MDC Research and Analysis

MDC Researcher Dr. Harel Chorev analyzes the new strategic direction taken by Hamas as reflected in the 2014 escalation of violence that developed into Operation Protective Edge.

In this issue: Iyad Zahalka focuses on the development of local Muslim law for the Muslim community in Israel; Yusri Khaizran discusses the effects of the Arab Spring on Christian Arabs in Israel; a review of the various issues on the local Arab electronic media.

MDC Researcher Dr. Joel D. Parker examines the situation of Syria's Christian minority, who are caught in the middle of a bloody civil war.