Media Appearances

Senior Research Fellow Eyal Zisser published an op-ed in Israel Hayom about the protests in Turkey. June 3, 2013.

Research Fellow Irit Back was interviewed on the radio program The International Hour in Reshet B about Ethiopian-Egyptian relations in light of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. May 29, 2013.

Senior Research Fellow Ofra Bengio was quoted in a Ynet article about Kurdish-Iraqi students' support of relations with Israel. May 26, 2013 (in Hebrew).

Itamar Rabinovich and Eyal Zisser were quoted in a Jerusalem Post article about the likelihood of Israeli intervention in Syria. May 24, 2013.

The Dayan Center Forum's recent symposium on post-revolution Libya was covered by the Jerusalem Post. May 21, 2013.

Senior Research Fellow Itamar Rabinovich's op-ed, titled "The Egypt-Israel peace test", was published in Al Jazeera. May 20, 2013.

Senior Research Fellow Itamar Rabinovich was interviewed on Channel 10's program, London & Kirschenbaum, about the Syrian crisis. May 19, 2013 (in Hebrew, interview starts at min. 4:41)

Yehudit Ronen was quoted in the Jerusalem Post, "Gaddafi keeps grip on capital as revolt spreads," Feb. 24, 2011

Website al-Ankabout wrote about PhD candidate Michael Barak and the Moshe Dayan Center. http://www.alankabout.com/news/2012/01/08/57061.html

Uzi Rabi was quoted in Polish newspaper 'Gazeta' (http://wiadomosci.gazeta.pl/wiadomosci/1,114881,11119056,NBC__Iranskich_naukowcow_zabijaja_miejscowi_terrorysci.html) (in Polish) and Czech newspaper 'Ceske Noviny' (http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/svet/zpravy/dle-nbc-iranske-jaderne-vedce-likviduje-mossad-a-iransky-exil/752923) (in Czech) about Israel and the Iranian nuclear program. February 9, 2012.

Click here: Uzi Rabi was cited in British newspaper The Telegraph (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/9064047/Syria-uprising-live.html) and Reuters (http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/02/10/column-debusmann-idINDEE8190FA20120210) about the Syrian uprising.

Uriya Shavit was interviewed on Radio Shalom רדיו הצרפתי היהודי about the revolutions in the Middle East, Feb. 20, 2011 (in French)

Yehudit Ronen was interviewed about the situation in Libya on London and Kirschenbaum, Feb. 21, 2011

Jerusalem Post, "Tunisia: Potential Model of Progressive Arab Democracy," Feb. 27, 2011

Yehudit Ronen was quoted in Masress and Al-Dastur, February 22, 2011 (in Arabic)

Uzi Rabi was quoted in Der Spiegel, Feb. 24, 2011 (in German)

Uzi Rabi was interviewed about the situation in Libya and the "domino effect" of protests throughout the Middle East on Channel 10 News, March 4, 2011 (in Hebrew)

Yehudit Ronen was interviewed about events in Libya on Erev Chadash, March 6 2011 (in Hebrew)

Yehudit Ronen was interviewed about the situation in Libya on London and Kirschenbaum,March 7, 2011 (in Hebrew)

Yitzhak Gal was interviewed about Egyptian-Israeli economic relations on Army Radio program רצועת הביטחון, March 7, 2011 (in Hebrew)

Yehudit Ronen was quoted in Frankfurter Rundshau, March 11, 2011 (in German) and appeared on Israeli Channel 2 discussing Gaddafi (in Hebrew)

Mira Tzoreff was quoted on Ynet regarding women in Arab revolutions, March 11, 2011 (in Hebrew)

Mira Tzoreff was interviewed regarding Egypt's failure to produce a middle class on London and Kirschenbaum, March 15, 2011

Paul Rivlin was quoted regarding Egypt's resumption of natural gas flow to Israel in the Los Angeles Times, March 17, 2011

