Eran Etzion on "Middle East Institute," Jan 17, 2017
- "Israel as the Lights Go Out" by Roger Cohen in "The New York Times," Jan 17, 2017
- "US Media outraged by Russia, won’t Notice Israeli plot on UK Parliament" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Jan 8, 2017
- "The Middle East in the Year Ahead" by various authors on "Middle East Institute," Jan 5, 2017 (includes pieces on Afghanistan, Algeria, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Pakistan, Palestine, Saudia Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Yemen and the "War on Terror")
- "Top Eight Mideast Stories of 2016 that Shaped our World" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Dec 31, 2016
- "John Kerry Nails It: Realities of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict" by Paul R. Pillar on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," Dec 31, 2016
- "British leader Theresa May breaks with John Kerry’s condemnation of Israel" by Michael Birnbaum in "The Washington Post," Dec 30, 2016
- "Has Obama 'Betrayed' Israel at the UN?" by Henry Siegman on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," Dec 29, 2016
- "Bibi Netanyahu Makes Trump His Chump" by Thomas L. Friedman in "The New York Times," Dec 28, 2016
- "Now is the time for Obama to Recognize Palestine" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Dec 27, 2016
- "US Presidents & Israel-related UNSCRs: The Historical Record, 1967-Present" by Lara Friedman on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," Dec 26, 2016
- "Israel Wonders How Long Netanyahu Can Back Settlements and Two-State Solution" by Isabel Kershner in "The New York Times," Dec 25, 2016
- "Middle East Perceptions of the Roles Played by Global and Regional Powers" by James J. Zogby on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," Dec 18, 2016
- "A Dangerous Choice for Ambassador to Israel" by the Editorial Board of "The New York Times," Dec 16, 2016
- "Israel: A Honeymoon of Uncertain Duration" by Ariel (Eli) Levite at "Carnegie Endowment for International Peace," Nov 11, 2016
- "Building on the Iran Nuclear Agreement" by Paul R. Pillar on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," Nov 20, 2016
- "What Americans Against Trump Can Learn from the Failures of the Israeli Opposition" by Bernard Avishai in "The New Yorker," Nov 18, 2016
- Middle East Institute's "Briefing: Middle East Reactions to the U.S. Election" includes "Trump’s Win Adds New Dynamics to Unstable Middle East" by Paul Salem, "What a Trump Presidency Means for Syria/Iraq" by Robert S. Ford, "Israel’s Right Welcomes Trump’s Victory" by Eran Etzion, "Erdogan Treads Carefully on Trump" by Gönül Tol, "Iran’s Moderates Fear Trump Presidency" by Alex Vatanka, and "G.C.C. Uncertain About Trump" by Gerald Feierstein, Nov 9, 2016
- "The $38 Billion 'Understanding': With U.S. Military Aid, Are Netanyahu’s Strong Beliefs Worth $7 Billion?" by Amos Harel, "Israeli Defense Sector Breathes Easier After New U.S. Aid Pact" by Ora Coren", "With New Israel Aid Deal, Obama Is Patron Of the Occupation" by Gideon Levy on "Washington Report on Middle East Affairs," Nov/Dec 2016
- "In Israel, a New Passion for Palestinian Cuisine" by Debra Kamin in "The New York Times," Nov 1, 2016
- "Why Israel Still Refuses to Choose" by Roger Cohen in "The New York Times," Oct 28, 2016
- "It’s Difficult to Keep Allies in Line In the Post-Ideological Era" by Shireen T. Hunter on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," Oct 27, 2016
- "Awaiting Next U.S. President: A Splintered Middle East in 'Free Fall'" by Peter Baker in "The New York Times," Oct 24, 2016
- "Miri Regev's Culture War" by Ruth Margalit in "The New York Times Magazine," Oct 20, 2016
- "Statement on Israeli Settlements at the UN Security Council" by Lara Friedman on "LobeLong Foreign Policy," Oct 17, 2016
- "Times Finally Realizes: Netanyahu Doesn’t Care What Obama Thinks" by Lisa Goldman on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," Oct 11, 2016
- "No End to Syria’s Agony in Sight?" by Peter Jenkins, Sergey Batsanov & James Watt on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," Oct 1, 2016
