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Research Reflection By Elysia Martin When it comes to how many millennial Christians feel about the modern state of Israel, theology is arguably just as important as politics. Some Christians may suddenly find themselves in college wondering if their faith alone is enough to justify supporting Israel. For those who […]

Theology is the New Politics: What Christian Theology Has to ...

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CIS Event Reflection by Jessica Horst   Last semester, on Monday, November 6, 2017, the Center for Israel Studies hosted Haim Watzman,  a Jerusalem-based writer, journalist and translator, to discuss his latest work, Necessary Stories. After his presentation, Watzman engaged in literary conversation with American University’s Jewish Literature Professor Lauren […]

“Israeli Soldiers, Sudanese Refugees, and a Talmudic Debate”

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 Experience Reflection and Op-Ed by Max Lanosga   Arguably the biggest divide in the Middle East, the conflict between Israel and the rest of the Arab World, has manifested itself in threats, economic sanctions and armed conflict. These aspects of the Israeli-Arab divide are the ones that the rest of […]

Flags and Rumors: Public Discourse of Israel in Jordan

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Event Reflection by Jessica Horst and Jennifer Kennedy   On Monday, November 13, 2017, the AU Center for Israel Studies hosted famous Israeli chefs both Israeli Jewish and Palestinian,  Einat Admony, Lior Lev Sercarz, Michael Solomonov,  Osama Dalal, and Tom Franz for their conference, “Israeli Cuisine as a Reflection of Israeli […]

Israeli Cuisine as a Reflection of Israeli Culture

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Research Paper By Gabrielle Burack   At the heart of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is the dispute over land and borders. The geography of the conflict revolves around three territorial units of Israel: the West Bank, Gaza, and East Jerusalem. The issue lies in establishing agreeable borders that satisfy both Israel’s and […]

Final Borders in an Israeli-Palestinian Peace Agreement

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Event Reflection By Sophie Levy   I have always been intrigued by those that seek to not only understand but befriend their so-called “Other.” So, when I heard of the co-sponsored event by Hillel and New Story Leadership (NSL), a non-profit organization that empowers the voices of young Israeli and […]

A New Story: Young Voices of Israel and Palestine

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CIS Event Reflection By Gabrielle Chishinsky   On Thursday, October 19th, American University’s Center for Israel Studies hosted Leonidas Pantelides- the Cypriot Ambassador to the United States, Einat Weiss from the Israeli Embassy, and Professor Dan Arbell who discussed the strategic and special relationship between Israel and Cyprus.   Leonidas Pantelides […]

Israeli-Cypriot Relations:A Special and Strategic Relationship that Transcends Time

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Experience Reflection and Research Paper By Daniella Retzkin   Texas, my great uncle, who was literally blown up during The Yom Kippur War, survived and shares his story more easily now than years ago. The war memories, which for several years haunted his daily thoughts, terrified his small children and […]

Texas: The Yom Kippur War

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Research Paper and Op-ed by Jacob Kagon   Extreme poverty, disease, and war have turned the holy land region, known as Palestine, into one of the most unstable regions in the world. Palestine is a small territory consisting of the Gaza Strip on the Mediterranean Coast and the West Bank, […]

The Deterioration of Quality of Life in the Palestinian Territories

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Op-Ed by José  Eriel Muniz Gomez   After more than 40 years trying to identify whether Israel had any natural resources in its territory, the frustrations of the Jewish state reached its boiling point in 2010 with the discovery of the Leviathan natural gas field on the Mediterranean Sea coast. […]

Israel’s New Economic Geostrategy

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