Yehudit Ronen gave an interview on Israelitelevision regarding Libya, חדשות, ערוץ הכנסת, March 20, 2011

Esther Webman was interviewed by Giyus.org on "Revolution and Antisemitism in the Arab World," March 22, 2011 as well as by Z Word in Berlin regarding her book, Arab Responses to the Holocaust, November 8, 2010

Yehudit Ronen was quoted regarding the West's intervention in Libya in People's Daily Online (China, in English), March 22, 2011

Uzi Rabi was quoted in The Jerusalem Post regarding the fate of Pres. Saleh in Yemen, March 23, 2011

Yehudit Ronen was interviewed regarding Libya in Slon, March 24, 2011 (in Russian).

Ephraim Lavie was quoted regarding attitudes towards Palestinian Marwan Barghuti in Judische Allgemeine March 24, 2011 (in German)

Uzi Rabi discussed Syria on the program ערב חדש Israel's Channel 1, 5 pm, March 29, 2011 (in Hebrew)

Asher Susser responds to a "mock wall" built on the University of Arizona's campus to protest US and Israeli security barriers, March 30, 2011

Paul Rivlin was quoted in the Jordanian daily Asabeel regarding the new situation in Egypt, April 2, 2011 (in Arabic)

Irit Back was interviewed on the radio show "The International Hour" with Oren Nahari, רשת ב April 5, 2011 (in Hebrew)

Irit Back was interviewed on Israel's Channel 1 "Globus Globe," 17:00, April 9, 2011 (in Hebrew)

Paul Rivlin was quoted in the Asia Times, "Israel the winner in the Arab revolts," April 12, 2011 and in Physorg.com, "Israel gears up to go electric," Feb. 14, 2011 (in English)

Uzi Rabi was interviewed about Egypt and Syria on Israel Channel 2, April 14, 2011 (in Hebrew)

Paul Rivlin was quoted in the Christian Science Monitor, "Turning Israel into an Electric Car Country," April 18, 2011

Reuters, "Fatah, Hamas agree to form interim govt., hold vote," April 27, 2011. Click the title for the link.

Ephraim Lavie was quoted on YNET,"פיוס היסטורי? "הפערים בין חמאס לפתח עמוקים April 28, 2011

Paul Rivlin was quoted in "Letter from Jerusalem: The Value of Peace," Hadassah Magazine, April 2011.

Asher Susser wrote an op-ed for The Star, "Two Peoples, Two Standards," May 19, 2011

Paul Rivlin was interviewed by The Media Line on the West giving aid to Arab Spring countries, May 22, 2011

Itamar Rabinovich was quoted in the New York Times article "Israelis See Netanyahu Trip as Diplomatic Failure," May 25, 2011

Bruce Maddy-Weitzman was quoted in theEgyptian daily al-Masry al-Youm (English edition), May 31, 2011.

Uzi Rabi spoke in New York for the organization the Common Good about the changing Middle East, June 2, 2011

Uzi Rabi discussed the Arab Spring at an AFTAU symposium in New York, June 2, 2011

Uriya Shavit's article, "What's the Deal with al-Jazeera?", was picked up by Global Security News and Modern Tokyo Times, June 20, 2011

Mira Tzoreff was interviewed on Israel's Channel 1הערוץ הראשון - לב העניין במזרח התיכון regarding events in Egypt, June 30, 2011 (in Hebrew - minute 15)

Bruce Maddy-Weitzman was quoted in "Tunisia at a Crossroads" on Magharebia.com, July 1, 2011.

Click the title to read the article.