- "Shimon Peres: Not Just a Man of Peace" by Tom Segev in "The New York Times," Sept 30, 2016
- "The Contest Over Israel Aid" by the Editorial Board of "The New York Times," Sept 16, 2016
- "Facing Water Challenges in the Middle East" by Aysegul Kibaroglu on "Middle East Institute, Sept 14, 2016
- "America's Mr. Diplomacy" by the Editorial Board of "The New York Times," Sept 14, 2016
- "Russia, Already Reinserting Itself in Middle East, Enters Israeli-Palestinian Fray" by Peter Baker & Isabel Kershner in "The New York Times," Sept 9, 2016
- "Can Israel and the Arab States Be Friends?" by the Editorial Board of "The New York Times," Aug 27, 2016
- "Is Turkey’s incursion into Syria about Daesh, or about the Kurds?" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Aug 25, 2016
- "Monsters to Destroy: Top 7 Reasons the US could not have forestalled Syrian Civil War" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Aug 12, 2016
- "Fractured Lands: How the Arab World Came Apart" by Scott Anderson with photos by Paolo Pellegrin in "The New York Times," Aug 11, 2016
- "Mike Pence on the 'American Heartland' and the Holy Land" by Shalom Goldman on "Informed Comment," July 22, 2016
- "An Important White House Petition" from "Washington Report on Middle East Affairs," July 19, 2016
- "U.S. Police Routinely Travel to Israel to Learn Methods of Brutality and Repression" by Justin Gardener on "thefreethoughtproject.com," Aug 30, 2015
- "A century on: Why Arabs resent Sykes-Picot" on "aljazeera.com" [undated]
- "How Israel Is Turning Anti-Occupation Activists into Dissidents" by Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," July 6, 2016
- "How the Israeli Military’s 'Justice' System Shields an Illegal Occupation" on "Open Society Foundations," June 29, 2016
- "Is Tel Aviv Mayor Right that Israel is unique in Occupation & denying Civil Rights?" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," June 12, 2016
- "United Nations Chief Exposes Limits to His Authority by Citing Saudi Threat" by Somini Sengupta in "The New York Times," June 9, 2016
- "Israeli official wants to annex half of West Bank, kick out Palestinians" by William Booth in "The Boston Globe," June 8, 2016
- "49 Years On, Still No 'Explanation' for USS Liberty Attack" in "Washington Report on Middle East Affairs," June 2016
- "A Window Into the West Bank's 'Wildest, Most Violent' Areas" by James Glanz in "The New York Times," May 23, 2016
- "Israel's Army Goes to War With its Politicians" by Ronen Bergman in "The New York Times," May 21, 2016
- "Architects of Failure: 100 years of Sykes-Picot" by Akil N. Awan on "Informed Comment," May 17, 2016
- "100th Anniversary: What did the Sykes-Picot Agreement mean for the Middle East?" by Stephen Pascoe on "Informed Comment," May 13, 2016
- "Losing the war on jihadism" by Christina Pazzanese in "Harvard Gazette," May 4, 2016
- "The Middle East’s fading frontiers" by Thanassis Cambanis in "The Boston Globe," May 1, 2016
- "Trouble Brewing in Egypt" by Paul R. Pillar on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," April 27, 2016
- "The Next Administration and Recalibrating U.S.-Israeli Ties" by Eran Etzion on "Middle East Institute," Apr 19, 2016
- "Israel Will Never Give Golan Heights to Syria, Netanyahu Vows" by Isabel Kershner in "The New York Times," April 18, 2016
- "The Panama Papers and Middle East Leaders’ Secret Bank Accounts" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," April 4, 2016
- "A Spymaster Who Saw Cyberattacks as Israel's Best Weapon Against Iran" by David E. Sanger in "The New York Times," March 22, 2016
- "An Anti-Semitism of the Left" by Roger Cohen in "The New York Times," March 7, 2016
- "Benjamin Netanyahu Rebukes David Cameron for Criticizing Israel" by Isabel Kershner in "The New York Times," Feb 25, 2016
- "The media are misleading the public on Syria" by Stephen Kinzer in "The Boston Globe," Feb 18, 2016
- "Civility? Professor Proposes Israel 'flatten' a City of 1 million" by Belén Fernández on "Informed Comment," Feb 19, 2016
- "Is Netanyahu Readying the next Israeli Assault on Blockaded Gaza?" by Ramzy Baroud on "Informed Comment," Feb 9, 2016
- "Israel frets about “Iran as Neighbor” if Aleppo falls & al-Assad Regime Wins" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Feb 8, 2016
