Class resources and maps
(including blank map)
- "Our
Debt to Jimmy Carter," Haaretz Editorial, April 15, 2008
- Arms
Pacts with OPEC Allies At Risk, Reuters, April 25, 2008
- Keefe,
"State
Secrets," The New Yorker, Apriul 28, 2008
- Henry Siegman,
"Grab more
hills, expand the territory," London Review of Books,
April 10, 2008
- One
Man’s Military-Industrial-Media Complex, New York
Times, Nov. 30, 2008
- Restoring
the Balance: A Middle East Strategy for the Next
President - Brookings
Institution report
on US Foreign Policy
- New
Tensions in Jerusalem’s Arab Neighborhoods, NYT Dec 7,
2008
- Iran: Breaking
the Nuclear Deadlock
(Chatham House, London, 2008)
- White
House Views on Past 8 Years Diverge, NYT, Dec. 25,
2008
- Obama
Mideast Watch: Ross vs. Kurtzer, TimeMideast blog by Scott McLeod, Dec 23,
2008
- Juan Cole, The Necessary
Withdrawal,
The Nation, Dec 26, 2008
- Richard Haass, Martin Indyk et
al, Middle East policy
proposals for Obama,
Brookings Institution, Nov. 2008
- Gaza
Crisis Is Another Challenge for Obama, Who Defers to Bush for
Now , NYT, Dec. 29, 2008
- Dr. Mustafa Barghouti,
Palestine's
Guernica and the Myths of Israeli Victimhood, Huffington Post, Dec. 29, 2008
- Henry Siegman, "A Last Chance at
Middle East Peace?"
The Nation Jan 12, 2009
- International Crisis Group,
Ending
the War in Gaza, Jan. 5,
2005
- Robert Malley and Hussein Agha,
"How
Not to Make Peace in the Middle East," The New
York Review of Books, 15
January 2009
- Geroge E. Bisharat,
"Israel
is Committing War Crimes,"
Wall St.
Journal, Jan. 10,
2009
- John Mearsheimer, "Another
War, Another Defeat,"
The American
Conservative, Jan.
2009
- Q
& A With Taghreed El-Khodary in Gaza, NYT, Jan. 19,
2009
- Stephen M. Walt, "The Myth of
Israel's Strategic Genius," Foreign
Policy, Jan 19,
2009
- Josef Federman, Israel bans
Arab parties from coming election, Associated
Press, Jan 12, 2009
- Trita Parsi, Israel, Gaza and
Iran: Trapping Obama in Imagined Fault Lines, Huffington Post, Jan 13, 2009
- B&M Middle East
Seecurity and Economic Review 5-18 Jan 2009
- Henry Siegman, former national
director of the American Jewish Congress and of the Synagogue
Council of America, Israel’s
Lies, London Review of Books, 29 Jan 2009
- Avi Shlaim, "How Gaza
became a Palestinian prison," The
American Conservative,
Jan. 29, 2009
- "Obama, take away the pain in my
stomach," by an Israeli peace activist on
YouTube
- Center for Contemporary Conflict
(US Naval Postgraduate School, Monterrey, CA), Strategc
Insights, Jan 2009
(lots of interesting stuff here, including The
Middle East’s Next Nuclear State (which ones? Israel and Iran excluded from this
analysis)
- Economist Intelligence Unit,
Prospects:
Middle East and North Africa (December 2008) - 57 page download via Blackboard (copyrighted
material)
- Princet Turki Al-Faisal,
"Saudi
patience is running out,"
Financial
Times, Jan. 22,
2009
- Is
Time Running Out for a Two-State Solution? CBS 60 Minues, Jan. 25, 2009
- UK Jewish Member of Parliament,
Jewish
Viewpoint, YouTube, Jan
16, 2009
- Jimmy Carter, We
can have peace in the Primised Land: A Plan That Will
Work (Jan 20, 2009)
- Dennis
Ross Chairmanship of Israeli Government Funded Think Tank Could
Torpedo Iran Envoy Job,
PRNewswire, Jan 29, 2009
- Is
an Israeli Jewish sense of victimization perpetuating the conflict
with Palestinians?