Ofra Bengio's article, "'The Limping Giant': Turkey and the Kurdish Question," was published byGlobal Security News and Modern Tokyo Times, July 4, 2011

Yehudit Ronen was interviewed by Ynet regarding the current situation in Libya, July 4, 2011 (in Hebrew)

Irit Back was interviewed on Chanel 10's "London and Kirshenbaum" regarding South-Sudan, July 6, 2011 (in Hebrew)

Yehudit Ronen was interviewed by Ynet regarding the challenges awaiting the new state of the Republic of South Sudan, July 9, 2011 (in Hebrew

Yehudit Ronen was interviewed on Erev Hadashערב חדש, July 10, 2011 (in Hebrew; click the date on the right and scroll to minute 16:20)

Mira Tzoreff was interviewed regarding the sabotage to the Egyptian-Israeli gas pipe and its connection to the Sinai Bedouin on Israeli Channel 1, לב העניין, July 12, 2011 (in Hebrew)

Yehudit Ronen was interviewed regarding the challenges awaiting South Sudan, on Israeli Channel 33, Behind the News, July 13, 2011 (in Hebrew)

Esther Webman's TA Notes, "Arab Reactions to Bin Ladin's Demise," was published by the IDC, July 17, 2011

Uzi Rabi was interviewed on Chanel 10's "London and Kirshenbaum", regarding the initiative to build a bridge between Saudi-Arabia and Egypt, July 21, 2011 (in Hebrew)

Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak was interviewed regarding Turkish-Israeli relations, on BloombergHT News (in Turkish), July 27, 2011

Uzi Rabi was interviewed regarding the Syrian Army's actions in Hama, the Opposition's strength and the world's silence, on "משעל על הבוקר" Radio 103FM, August 1, 2011 (in hebrew)

Bruce Maddy-Weitzman's most recent Jerusalem Report column was picked up in the Canadian Institute for Jewish Research ISRANET Daily Briefing, August 1, 2011

Uzi Rabi was interviewed regarding the Syrian Army's actions in Hama, the Opposition's strength and the world's silence, on "משעל על הבוקר" on Radio 103FM, August 1, 2011 (in hebrew)

Uzi Rabi analyzed the current situation in Egypt with reference to the opening of Mubarak's trial, on Chanel 1's, לב העניין, August 3, 2011 (in hebrew)

Ofra Bengio was interviewed for Turkish magazine Ekopolitik-gündem regarding Israel-Turkish relations, August 2010 (in Turkish; English summary also available here)

Yitzhak Gal was interviewed about his latest Iqtisadi article regarding Gaza, on Israeli radio Reshet Bet - רשת ב.

Irit Back's article, "The Arab Spring and Sub-Saharan Africa," was picked up by Modern Toyko Times and Global Security News

Duygu Atlas was interviewed on Israel's Channel 1, הערוץ הראשון, on the program לב העניין במזרח התיכון 

Asher Susser's article for Tel Aviv Notes, "Tradition and Modernity in the Arab Spring," was picked up by Global Security News and Modern Tokyo Times, November 25, 2011.

Bruce Maddy-Weitzman, principal research fellow, was quoted in the Atlantic in an article regarding the fate of Libya's Amazigh (Berber) minority after Qaddafi, November 28, 2011

Samir Ben Layashi was interviewed about the November 25 elections in Morocco, Kol Israel, Arabic Section (in Arabic), November 29, 2011

Bruce Maddy-Weitzman spoke at a conference on "Challenges Facing North Africa" at the Foreign Policy Research Institute, Washington, DC. Click for a link to the audio file. November 30, 2011

Uzi Rabi, director of the Center, was mentioned in a discussion on Al-Manar (Hezbollah-affiliated Lebanese TV station), December 8, 2011 

Michael Barak's article in Tzomet on the Salafis in Egypt was cited by several Middle Eastern sites, including Rosaonline.net and Al-mashhad.com (in Arabic) and Islamonline.net (in English), December 10, 2011

Mira Tzoreff gave a 30 minute brief on Egypt's elections to the Israel Policy Forum, December 8, 2011. Click here to listen to the audio.

Bruce Maddy-Weitzman participated in a panel on "The Arab Spring and the Fate of Middle East Minorities" for ASMEA, November 5, 2011. Click here for the video link.