- "Who Are the True Heirs of Zionism?" by Steven Erlanger in "The New York Times," Feb 4, 2016
- "The Demise of the Two-State Solution and Israel’s Culpability" by Robert Olson on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," Feb 4, 2015
- "Why Israel’s Netanyahu has no standing to accuse UN Sec. Ban of inciting Terrorism" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Jan 27, 2016
- "Why is Israel so cautious on the Islamic State? A recent war game explains why." by David Ignatius in "The Washington Post," Jan 26, 2016
- "Netanyahu demands more billions from US after Iran Deal, insults US Envoy, Steals more Land" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Jan 22, 2016
- "What If?" by Thomas L. Friedman in "The New York Times, Jan 20, 2016
- "Israel: Businesses Should End Settlement Activity" by Human Rights Watch on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," Jan 19, 2016
- "Prince of Araby: The reckless power behind the Saudi throne" by Susan de Muth on "Informed Comment," Jan 13, 2016
- "U.S. Intelligence Ought to Target Israel" by Paul R. Pillar on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," Jan 6, 2016
- "An Exile in the Corn Belt: Israel’s funniest Palestinian writer decamps to the Midwest" by Ruth Margalit in "The New Yorker," Sept 7, 2015
- "Top 7 Middle East Foreign Policy Challenges in 2016" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Jan 1, 2016
- "Negotiating the Whirlwind: Can Secretary of State John Kerry break through in Syria?" by David Remnick in "The New Yorker," Dec 21, 2015
- "New Poll Highlights Need for Reform in the Middle East" by Derek Davison on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," Dec 10, 2015
- "Why ISIL won't be defeated" by Aljazeera staff on "Aljazeera.com," Dec 8, 2015
- "Vacuum of Knowledge: What you Need to know about the History of Syria" by Joseph Richard Preville & Julie Poucher Harbin for "ISLAMiCommentary" on "Informed Comment," Dec 7, 2015
- "A brief guide to Climate Change, COP21 and the Middle East" by Lina Eklund on "Informed Comment," Dec 7, 2015
- "The Attacks in Paris Reveal the Strategic Limits of ISIS" by Olivier Roy in "The New York Times," Nov 16, 2015
- "Terrorism and the Other Religions" by Juan Cole Cole on "Informed Comment," Nov 15, 2015
- "Israel stakes claim to Golan after oil find" by Jonathan Cook on "Middle East Eye," Nov 13, 2015
- "Open Letter to Hillary Clinton from a Young Palestinian Feminist" by Layali Awwad on "The World Post/Huffington Post," Nov 9, 2015
- "Netanyahu’s new top media adviser called Obama an anti-Semite" by William Booth in "The Washington Post," Nov 5, 2015.
- "A Mass Migration Crisis, and It May Yet Get Worse" by Rod Nordland in "The New York Times," Oct 31, 2015
- "Israeli soldiers tell Palestinians: ‘We will gas you until you die’" by Megan Hanna on "Informed Comment," Oct 31, 2015
- "Why Russia Fears ISIL: Panic over Domestic Terror Plots & Wave of Arrests" by Joanna Paraszczuk on "Informed Comment," Oct 30, 2015
- "Ripples of the Iran Deal" by Roger Cohen in "The New York Times," Oct 29, 2015
- "What If They Gave a War and Everyone Came? - What Could Possibly Go Wrong (October 2015 Edition)" by Peter Van Buren on "TomDispatch.com," Oct 22, 2015
- "The Intifada, Viral Death, and the Facebook Fallacy: Interview with Rebecca Stein" by Julie Poucher Harboin on "InformedComment," Oct 25, 2015
- "Confessions of an Israeli traitor" by Assaf Gavron in "The Washington Post," Oct 23, 2015
- "We are lifelong Zionists. Here’s why we’ve chosen to boycott Israel." by Steven Levitsky & Glen Weyl in "The Washington Post," Oct 23, 2015
- "Germany seeks Talks with Russia over Syria as Putin conducts Naval Maneuvers off Tartous" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Sept 13, 2015
- "Cameron, Hollande and Merkel: Why we support the Iran deal" by David Cameron, François Hollande and Angela Merkel in "The Washington Post," Sept 10, 2015
- "Israeli Terrorists, Born in the U.S.A." by Sara Yael Hirschhorn in "The New York Times," Sept 4, 2015
- "Iran: The ‘Obamacare of Foreign Policy’" by Roger Cohen in "The New York Times," Sept 3, 2015