Haaretz, Jan. 31, 2009
- The
Devil's Footsteps in Gaza,
Middle East Blog, Jan 26, 2009
- Philip Giraldi, End
of the War on Terror,
Campaign for
Liberty (Libertarian
tendency - Ron Paul), Jan. 29, 2009
- Clement M. Henry, “Security’s
Rhetoric,” Northwestern
Journal of International Affairs IV (Winter 2002), pp.
27-31
- Waltz
With Bechir,
Tom Dispatch
(film part I) - about
Sabra and Shatila massacre of 1982 - the film
site
- Israeli
Advocacy Group Begins Campaign to Help Palestinians Sue Over
Settlements,
NYT Jan 31, 2009
- Mondo Exclusive: Google
map of Israeli settlements
from leaked database, Feb 2, 2009
- Secret
Israeli database reveals full extent of illegal
settlement,
Haaretz, Feb. 3, 2009
- George Fried, Afghan
Supplies, Russian Demands
(Op ed) NYT
Feb 4, 2009
- Tom Friedman, Don’t
Try This at Home (op ed)
NYT Feb 4, 2009
- DE BORCHGRAVE: Newspeak,
doublethink,
Washington
Times, Feb. 2, 2009
- Jonathan Cook, Israeli
army "subcontracted" by extremist settlers, EI
Feb 4, 2009
- America’s
Scorecard in Iraq,
NYT Feb. 8, 2009
- NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD,
Strong
Indications of Israeli War Crimes, Report from Gaza, Feb 9, 2009
- President-Elect
Barack Obama Holds First Press Conference, Feb. 9, 2009
- Hugh Eakin, Robert Malley,
The
Middle East: What Next?,
New York Review of Books,
Feb 26, 2009
- Germans
Confront the Nazi Past,
New York Review of Books,
Feb 26, 2009 [If you read
this, which I strongly recommend, you might also be asking how, in
your lifetime, historians will be judging our recent
past--CH]
- Geoffrey Aronson,
As
Prospect of Two State Peace Recedes, New U.S. Policies are
Urgent, Foundation for
Middle East Peace, Jan-Feb 2009 reports.
- Gaza:
Death's Laboratory,
Foreign Policy In Focus
(from the Institute of
Policy Studies, a progressive think tank), Feb 11, 2009
- POLITICS-US:
Intel Estimate Muddied Iran's Nuclear Intent, by Gareth Porter, Feb 13, 2009
- US-SYRIA:
Signs of a Thaw, But Differences Run Deep, by Ali Gharib, Feb 17, 2009
- WATCH: Bill
Clinton says he's still hopeful for Mideast peace, Haaretz, Feb.
18, 2009
- Quieter
Approach to Spreading Democracy Abroad, NYT
Feb. 22, 2009
- If Americans
Knew: what every American needs to know about
Israel/Palestine
- What
Iran’s Jews Say,
NYT Feb. 23, 2009
- Al-Jazeera Video: Inside Story - Eviction in East
Jerusalem - Feb 23, 2009 - part
1 and part
2
- Mustafa Barghouti, The
Return of Benjamin Netanyahu, The
Huffington Post, March 2,
2009
- A Peace Now Report: New
Land Seizure Orders Issued During the Gaza
Operation, Feb 2009
- Steve Walt, What
do we do if the "two-state" solution collapses?, Foreign Policy , Feb. 10, 2009
- No
more hope for peace with Israel; EU: Israel must reconsider
settlement construction,
Ma'an New
Agency, March 2,
2009
- Netanyahu:
Clinton and I found common ground, Haaretz March
3, 2009
- Israel
to present Clinton with 'red lines' on talks with
Iran, Haaretz March 3, 2009
- Successful
Rocket Motor Test of the Missile Defense Agency’s Newest
Target - Missile Defense
Agency News Release, Jan. 23, 2009 [re "Star Wars"]
- Obama
Ponders Outreach to Elements of Taliban, NYT
March 8, 2009
- Pakistan
Asserts Fragile Control of Remote Area, NYT
March 8, 2009
- Gareth Porter, U.S.: Military
Dominance in Mideast Proven a Costly Myth, Institute of Policy Studies, March 8,
2009
- House
demolitions in East Jerusalem - slide show - The Guardian (UK), March 8, 2009
- Today
in Paslestine -
El-Awda News,
March 9, 2009
- James G. Abourezk, This
Time It's Mrs. Clinton's Turn , Counterpunch, March 5, 2009.