Uriya Shavit was interviewed about the rise of the Salafis in Egypt, on the program London et Kirschenbaum, Channel 10, December 19, 2011. Click here to watch. (in Hebrew)

Itamar Rabinovich was quoted in a New York Times article, "Finding Fault in the Palestinian Messages That Aren't So Public", December 20, 2011.  

Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak was interviewed about the Knesset's Armenian Genocide session on BloombergHT News, December 26, 2011.

Uzi Rabi was interviewed about Qatar's motives in supporting the Arab Spring, on the program London and Kirschenbaum, Channel 10, December 26, 2011. Click here to watch. (in Hebrew)

Uzi Rabi was interviewed about the dynamics of the Arab Spring on the radio program "קול ישראל" in Arabic by Yossi Nesher; the Arab press has reacted to his comments. Click the links below for Arabic-language discussions:

Uzi Rabi was interviewed by the Danish radio station DR Radio about the Arab League observer mission in Syria. Click here to listen.

Asher Susser was interviewed about the negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians, on the program London et Kirschenbaum, Channel 10, January 9, 2012. Click here to watch. (in Hebrew)

Joyce van de Bildt's article for Tel Aviv Notes, "Educating Imams in Europe," was picked up by PolicyPointers and EnerGeoPolitics.

Uzi Rabi wrote an op-ed for the Israeli daily Globes about developments in Syria and Bashar al-Asad's speech in the University of Damascus. January 11, 2012. (in Hebrew)

Uzi Rabi was interviewed about Iran, Israel and the United States, on the program Erev Hadash, Channel 23, January 15, 2012. Click here to watch. (in Hebrew)

The daily Lebanese newspaper "al-Mustaqbal" discussed the article
Michael Barak wrote on the Salafis and Egypt (Tel Aviv Notes, October
2011). In Arabic.
http://www.almustaqbal.com/storiesv4.aspx?storyid=497712

Mira Tzoreff was interviewed on the radio show Seder Yom with Keren Nuibach regarding the elections in Egypt, December 5, 2011

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0L6T3zYba6s

Mira Tzoreff was interviewed on the radio show Seder Yom with Keren Nuibach regarding Time's Person of the Year 2011, Part 2, December 19, 2011

הנושא: בחירת המפגין\ה הצעיר\ה במהפכות האביב הערבי ע"י השבועון TIME

Mira Tzoreff was interviewed on the radio show Seder Yom with Keren Nuibach regarding Time's Person of the Year 2011, December 19, 2011

הנושא: בחירת המפגין\ה הצעיר\ה במהפכות האביב הערבי ע"י השבועון TIME

Rachel Kantz Feder interviewed and quoted in  "Turkey looks to prevent slide towards sectarianism in the Middle East", Southeast Europe Times, January 17, 2012

Uriya Shavit's article "Islamotopia: The Muslim Brotherhood's Idea of
Democracy" (Azure 46) was the topic of a thorough discussion and
debate on Islamonline.net (in Arabic), Jan. 4, 2012.
(http://www.islamonline.net/ara/article/1304971267421)

Rachel Kantz Feder's article was featured on the Mideast Channel of the ForeignPolicy, January 9, 2012.

"Iran delivers death sentence to alleged C.I.A agent".

Irit Back spoke on the Voice of Russia, 23 January 2012, on latest
events on Nigeria.
http://rus.ruvr.ru/images/static/sounds/Back.mp3

Heidi Basch-Harod's article, "Women of the Middle East: The Jihad Within", was featured in the Palestine-Israel Journal's Women and Power issue.

Itamar Rabinovich, Senior Research Fellow, was interviewed about the Syrian uprising, on the program London & Kirschenbaum, Channel 10, February 5, 2012 (min. 18:30-24:30, in Hebrew).
http://lnk.nana10.co.il/Article/?ArticleID=862890&sid=182

Lebanese newspaper al-Mustaqbal and al-Ankabout wrote about PhD candidate Michael Barak and the Moshe Dayan Center.