- "Middle Eastern Zen" by Roger Cohen in "The New York Times," Aug 27, 2015
- "They’re Baaack! Neoconservatives, Netanyahu, and the GOP set up US-Iran War of 2017" by David Bromwich on "Informed Comment," Aug 24, 2015
- "Barak– Netanyahu was on verge of Attacking Iran 3 Times 2010-12 (Why Listening to him on Iran Diplomacy is Daft)" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Aug 22, 2015
- "Israel’s Other Existential Threat Comes From Within" by Hilik Bar in "The New York Times," Aug 20, 2015
- "The Backfiring of Israeli Strategy on Iran" by Paul R. Pillar on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," Aug 18, 2015
- "If I Were an Israeli Looking at the Iran Deal" by Thomas L. Friedman in "The New York Times," Aug 12, 2015
- "Pollard’s Release Shows That Israelis Just Don’t Get America" by Ronen Bergman in "The New York Times," July 28, 2015
- "The Balance of Power in the Middle East Just Changed" by Peter Van Buren on "TomDispatch," July 28, 2015
- "Keep Pushing for an Iran Deal" by Roger Cohen in "The New York Times," Nov 25, 2014
- "Israel’s Netanyahu & Iran: Even former Intel Officials think he’s Unhinged" by Jeffrey Rudolph on "Informed Comment," July 24, 2015
- "The Door to Iran Opens" by Roger Cohen in "The New York Times," July 16, 2015
- "Where Iran Is Considered a Top Threat—and Where It Isn't" by Uri Friedman in "The Atlantic," July 14, 2015
- "No, Mr. Netanyahu, Iran isn’t trying to Take over the world & it isn’t ISIL" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," July 13, 1015
- "Support for Iran Deal Stronger among US Jews than General Public" by Jim Lobe on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," June 11, 2015
- "Anti-Iran Crowd Label Lew a 'Chamberlain'" by Ali Gharib on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," June 10, 2015
- "Top U.S. Military Official Seeks to Assure Israel on Security" by Helene Cooper in "The New York Times," June 9, 2015
- "No, Iran Isn’t Destabilizing the Middle East" by Paul R. Pillar on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," June 8, 2015
- "Saudi Arabia's Widening War" by Gary Sick on "Politico.com," June 4, 2015
- "Saudi Arabia and Israel Share a Common Opposition" by David E. Sanger in "The New York Times," June 4, 2015
- "Bret Stephens Dishes Candidly about Jews, Israel, and Withdrawal" by Eli Clifton on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," May 28, 2015
- "The Middle East in 2015 and Beyond: Trends and Drivers" by Paul Salem at "Middle East Institute," Nov 18, 2014
- "Give Up on Netanyahu, Go to the United Nations" by Henry Siegman in "The New York Times," May 19, 2015
- "Who does Jerusalem belong to?" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," May 18, 2015
- "Israeli Defense Minister Invokes Hiroshima and Nagasaki In Response to Iran Question" by Ali Gharib on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," May 15, 2015
- "Hamas is needed for Gaza stability, says top Israeli general" by MEE and agencies on "MiddleEastEye.net," May 12, 2015
- "Making It Explicit in Israel" by Anat Biletzki in "The New York Times," May 11, 2015
- "Israel's wars of choice push its politics further to the right" by Helena Cobban on "Aljazeera America," July 22, 2014
- "Ethno-nationalism rules in our region" by Rami G. Khouri in "The Daily Star" (Lebanon), May 9, 2015
- "Palestinians: 'The face of a new form of racist, discriminatory Israel has been revealed',” by IMEMC on "InformedComment.com," May 9, 2015
- "Netanyahu’s Coalition of the Unwilling" by Mitchell Plitnick on "LobeLog.com Foreign Policy," May 8, 2015
- "Will Israel miss its moment?" by Fareed Zakaria in "the Washington Post," May 7, 2015
- "Israel’s Government Ratchets even Further Right: Great Moments in Colonialism" by Juan Cole on "InformedComment.com," May 7, 2015
- "Israel’s early nuclear deceit damages Iran nuclear talks today" by Richard Silverstein on "MiddleEastEye," April 20, 2015"
- "Israel: The Stark Truth" by David Shulman in "The New York Review of Books" blog, March 21, 2015. (See also commentary on this post, "A Blunt And Frightening Assessment Of Post-Election Israel From the NY Review Of Books" by Dartagnan.)
