Jonathan Rynhold, Shusterman Visiting Professor of Israel Studies, in the Dept of Political Science at George Washington University assesses the prospects for US-Israel relations following President Obama’s re-election.
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BICOM Expert View: The Apartheid Smear, by Shany Mor
A widely reported article by Gideon Levy, published in Haaretz on 23 October, claiming ‘most Israeli Jews would support [an] apartheid regime in Israel’, grossly distorted the polling data on which it was based. In this paper, BICOM Senior Associate Analyst Shany Mor deconstructs the original Hebrew data, and determines what can really be learned about public attitudes in Israel.
Michael Herzog on regional implications of turmoil in Lebanon and Syria
Violence broke out in Lebanon last week following the assassination of a senior anti-Syrian intelligence officer, Brig. Gen. Wissam al-Hassan. The internal conflict in Syria is having an increasing impact on Syria’s neighbours, including Turkey, Jordan and Lebanon. In this interview, BICOM’s Senior Visiting Fellow, Brig. Gen. (Ret.) Michael Herzog assesses the regional implications of the events in Lebanon including the potential impact on Israeli security, as well as the latest flare up on the Gaza-Israel border.
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BICOM Analysis: Arab League announcement in Washington
Representatives of the Arab League have announced in Washington their support for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict which would be based on 1967 borders but include a “comparable and mutual agreed minor swap of the land.” This analysis assesses the significance of this development.
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Toby Greene discusses the issue of an academic boycott of Israel
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