The current issue of Bayan: Quarterly Review of Arab Society in Israel, is being published one week before the elections to the 26th Knesset and features an article by Yusri Hazran, examining the dichotomous structure of Arab politics in Israel.

In our latest issue of Turkeyscope, Alex Grinberg discusses the Turkish reaction to the Israeli bombing of the Abu al-Duhur airbase in northern Syria in August. He argues that Israel's officials did not see it as a major escalation, but rather a warning shot against Turkish military entrenchment in Syria.

In this edition of Tel Aviv Notes, Senior Research Fellow and Professor (Emeritus) Ofra Bengio presents the significant changes the Kurdish communities in the Middle East have experienced over the past decade, transforming them from a marginal actor to a central political player in regional affairs. This achievement, however, has been short-lived, as recent developments have eroded the Kurdish position, returning these communities to square one.