- "Is It Sheldon Adelson’s World?" by Thomas L. Friedman in "The New York Times," March 11, 2015
- "GOP’s Man of the Moment Promoted by RJC’s Singer and Adelson" by Eli Clifton and Jim Lobe on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," March 10, 2015
- "Republican Idiocy on Iran" by the Editorial Board of "The New York Times," March 11, 2015
- "Christians Loving Jews: Benjamin Netanyahu, John Boehner and America’s Evangelicals" by Frank Bruni in "The New York Times," March 7, 2015
- "Netanyahu’s Iran Thing" by Roger Cohen in "The New York Times," March 6, 2015
- "Why America Needs an Iran Deal—and Why Israel Will Inevitably Oppose One: Leverett CNN Op-Ed" by Flynt Leverett and Hillary Mann Leverett on "GoingtoTehran.com," March 5, 2015
- "Mr. Netanyahu’s Unconvincing Speech to Congress," an editorial in "The New York Times," March 3, 2015
- "What Bibi Didn’t Say" by Thomas L. Friedman in "The New York Times," March 3, 2015
- "Netanyahu a ‘danger’ to Israel, say 200 security veterans" by Jonathan Cook on "MiddleEastEye.net," March 1, 2015
- "The Two Israels" by Nicholas Kristof in "The New York Times," Feb 28, 2015
- "Converting the Ayatollahs" by David Brooks in "The New York Times," Feb 27, 2015
- "Lest We Forget: Bibi’s 'Wisdom' on Iraq" by Jim Lobe on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," Feb 12, 2015
- "Hillary Mann Leverett on America’s War with the Islamic State, the Iran Nuclear Talks and U.S.-Israeli Relations, and U.S.-Russian Proxy War in Ukraine" posted on "GoingtoTehran.com," Feb 9, 2015 (includes three Feb 8, 2015 MSNBC videos: "Parents of ISIS hostage holding out hope," "Obama’s ‘crusades’ comment sparks firestorm," and "Iran at center of Netanyahu speech controversy.")
- "Deny the Islamic State the overreaction that it wants" by Fareed Zakaria in "The Washington Post," Feb 5, 2015
- "Reports reveal joint CIA-Mossad operation to kill Hezbollah leader" by "Middle East Eye" staff, Jan 31, 2015
- "How Islamist rebels engineered Israel’s oil grab in Syria" by Nafeez Ahmed on "Middle East Eye," Jan 28, 2015
- "Netanyahu Talk Stirs Backlash in Israeli Race" by Jodi Rudoren in "The New York Times," Jan 27, 2015
- "Newspaper in Israel Scrubs Women From a Photo of Paris Unity Rally" by Jodi Rudoren in "The New York Times," Jan 13, 2015
- "Israelis Link Attacks to Their Own Struggles" by Jodi Rudoren in "The New York Times," Jan 9, 2015
- "What Will Israel Become?" by Roger Cohen in "The New York Times," Dec 20, 2014
- "Two Ideas of Israel-Palestine" by Roger Cohen in "The New York Times," Nov 20, 2014
- "Minority Life in Israel" by Rula Jebreal in "The New York Times," Oct 27, 2014
- “The Last Train” by Thomas L. Friedman in "The New York Times," Oct 25, 2014
- "Top 5 Ways the US is Israel’s Accomplice in War Crimes in Gaza" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Aug 4, 2014
- "Climate Change, Dirty Natural Gas, and the Gaza War" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Aug 5, 2014
- "How the Gaza War Backfired on Netanyahu" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Sept 12, 2014
- "Mr. Netanyahu’s Strange Course: Another Israeli Housing Project Threatens a Peace Deal," an editorial in "The New York Times," Oct 2, 2014
- "Water crisis in Gaza Strip: Over 90% of water un-potable" on "B'Tselem - the Israeli Information Center for "Human Rights in the Occupied Territories," Feb 6, 2014