Eyal Zisser, senior research fellow, participated in a panel on the Syrian uprising, on the program Politics, Channel 11, February 7, 2012 (min. 5:15-18:00, in Hebrew).
http://www.iba.org.il/media/?recorded=1&starting=903216

In a conference call hosted by The Israel Project on February 8, 2012, Uzi Rabi spoke about the Iranian nuclear program, sanctions and scenarios.

Yitzhak Gal, Research Fellow, was interviewed about Israel's role in Middle Eastern trade, on the radio program "יומן כלכלי". February 1, 2012.

Yitzhak Gal's article about the Arab Awakening was featured in CanThink.co.il, February 6, 2012. Click link to read (in Hebrew).

Uzi Rabi was quoted in the JTA, about U.S. and Israeli policy towards Iran (7 February 2012)

http://www.jta.org/news/article/2012/02/07/3091563/ahead-of-march-meetings-israel-and-the-us-close-ranks-on-iran

Yitzhak Gal, research fellow, was interviewed on the radio program "רצועת הביטחון"

about Israel's role in Middle Eastern trade. February 14, 2012 (in Hebrew).

http://glz.co.il/NewsArticle.aspx?newsid=55843

Prof. Uzi Rabi, Director of the Moshe Dayan Center, was quoted in the Washington Times about the attacks on Israeli diplomats in New Delhi and Tiblisi, and the bombing in Thailand. 14 February, 2012.

Indonesian newspaper Suara News published an article about the Moshe Dayan Center and Michael Barak's research on the rise of Salafis in Egypt.

Uzi Rabi, director of the center, published an op-ed in Globes about the impact of the sanctions on Iran. February 19, 2012 (in Hebrew).

Channel 9 (Israel Plus) News at 19 p.m. Israel time will interview Irit Back on the situation in South Sudan (in Hebrew).http://wefire.tv/channel/IsraelPlus/

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/evelyn-leopold/how-the-un-isolated-russi_b_1283666.html

http://www.opendemocracy.net/heidi-basch-harod/uncertainty-for-future-of-moroccan-women%E2%80%99s-movement

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Hoffein Auditorium (Room 105), Faculty of Law

http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Op-EdContributors/Article.aspx?ID=261599&R=R1

http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14683849.2011.622509

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/worries-iranian-jews-israel-attack-article-1.1040093

http://www.globes.co.il/news/article.aspx?QUID=1056,U1332161500590&did=1000734416

http://www.anthropos.eu/anthropos/index.php 

Research Fellow Irit Back was interviewed about the recent revolution in Mali on the radio show The International Hour with Eran Sikurel, March 22, 2012.

http://www.fpri.org/enotes/2012/201204.susser.arabspring.html

http://www.jpost.com/LandedPages/PrintArticle.aspx?id=265498
http://www.globes.co.il/serveen/globes/docview.asp?did=1000740387

"Prof. Bengio examines the possiblity of independence for Kurdistan."
http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Op-EdContributors/Article.aspx?id=267115

http://www.globalpost.com/dispatches/globalpost-blogs/commentary/iran-nuclear-negotiations-israel

http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/1172100--the-anarchy-factor-in-syria#article

Dayan Center researchers Yitzhak Gal, Paul Rivlin, and Director of the Center Uzi Rabi, took part in a panel on the Middle East and the Israeli Business World.

http://www.globes.co.il/serveen/globes/docview.asp?did=1000747777&fid=1725

http://video.foxnews.com/v/1637900815001/syria-iran-create-informal-shadow-army/?playlist_id=86857

http://themedialine.org/news/news_mideast_daily.asp?Date=05/20/2012&category_id=8

http://www.haaretz.co.il/literature/safrut/print/1.1709773

http://www.inss.org.il/heb/publications.php?cat=132&incat=&read=1455#15-1

http://oglobo.globo.com/mundo/a-queda-do-ditador-nao-significou-democracia-4964688

http://www.timesofisrael.com/miri-eisin-israels-black-and-white-narrative-creates-cognitive-dissonance/

http://www.al-ayyam.com/appendixes/1_200911/08.pdf

Dr. Bruce Maddy-Weitzman was quoted in an article by the Associated Press, "North Africa's Berbers get Boost from Arab Spring" (May 5, 2012)

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/05/05/north-africa-berbers-get-boost-f...

