Tel Aviv University

April 8, 2024 | Haisam Hassanein, Dr. Ofir Winter

After 45 Years: The Impact of the Gaza War on the Israel–Egypt Peace Accord

On the 45th anniversary of their peace agreement and against the backdrop of the protracted war in Gaza, relations between Israel and Egypt are being severely tested. How do the anchors of peace help both countries get through this challenging period, and what must they do to emerge from it stronger?

February 26, 2024 | David Daoud |

Breaking down Hezbollah’s rocket strategy: the Short-Range Threat

Hezbollah entered the 2006 war against Israel with an arsenal of 14,000 projectiles – a mixture of rockets and missiles of various ranges. By the end of the 34-day conflict, Hezbollah had lost approximately...

February 2, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

This man is Israel’s face and voice to the Arabic-speaking world

Avichay Adraee is Israel’s face to the Arab world, as the country seeks to confront Hamas lies with truth.

October 29, 2023 | Haisam Hassanein |

I’m an Egyptian American who studied in Israel: We can’t let Hamas kill peace along with the peacemakers

In the long litany of death notices that fill my Facebook feed — the friends and family of Israelis I met years ago as the lone Egyptian American studying at Tel Aviv University — one entry popped...

October 23, 2023 | |

120,000 Israelis Evacuated Amid Hamas, Hezbollah Threats to Israel

Israel evacuated 14 more northern border communities over the weekend amid increased Hezbollah threats from Lebanon. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and Israel’s National Emergency...

June 16, 2023 | Haisam Hassanein |

How Cairo’s Embassy In Tel Aviv Can Contribute To A Warmer Peace With Israel

There are very few things about which Cairo’s elite and its Muslim Brotherhood critics can agree. But last week, both sides cheered for a 23-year-old Egyptian border guard named Mohamed Salah who murdered...

August 3, 2020 | David May, Benjamin Weinthal

Why Congress must follow Germany and brand BDS anti-Semitic

Ending the boycott of Israel

May 11, 2020 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Berlin Jewish rep against antisemitism rebukes diplomat for BDS support

Im Tirzu slams Israeli and Jewish academics for urging the discharge of the German government’s antisemitism commissioner, Felix Klein.

May 25, 2018 | Reuel Marc Gerecht

A Historian in Full

The university flag at Princeton is flying at half-mast. It’s an appropriate tribute to Bernard Lewis, who died on May 19, less than a fortnight from his 102nd birthday. Professor Lewis was...

January 10, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

BDS Fails to Stop Israeli Artist from Performing Egyptian Songs in Berlin

A Lebanese-based organization that promotes a boycott of the Jewish state failed to stop performances on Saturday and Sunday in Berlin of the Israeli artist Ariel Efraim Ashbel who is celebrating...

January 4, 2017 | Orde Kittrie |

What UNSCR 2334 Could Mean Beyond the United Nations, and How the Trump Administration Can Respond

Notwithstanding the distractions of the holiday season, a considerable debate has erupted over the significance of U.N. Security Council ...

November 16, 2015 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Analysis: Will France Invoke NATO’s Article 5 to Declare War on Islamic State?

To confront comprehensively the Islamic State terrorist attacks on French soil, there have been calls for France’s President François Hollande to invoke Article 5 of the NATO Treaty,...

July 23, 2015 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Analysis: Iran Nuclear Agreement Won’t Improve Human Rights

The euphoria surrounding the agreement to curb Iran’s nuclear weapons program last week has not altered the deteriorating human rights situation in the Islamic Republic. “The...

January 15, 2015 | Benjamin Weinthal The Philadelphia Inquirer

Are Jews Safe in Europe?

Co-authored by Asaf Romirowsky Last week's terrorist attack on a kosher supermarket in Paris underscored a fear that has been growing in recent years: Europe is n...

November 12, 2013 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Why did France Toss a Wrench in the Iran Nuclear Talks?

France blocked an agreement on Sunday to curb Iran’s nuclear program because, to cite French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, it did not want to be part of a con game that would allow Tehra...

January 23, 2013 |

2013 Conflict Studies Fellowship

Dear Professor: Knowing of your interest in conflict issues and the Middle East, I am writing to inform you that the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies is...

November 19, 2012 | Jonathan Schanzer |

Brigades That Fire on Israel Are Showing a New Discipline

From the time he was a boy, Ali al-Manama dreamed of joining the Izzedine al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic...

March 29, 2007 |

FDD Academic Fellow Publishes New Book on Terrorism and Economic Theory

Steven Rosefielde, a 2005-2006 FDD Academic Fellow and Professor of Economics at the University of North Carolina, recently published a book, Masters of Illusion, which uses economic theory to evaluate current threat information and predict future attacks.

June 14, 2006 | Scripps Howard News Service |

Bashing Israel

Authored by Jay Ambrose Visit Israel, listen to speakers who have served or are now serving in top positions in the Israeli Defense Force, and you quickly learn that Israelis ar...