- "History of Israeli blockade on Gaza" by David Poort on "Aljazeera," Nov 2, 2011
- "How Israel brought Gaza to the brink of humanitarian catastrophe" by Avi Shlaim in "The Guardian," Jan 6, 2009 (Note from Ed Knox - A key article: Shlaim is a Oxford U. professor and author of numerous books on Israel)
- "US Air Travel Snarled by One Guy Not a Terrorist" by Peter Van Buren on wemeantwell.com, Sept 29, 2014
- "The Gaza Bombshell" by David Rose in "Vanity Fair," April 2008
- "Netanyahu’s lies are wearing thin" by Rami G. Khouri in "The Daily Star" (Lebanon), Oct 1, 2014
- "Order vs. Disorder, Part 4" by Thomas L. Friedman in "The New York Times." Sept 30, 2014
- "How Israel Silences Dissent" by Mairav Zonszein in "The New York Times," Sept 26, 2014
- "Israel’s N.S.A. Scandal" by James Bamford in "The New York Times," Sept 16, 2014
- "Professor’s Angry Tweets on Gaza Cost Him a Job" by Robert Mackey in "The New York Times," Sept 12, 2014
- "Veterans of Elite Israeli Unit Refuse Reserve Duty, Citing Treatment of Palestinians" by Jodi Rudoken in "The New York Times," Sept 12, 2014
- "The Fate of the Gaza Ceasefire" by Noam Chomsky on TomDispatch.com, Sept 9, 2014
- "The End of Liberal Zionism: Israel’s Move to the Right Challenges Diaspora Jews" by Antony Lerman in "The New York Times," Aug 22, 2014
- "Holocaust survivors condemn Israel for 'Gaza massacre,' call for boycott" on Haaretz.com, Aug 23, 2014
- "Satire: Israel Destroys Lincoln Tunnel, Shells New Jersey in 'Self Defense'" by Peter Van Buren on "WeMeantWell.com," Aug 17, 2014
- "International Law and the Gaza Crisis — and U.S. Policy Toward Russia, Ukraine, and the Iran Nuclear Talks" by Flynt Leverett & Hillary Mann Leverett on "GoingtoTehran.com," July 22, 2014
- "Zionism and Its Discontents: Zionism and Israel’s War with Hamas in Gaza" by Roger Cohen in "The New York Times," July 29, 2014
- "An Israel Without Illusions: Stop the Grindstone of Israeli-Palestinian Violence" by David Grossman in "The New York Times," July 27, 2014
- "No War Is an Island: When Middle East Conflicts Become One" by David Brooks in "The New York Times," July 25, 2014
- "State of Emergency in Gaza" by Mohammed Omer in the "Washington Report on Middle East Affairs," Dec 11, 2013
- "Top 10 errors in Netanyahu’s Speech Demanding Iran give up ‘Genocidal’ Policies" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Dec 9, 2013
- "Hezbollah and the Assassination of Hassan Laqees" by Randa Slim, Middle East Institute, Dec 09, 2013
- "The Middle East warmly welcomes Iran Deal, sees it as Step toward Denuclearizing Israel" by Juan Cole in "Informed Comment," Nov 26, 2013
- "What About US?" by Thomas L. Friedman in "the New York Times," Nov 12, 2013
- "It's Time to Put an End to Israel's "Don't Ask-Don't Tell" Nuclear Policy," post by Pam Bailey and Medea Benjamin on Truth-out.org, October 19, 2013
- "Bibi’s Tired Iranian Lines," article by Roger Cohen in The New York Times, October 3, 2013.
- "Jews Challenge Rules to Claim Heart of Jerusalem," article by Jodi Rudoren in The New York Times, September 21, 2013.
- "Israel Should Annul the Oslo Accords," article by Danny Danon in The New York Times, September 20, 2013.
- "Two-State Illusion," article by Ian S. Lustick in The New York Times, September 14, 2013.
- Israel Lobby asks Congress to Approve Attack on Iran & to Exempt Israel from Sequester, post by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," March 4, 2013.