Research Fellow Mira Tzoreff was interviewed about Mubarak's trial in Russian radio station The Voice of Russia. June 6, 2012.

http://english.ruvr.ru/2012_06_06/77273573/

Micha'el Tanchum's Tel Aviv Notes article, "Al-Qa'ida's New West African Map: Ancar Dine, Boko Haram, and Jihadism in the Trans-Sahara" was picked up by news website Real Clear World. June 7, 2012.

http://www.realclearworld.com/

Junior Researcher Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak was interviewed on Bloomberg HT News about IDF Chief of Staff General Benny Gantz's comments on Iran and Israeli-Turkish-Greek relations. June 6, 2012 (in Turkish).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8N6BLj9lik&feature=youtu.be

Economic newspaper Calcalist published an article following Research Fellow Yitzhak Gal's lecture on Palestinian exports to Israel. June 11, 2012 (in Hebrew).

http://www.calcalist.co.il/local/articles/0,7340,L-3573704,00.html

Senior Research Fellow Ofra Bengio published an article in the Jerusalem Post about Turkey's assistance in the establishment of the Kurdish entity in Iraqi Kurdistan. June 12, 2012.

http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Op-EdContributors/Article.aspx?id=273632

Prof. Uzi Rabi was quoted in the Times of Israel about the current situation in the Middle East. June 14, 2012.

http://www.timesofisrael.com/nuclear-iran-wont-destroy-israel-will-inspire-radicals-says-analyst/

Senior Research Fellow Ofra Bengio was quoted in a New York Post column about the Kurds' new role in the Middle East. June 15, 2012.

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/kurds_could_be_key_to_saving_syria_n9LURUgXuo6pBmSDUpkXBP

Prof. Uzi Rabi was interviewed in Russia Today about the stand-off between Iran and Israel. June 17, 2012.

http://www.rt.com/news/arab-spring-israel-ramifications-018/

Senior Research Fellow Eyal Zisser was quoted in an article about the Syrian regime in Lebanese newspaper al-Akhbar. June 19, 2012.

http://english.al-akhbar.com/node/8656/

Senior Research Fellow Meir Litvak was interviewed on New Zealand radio station Rhema about Israel's unease over Iran's nuclear ambitions. 

http://www.rhema.co.nz/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=4489%3Aisrael%E2%80%99s-reaction-to-iran-talks&Itemid=17

Senior Research Fellow Eyal Zisser was interviewed about the violence in Syria in Chinese newspaper Global Times. June 20, 2012.

http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/716187.shtml

Senior Research Fellow Itamar Rabinovich was interviewed about the current situation in the Middle East in Israeli newspaper Haaretz. June 22, 2012.

Click here for the English version of the interview, and here for the Hebrew version. 

Research Fellow Mira Tzoreff was interviewed about Egypt's presidential elections in Jerusalem Post. June 24, 2012.

http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=275052

Research Fellow Mira Tzoreff was quoted in a Times of Israel article about Egypt's presidential elections and its implications for Israel. June 25, 2012.

http://www.timesofisrael.com/as-islamist-grabs-egyptian-presidency-israelis-wonder-what-to-expect/

Research Fellow Yitzhak Gal was interviewed about the economic challenges Egypt's new president will be facing, on the radio program Tzeva Hakesef in Reshet Bet. June 25, 2012.

Senior Research Fellow Eyal Zisser was interviewed about Turkish-Syrian relations in Russian radio station The Voice of Russia. June 26, 2012.

http://english.ruvr.ru/2012_06_26/79331398/