- Louis Rene Beres, Reconsidering
Israel's nuclear ambiguity, Haaretz March
6, 2009
- PSR Poll #31 of Palestinians:
Fatah's popularity over Hamas declines, Press
Release March 9,
2009
- Christopher Ketcham, Breaking
the Taboo on Israel's Spying Efforts on the United
States, AlterNet posted March 10, 2009
- Chas Freeman forced
by Israel Lobies to withdraw from NIC Chairmanship - Juan
Cole blog and various
other postings March 10, 2009
- Middle East Policy Council,
"Can
the Two-State Solution Be Salvaged?" Jan 16, 2009 (illustrating Charles Freeman at work
as president of the Middle East Policy Council.
- home page of "j
street" - the pro-Israeli
alternative to AIPAC
- Confirmed
figures reveal the true extent of the destruction inflicted upon
the Gaza Strip,
Palestine Center for Hman
Rights, March 11, 2009
- David Broder, The
Country's Loss,
Washington
Post, March 12,
2009
- WP Editorial Board, Blame
the 'Lobby': The Obama
administration's latest failed nominee peddles a conspiracy
theory, March 12, 2009.
- After
Gaza, Israel Grapples With Crisis of Isolation, NYT March 19,
2009
- Iraq
Considers Giving Foreign Oil Investors Better
Terms, NYT March 19, 2009
- John Mearsheimer, The
Lobby Falters,
London Review of Books,
26 March 2009
- ANALYSIS / Can
Israel dismiss its own troops' stories from Gaza? By Amos Harel, Haaretz Correspondent ,
March 21, 2009
- A
Religious War in Israel’s Army, NYT
March 22, 2009
- Gideon Levy, IDF
ceased long ago being 'most moral army in the
world' , Haaretz, March 22, 2009
- Jean Said Makdisi,
Israeli
house-cleaning: on the looters, Angry Arab News Service
(blog), March 22, 2009
- Amira Hass, IDF
soldiers ordered to shoot at Gaza rescuers, note says, Haaretz,
March 22, 2009
- Testimonies
on IDF misconduct in Gaza keep rolling in, Haaretz,
March 22, 2009
- U.S.
furious over Israel's demolition of East Jerusalem
homes, Haaretz, March 22, 2009
- Israeli
warplanes carry sonic booms over Gaza, China News, March 22,
2009
- Israel
opens Kerem Shalom crossing for Gaza aid, Ma'an News, March
22, 2009
- Obama
Rebuffs Israeli Hawk, Nation blog, March 17, 2009
- Jonathan Cook,
Turkey's
fallout with Israel deals blow to settlers , Electronic
Intifada, March 25, 2009
- Djavad Salehi-Isfahani,
Poor
Policy, Not Sanctions, Weaken Iran's Economy, Interview,
Council on Foreign Relations, March 26, 2009 (from a first-rate
economist who teaches at Virginia Tech--CH)
- SERWER:
Withdrawal
[from Iraq-CH] shouldn't mean civilian abandonment,
Washington Times, March 24, 2009
- US Institute of Peace,
Iraq home page
- White
House Debate Led to Plan to Widen Afghan Effort, NYT
March 28, 2009
- The
Doha Summit: A User's Guide, Foreign Policy, March 28,
2009
- A
LAST CHANCE FOR A TWO-STATE ISRAEL-PALESTINE AGREEMENT: A
Bipartisan Statement on U.S. Middle East Peacemaking
- Marc Lynch,
The
End of Arab Summits? Foreign Policy blog April 1, 2009
- Ned Parker,
Machiavelli
in Mesopotamia: Nouri al-Maliki Builds the Body Politic,
World Policy (MIT) Spring 2009, Vol. 26, No. 1, Pages 17-25
- Gareth Porter,
POLITICS:
Al-Maliki Draws U.S. Troops into Crackdown on Sunnis, IPS
News, April 2, 2009
- Seymour Hersh,
Syria
Calling: The Obama Administration's Chance to Engage in a Middle
East Peace, New Yorker April 6, 2009
- Patrick Seale,
Death of the