Link to United Nations Reports:
Television:
- Arab Labor (2007– ) - TV series written by Sayed Kashua about Amjad, an Arab-Israeli journalist whose problems with cultural identity drive himself and all around him crazy especially his wife, Bushra.
- Soldier Women: To See if I'm Smiling (2007) - the story of Israeli women who served in the occupied territories. It can be viewed from time-to-time live on BBC's Storyville Global. To see the trailer, click here.
- The Honourable Woman (2014) - a television series on the Sundance Channel that centers on Nessa Stein, a woman who inherits her father's arms business and finds herself in a international maelstrom when as she continues to promote the reconciliation between Israelis and Palestinians. (Available for purchase on Amazon.)
- Doran, Michael, Ike's Gamble: America’s Rise to Dominance in the Middle East
- Herzl, Theodor, The Jewish State, 1989 reprint of original 1897 publication
- Knox, D. Edward. The making of a new Eastern Question: British Palestine policy and the origins of Israel, 1917-1925. Catholic University of America Press, 1981.
- Kashua, Sayed & Shlesinger, Miriam, Dancing Arabs (2004)
- Ostrovsky, Victor & Hoy, Claire, By Way of Deception: The Making and Unmaking of a Mossad Officer, 1990
- Shlaim, Avi. The iron wall : Israel and the Arab world. New York : W.W. Norton, 2000
- Smith, Charles. Palestine and the Arab-Israeli conflict. 5th ed. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2004.
- Tolan, Sandy, The Lemon Tree: an Arab, a Jew, and the Heart of the Middle East.
- Updike, John, Terrorist (2007)
- Uris, Leon, Exodus, 1958
- von Tunzelmann, Alex, Blood and Sand: Suez, Hungary, and Eisenhower’s Campaign for Peace, 2016
Book Reviews:
Washington Report post:
These two stories were included (with many others) in the March/April 2018 issue of "Washington Report on Middle East Affairs":
- "Two New Books Spotlight the History and Consequences of the Suez Crisis," (book review of Ike's Gamble: America’s Rise to Dominance in the Middle East by Michael Doran, reviewed by David Frum, and book review of Blood and Sand: Suez, Hungary, and Eisenhower’s Campaign for Peace by Alex von Tunzelmann, reviewed by Evan Thomas) in "The New York Times," Oct 12, 2016
- 7 Paratroopers and Paths They Took Through an Israel at a Crossroads," a book review by Ethan Bronner of Like Dreamers by Yossi Klein Halevi in "The New York Times," September 25, 2013
- The 31st Camden Conference: "New World Disorder and America’s Future in Camden, Portland & Rockland, Maine, February 16, 17, 18, 2018
- "The Israel Lobby & American Policy 2018" at the National Press Club, Washington, DC, March 2, 2018
Washington Report post:
These two stories were included (with many others) in the March/April 2018 issue of "Washington Report on Middle East Affairs":
Maps on Juan Cole's Informed Comment blog:
Video:
- "Gaza Protests" on "MSNBC," April 8, 2018
- "The Middle East Problem," a video presentation on April 28, 2014 by Dennis Prager that makes the case that the Middle East conflict is framed as one of the most complex problems in the world. But, in reality, it's very simple.
- "Jerusalem" anthem performed at Last Night of the Proms, 2017
Films:
- A Borrowed Identity (original title Dancing Arabs) (2014) - a Palestinian-Israeli boy named Eyad is sent to a prestigious boarding school in Jerusalem, where he struggles with issues of language, culture, and identity. (Click here for "New York Times" review.)
- The Gatekeepers (2012) - a documentary featuring interviews with all surviving former heads of Shin Bet, the Israeli security agency.
- Encounter Point (2006) - tells the story of an Israeli settler, a Palestinian ex-prisoner, a bereaved Israeli mother and a wounded Palestinian bereaved brother who sacrifice their safety, public standing and homes in order to press for a grassroots movement for nonviolence and peace.
- Budrus (2009) - follows a Palestinian leader who unites Fatah, Hamas and Israelis in an unarmed movement to save his village from destruction. Success eludes them until his 15-year-old daughter jumps into the fray.
- Home Front: Portraits from Sheikh Jarrah (2012)
- My Neighbourhood (2012)- about Mohammed El Kurd, a Palestinian teenager growing up in the heart of East Jerusalem.