Two-State Solution, Hayat, March 28, 2009
- Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research (PSR),
Palestinian
Public Opinion Poll No (31), March 5-7, 2009
- Iran
supports U.S.-backed nuclear fuel bank idea, Reuters, April 6,
2009
- The
Municipality of Jerusalem to "blow up" houses, ICAHD, April 6,
2009
- Trita Parsi,
Netanyahu
and threat of bombing Iran - the bluff that never stops
giving? Huffington Post, April 6, 2009
- Lawrence J. Korb and Sean E. Duggan of the Center for American
Progress,
A
Responsible Afghan Strategy, The Nation, April 6, 2009
- Daniel Brumberg,
Dialogue
with Iran?, USIP On the Issues series, April 2, 2009
- Obama
team readying for confrontation with Netanyahu,
Haaretz, April 8, 2009
- Greg Gause,
"Return
of the Old Middle East," Foreign Affairs April-May
2009
- Gareth Porter and Jim Lobe,
US: Obama
Team Debates Stance on Israeli Attack Threat, IPS April
9, 2009
- Corruption
Undercuts Hopes for Afghan Police, NYT April 9, 2009
- Renowned
investigative reporter Seymour Hersh describes special forces
assassination ring, from Minneapolis Post, March 12,
2009
- Hamas
Comes Out of Hiding, NYT April 13, 2009
- Roger Cohen,
Realpolitik
for Iran, NYT April 13, 2009
- Globalizing
Politicide: Israel's Strikes on Sudan, Counterpunch,
April 13, 2009
- Obama's Bubble of Ignorance:
Solving
Palestine While Israel Destroys It , by KATHLEEN and BILL
CHRISTISON, Counterpunch, April 15, 2009
- Leverage
U.S. military aid to halt Israeli settlements, op-ed,
Philadelphia Inquirer, April 19, 2009
- Why
Roxana? By Trita Parsi , Huffington Post, April 20,
2009
- A
Difficult and Dangerous Chess Game, ISLAM AND THE WEST, By
Daniel Brumberg
- Iraqi Refugee
Assistance: Improvements Needed in Measuring Progress,
Assessing Needs, Tracking Funds, and Developing an International
Strategic Plan -April 21, 2009
- NGO
Letter to Obama on Iraq of March 4, 2009
- Diary: East
Jerusalem evictions, April 23, 2009
- Video
diary: Palestinian family resists eviction - 21 Apr 09
- Israeli
forces claim northern Bethlehem refugee camp as “Area C”
therefore requiring permit to build - April 23, 2009
- Statement
Regarding Israeli 'Investigation' into War Crimes in Gaza:,
Mezan Human Rights, April 23, 2009
- Israeli
forces to demolish seven family homes, farms near Nablus ,
April 21, 2009
- Wiretap
Recorded Rep. Harman Discussing Aid for AIPAC Defendants, CQ
Politics, April 19, 2009
- Iran’s
2003 Memo: A Starting Point for Negotiations? Gulf Research
Center, April 23, 2009
- Peace
With Syria? An Israeli Perspective, Middle East Institute,
April 21, 2009
- Gaza's
Unfinished Business, International Crisis Group, April 23,
2009
- Jason Brownlee,
Imagining
the Next Occupation, Middle East Report Winter 2008,
pp. 8-11
- Daniel Brumberg,
Who
Has Leverage? Iran or Israel?, Washington Post, April
25, 2009
- Roger Cohen,
Clinton’s
Mideast Pirouette, NYT April 26, 2009
- Michael Brenner,
An
Alternative Strategy for the Mddle East, April 27, 2009
- ABC interview with President
Ahmedinejad, April 26, 2009
- Addressing
U.S., Hamas Says It Grounded Rockets, NYT May 5, 2009
- Secret U.S.-Israel nuclear
accord in jeopardy, Wshington Times, May 6, 2009
- Blackwater's
Secret War in Pakistan by Jeremy Scahill, The Nation,
Nov. 23, 2009
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